Never Tap Out (Elsha Control)

Commander / EDH Competitive Control Infinite Combo RUW (Jeskai, America) Spellslinger Tempo

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Land (33)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Desolate Lighthouse
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 6x Island
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 3x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Stream of Thought
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Not Forgotten
• 1x Slaughter the Strong
• 1x Sweltering Suns
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Tragic Arrogance

Creature (5)

• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Stinging Lionfish
• 1x Kykar, Wind's Fury

Instant (24)

• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Silence
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Hurkyl's Recall
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Negate
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Force of Will

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Counterbalance
• 1x Trade Routes
• 1x Jeskai Ascendancy
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Future Sight

Commander (1)

Artifact (21)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Progress

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Maybeboard

Artifact (6)

• 1x Mishra's Bauble
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Urza's Bauble
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Mystic Forge

Land (2)

• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Skycloud Expanse

Instant (6)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Opt
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Wear / Tear

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Penance

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler
• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Gamble
• 1x Stream of Thought

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Combos

Infinite Mana (No Top)

Dramatic Scepter

Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter

1. Cast Isochron Scepter imprinting Reversal.
2. Pay 2 to activate Scepter, untapping our mana rocks, and Scepter.
3. Repeat 2 for infinite.

A very common combo for spellslinger decks and artifact decks. We run more than enough artifacts to make the combo mana positive. As long as our rocks produce 3 or more mana, we make infinite. With only 2, we can make infinite storm.

Scepter also is the only combo that doesn't require Elsha or Future Sight.

Isochron Scepter for value - imprinting a counterspell, or removal piece - can be a powerful play in it's own right. We can reset later using Hurkyl's Recall or Chain of Vapor, or copy Scepter with Copy Artifact.

Ghostly Flicker

Ghostly Flicker + Mystic Sanctuary + Anything that makes 2+ mana

1. Play Sanctuary, returning Flicker to top (if Flicker is in hand, pick any spell).
2. Cast Flicker targeting any mana producer and Mystic Sanctuary.
3. Use Sanctuary to return Flicker to the top.

One of our easier combos to find, this combo makes infinite storm with Sol Ring or Mana Crypt, using the blue from Sanctuary to pay for Flicker. With Mana Vault or Grim Monolith, we can make infinite colorless, then switch to flickering a Signet to make infinite colored. Dockside Extortionist make infinite with at least 3 artifacts/enchantments on the opponents' boards.

Mystic Sanctuary can be found by our fetchlands, but does require 3 other islands (shocks & duals count). We also need either Elsha or Future Sight to recast Flicker off the top

Top Reducer

Top + Reducer

Helm of Awakening + Sensei's Divining Top

1. Play Helm.
2. Play Top for Free.
3. Crack Top to Draw.
4. Cast Top from top of library for Free.

Kykar, Wind's Fury also functions as a 'reducer' by producing one mana per cast trigger.

Payoff Lines

Prowess

Any combo that creates infinite Storm also makes Elsha infinitely large. With Shadowspear or a blocker free board (via wipe or plain luck), Elsha can be a confirmed kill against one player, before comboing out the other players.

Shuffle Loops

Requires Stream of Consciousness or Stream of Thought and any one of Not Forgotten, Narset's Reversal, or Ghostly Flicker + Mystic Sanctuary . Plus, any Payoff. **

Payoffs: - Dramatic Reversal: Infinite Mana - Hurkyl's Recall: Infinite Mana with Sufficient Mana Positive Rocks - Lighting Bolt: Infinite Damage - Swan Song: Infinite Non-Hastey Birds.

1. Cast Payoff Spell(s)
2. Cast Stream of ___ to shuffle in Payoff
3. Cast Regrowth Effect to Return Stream to hand/top
4. Repeat Payoff, then Shuffle Payoff+Regrowth.

** Stream of Thought does not Work with Narset's Reversal, since it chooses targets on cast. Stream of Consciousness can also mill out opponents without a Payoff spell.

Copy Scepter

Copy Artifact + Isochron Scepter

1. With Dramatic Scepter Combo already on board, copy Scepter imprinting any payoff spell.
2. :)

Specific Card Choices

Coming soon

Meta

"Spike"

- Bosh, Iron Golem: Mono Brown Affinity - Wort, Boggart Auntie: Goblin Aristocrats - The First Sliver: Aggro Cascade

"Value Train"

- Arcades, the Strategist: Walls + Value - Teysa, Orzhov Scion: Hard Combo

"Flash Hulk"

- Najeela, the Blade-Blossom: Flash Hulk - Ghave, Guru of Spores: Flash Hulk

"Jank Control"

- Circu, Dimir Lobotomist: Lantern Control - Sydri, Galvanic Genius: Paradoxical Eggs - Alela, Artful Provocateur: STAX

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter Copy Artifact + Isochron Scepter Helm of Awakening + Sensei's Divining Top
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.94
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Spirit 1/1 W, Treasure