Against my better judgement I've decided to make this primer. Sigh Here we go...
So! This is a funny/casual/competitive/budget/one-trick-pony combo Commander deck. I call it Sidisi's Cheesy Dream because:
(1) It's a cheesy combo.
(2) It cheeses people off.
(3) Everything is better with cheese!
-How the Deck Works-
The core of the deck centers around resolving
Ad Nauseam
, 'drawing' all the cards in your deck, playing
Glacial Chasm
as your land for turn, casting
Lotus Petal
and using it for one to then cast
Dark Ritual
making and finally casting
Sickening Dreams
for the win by discarding 94 Swamps (or less) killing everyone at the table turn 6.
-Monetary Cost(s) of the Deck-
Part of this deck's charm is how little it costs to build in paper. At the time of writing this (1/24/2019) I was able to buy everything from TCGplayer for a grand total of 19.21$ shipped.
Now that we got that out of the way lets discuss different versions/options of the deck: To cut costs you don't even need Sidisi as your commander technically, she is just there to ensure you can tutor up the combo. If you are a walking luck sack, win the Powerball on a regular basis, and just so happen to be the mayor of Magical Christmas Land you can shave approximately 5.60$ off the price of the deck by picking up a copy of
Yargle, Glutton of Urborg
for a whopping 0.08$ as your commander instead!!! Wear your lucky socks and Yu-Gi-Oh! style 'believe in the heart of the cards' by magically drawing
Ad Nauseam
in your opening hand every game and winning from there.
If that is not your cup of tea and want to play it safe by building the bare-bones-budget version w/ Sidisi at the helm; HERE IS HOW WE CAN THROW MONEY AT IT!!! Any mana rock that costs or less will speed our combo up by one full turn (and in
Sol Ring
or
Mana Crypt
's case, they speed our combo up by two full turns!). Mana Rock Choices:
Helm of Awakening
-
Everflowing Chalice
-
Fellwar Stone
-
Fractured Powerstone
-
Jet Medallion
-
Jeweled Amulet
-
Mind Stone
-
Prismatic Lens
-
Sol Ring
-
Thought Vessel
-
Mox Diamond
-
Charcoal Diamond
-
Leaden Myr
-
Manakin
-
Worn Powerstone
-
Sphere of the Suns
-
Skull of Ramos
-
Manalith
- and
Mana Crypt
to list a few. Obviously, some of these are better than others. Some don't die to creature removal like
Manakin
does or doesn't ramp your opponent's game plan like
Helm of Awakening
does. Top decking a
Worn Powerstone
turn 4 doesn't do us much good but if it's in our opening hand it feels good. Luckily, starting the game w/ 40 life points the addition of mana rocks usually isn't enough to kill us when we play our
Ad Nauseam
and draw them all.
Other Recommended Upgrades:
Ancient Tomb
and
Terrain Generator
both can speed us up a full turn and don't 'hurt' us to add to the deck.
Elixir of Immortality
isn't a mana rock but when we draw it off
Ad Nauseam
we don't have to discard it to
Sickening Dreams
when we play it, instead we can hold on to it in case someone counters the combo. With enough mana rocks we should be able to try again turn 8 (or sooner). Just don't pay the upkeep cost on
Glacial Chasm
turn 7 (or sooner) so it ends up in the graveyard and gets shuffled back into the library thanks to
Elixir of Immortality
(just remember to leave one card in your library the first time you combo off so you don't mill yourself to death the following turn if you do decide to run the Elixir tech).
BONUS! For 3.03$ you can add a "counterspell" to the combo. Yep! After you cast
Dark Ritual
like you normally would, use 2x to cast
Cabal Ritual
making 4x total, cast your
Sickening Dreams
leaving floating in your pool just in case someone point's a
Counterspell
at you, redirect it by casting
Imp's Mischief
! Ladies and Gentlemen, We Got Him.
Fun Fact:
Spirit of the Labyrinth
,
Notion Thief
,
Chains of Mephistopheles
, and
Underworld Dreams
don't stop our combo because
Ad Nauseam
doesn't technically "draw" cards. Cool, huh!?
Credits: I would like to thank fellow TappedOut.net member Skyler_Lvl100 and r/competitiveEDH Reddit users Kkomett and Starkiller231 for the inspiration.
So, there you have it! I hope you enjoyed my primer. Maybe had a good laugh? Thanks! :)
PS. You can swap to
Maralen of the Mornsong
as your commander after you made everyone mad at your LGS and maybe trick them into thinking that you are playing a different deck! :D
