Sygg, Freed from Control

Commander / EDH Combo Control Counters Merfolk WU (Azorius)

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Creature (24)

• 1x Ambassador Laquatus
• 1x Cosi's Trickster
• 1x Drowner of Secrets
• 1x Empress Galina
• 1x Fallowsage
• 1x Grimoire Thief
• 1x Judge of Currents
• 1x Kopala, Warden of Waves
• 1x Lord of Atlantis
• 1x Lullmage Mentor
• 1x Master of the Pearl Trident
• 1x Merfolk Sovereign
• 1x Merrow Harbinger
• 1x Merrow Reejerey
• 1x Puresight Merrow
• 1x Seafloor Oracle
• 1x Seahunter
• 1x Stonybrook Banneret
• 1x Stonybrook Schoolmaster
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x Thassa's Oracle
• 1x True-Name Nemesis
• 1x Wake Thrasher
• 1x Wanderwine Prophets

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Merrow Commerce
• 1x Opposition
• 1x Rhystic Study

Instant (20)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Ojutai's Command
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Distant Melody
• 1x Fractured Identity
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Summon the School
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Winds of Abandon

Commander (1)

Artifact (9)

• 1x Aether Vial
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Paradise Mantle
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Springleaf Drum
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

Land (33)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 18x Island
• 12x Plains
• 1x Prismatic Vista

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

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Artifact (2)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chrome Mox

Land (1)

• 1x Prismatic Vista

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Pemmin's Aura

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Hey guys! I'm finally posting a deck I've been working on for a while, this is my Sygg, River Guide deck. I originally came up with the idea to build this guy when I was at my LGS, looking through cards, when I bumped into Sygg, I thought "hey that's cool" and moved on. It wasn't until I later saw Lullmage Mentor that I became interested.

I originally built this deck around the idea of being able to infinitely counter every spell played. With that flavorful, Merfolk only combo in mind, the rest of the combos in this deck are also flavorful. So if you like playing Tribal decks, and still enjoy packing a punch, you might like this deck!

Please up vote this deck if you like it!

Why Sygg?

Why Sygg you ask? Why didn't I change the commander to something that would work a little more efficiently? Well, the answer is rather simple, its because of Sygg's ability! He can protect your board state, which helps a ton in developing your threats.

Why not X card?

Some of the cards in this deck were chosen purely out of flavor, or because i haven't personally used said card in a deck before, or even just for CMC reasons. Aether Vial instead of As Foretold is a great example.

Combos

Combos, Ah, my sweet, Beautiful combos. There are a ton of combos, and some of them work together to form larger, more game breaking combos.

Freed from the Real + Paradise Mantle + Stonybrook Schoolmaster This is infinite 1/1 Merfolk, this combo is surprisingly consistent. Throw in Judge of Currents For infinite life, you can also swap out Stonybrook Schoolmaster with Drowner of Secrets Fallowsage Grimoire Thief Wake Thrasher For infinite Mill, Draw (as many cards as desired), Infinite Exile, and Infinite P/T creature.

Intruder Alarm + Opposition + Stonybrook Schoolmaster Opposition can be swapped out for anything that taps down your creature, but hits all the same infinites as the previous combo.

Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth or Basalt Monolith + Power Artifact Generates infinite colorless mana, which you can dump into Ambassador Laquatus for infinite mill.

Stonybrook Schoolmaster + Wanderwine Prophets Infinite turns made easy! just use Sygg, River Guide to give protection and you get your turns.

Lullmage Mentor with Intruder Alarm and enough Merfolk is infinite counters.

Puresight Merrow + Paradise Mantle + Thassa's Oracle Instantly win in response to Thassa's Oracle etb.

Also, if you have any suggestions, I'm all ears

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth Basalt Monolith + Power Artifact Stonybrook Schoolmaster + Wanderwine Prophets Intruder Alarm + Opposition + Stonybrook Schoolmaster Freed from the Real + Paradise Mantle + Stonybrook Schoolmaster
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.70
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Emblem Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, Merfolk 1/1 U, Merfolk Wizard 1/1 U
Folders	Cool decks I might build, update existing