Tasigur's Golden Value Train v5

Commander / EDH*

deafhobbit

Lands (39)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 6x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x High Market
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 4x Island
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Transguild Promenade
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Watery Grave

Sweepers (6)

• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Pernicious Deed

Tutors (14)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Hour of Promise
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Reap and Sow
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Value (8)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip
• 1x Sire of Stagnation
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
• 1x Wrexial, the Risen Deep
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Ramp (7)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip

Recursion (5)

• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Seasons Past

Commander (1)

Interaction (13)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Mystic Snake
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Plasm Capture
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Spell Swindle
• 1x Sultai Charm
• 1x Swan Song

Win Cons (7)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Villainous Wealth

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Sultai Goodstuff. Ramp. Tutors. Answers. Haymakers. Recursion. Most of the cards are just individually powerful, but there are three engines at the heart of the deck.

• Academy Ruins + Nevinyrral's Disk or Oblivion Stone to stall the board.
• Cabal Coffers + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth to power out a big play.
• Season's Past + a tutor + spells to mess with other people. Ideally paired with Reliquary Tower or Kruphix to not have to discard to hand size.

The main decision in the early game is figuring out which of these three engines to set up first. Once one is running, the other two can be set up pretty easily if needed. From there, the plan is to keep hitting land drops, disrupting opponents, running out threats that need to be answered, and building card advantage. Eventually, the deck aims to win with Eldrazi, Exsanguinate, Torment of Hailfire, or just beating down.

The counterspell suite mostly is biased towards cheaper spells, to help defend your own spells. Plasm Capture and Spell Swindle are exceptions, and are there to set up big plays.

Tasigur is rarely cast, but he does fill a few holes. He can help protect your life total from aggro decks, stock the graveyard for Season's Past, or give you something to do with your mana when leaving up instants. Half the time he's cast, it's just because there's extra Cabal Coffers mana available. Even if it's not necessary, it's good to delve Cultivate, Explosive Vegetation, or Kodama's Reach, since these are the first things people want to give you back. Hour of Promise should sometimes be delved, depending on the lands left in your deck, but Reap and Sow is usually good to keep. There aren't many Sultai commanders, and while I like him more than the other options right now, I could see ditching him if a more interesting one comes out. He certainly wouldn't make the cut in the 99.

Havengul Lich should probably switch to The Scarab God when he rotates out or gets reasonably priced.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.80
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Manifest 2/2 C, Treasure, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B
Based on	Tasigur's Golden Value Train v4 deafhobbit EDH