The Tax Man's Paradox

Commander / EDH

Arvail

Instant (24)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation
• 1x Stroke of Genius
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Humility
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Telepathy

Creature (2)

• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Spellseeker

Artifact (21)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Cursed Totem
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Voltaic Key

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Manifold Insights
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Terminus
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Transmute Artifact
• 1x Wrath of God

Commander (1)

Land (33)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 12x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 3x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Windswept Heath

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

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My take on competitive GAAIV with quite a few slots dedicated to making sure the deck fits well into my local inbred meta. If you're looking to make this deck for a more standard cEDH group, I suggest you look at the list by deadmanwaltzing since I basically copy his homework anyway. I could also offer some advice on making this fully into cEDH if someone wants that.

This deck was adapted from a deck BigLupu ran ages ago. I felt like a lot of his choices were questionable back then. He's since made some revisions, but I still disagree on a lot of his choices. After talking about the deck with some people on Reddit, deadmanwaltzing, Winterblast, some other people who have disappeared from the net and pulled their stuff down, and my close friends, I reached this build.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	BRG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.27
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Manifest 2/2 C