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*RETIRED* Thousand Victories: Saskia EDH

Commander / EDH Aggro BRGW Casual Jank Theme/Gimmick Zoo

Daedalus19876

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Commander: foil Saskia the Unyielding

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This is the first draft of my Saskia deck. I'm trying something tricky: a mono-creature 4-color deck. I'd love some suggestions, since this is a pretty hard thing to pull off successfully.

(Mana fixing and acceleration are particularly tricky without artifacts or ramp spells. I would love suggestions on this front in particular, obviously.)

Major combos and synergies:

Fauna Shaman can tutor for anything in the deck (it's OPAF). First targets are usually Ogre Battledriver (for haste), Elvish Piper (to immediately spit out whatever I tutor), or Meren of Clan Nel Toth (to ensure a continuous stream of creatures to discard).

Fleshwrither is a surprisingly good tutor. It can fetch Meren of Clan Nel Toth to recur itself in long games, or Elvish Piper for quick, aggressive answers (along with many, many other situational creatures). It also pairs incredibly with Feldon of the Third Path: a repeatable source of onto-the-battlefield tutors? Sign me up.

In an all-creature deck, the most worrisome aspect is an opponent's boardwipe. Twilight Shepherd , Mikaeus, the Unhallowed, Meren of Clan Nel Toth, Ravos, the Soultender, Custodi Soulcaller , Underworld Cerberus , Soul of New Phyrexia, Selfless Spirit, and Dauntless Escort are included to mitigate this danger. Jolrael, Empress of Beasts also plays double duty here, because she can either turn your lands into an overwhelming army or threaten to make your opponents' creatures into lands before a board wipe.

Given that you're only playing creature spells, noncreature-affecting effects like Vryn Wingmare or Gaddock Teeg or Ruric Thar, the Unbowed become entirely one-sided. (I did kill myself by accident once, though, by forgetting that Smuggler's Copter technically isn't a creature spell.) Conversely, Duskwatch Recruiter   is a fantastic mana sink that grabs any non-creature card from your deck.

Note that Hypnotic Specter plus Saskia the Unyielding gives double discards, and Gisela, Blade of Goldnight plus Saskia the Unyielding grants sextuple damage against the chosen player.

This is the first deck I've built in a while that has to kill my opponents via normal combat damage. It can be tricky to deal 120 damage in a 4-player game, so several creatures in the deck either have or grant evasion. Archfiend of Depravity, Pyreheart Wolf, Iroas, God of Victory, Odric, Master Tactician, and Brutal Hordechief all allow you to push through damage.

I hope you like the deck! +1s and comments are very much appreciated, of course ;)

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Revision 5 See all

(4 years ago)

Date added 8 years
Last updated 4 years
Exclude colors U
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This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

15 - 0 Mythic Rares

48 - 0 Rares

20 - 0 Uncommons

9 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.73
Tokens Copy Clone, Dragon 1/1 RG, Experience Token, Human 1/1 R, Morph 2/2 C, Spirit 1/1 C
Folders Saskia, Favorites
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