Thrasios Tymna Paradox Scepter!

Commander / EDH* Combo Competitive Control GWUB Infinite Combo

Zadorrak

Instant (33)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Angel's Grace
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Memory's Journey
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Narset's Reversal *f-pre*
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Negate
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Plunge into Darkness
• 1x Silence
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Tainted Pact
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Winds of Rebuke

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Land (28)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Gemstone Mine
• 1x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Tarnished Citadel
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Creature (10)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Noble Hierarch
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Priest of Titania

Commanders (2)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Sylvan Library

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Maybeboard

Instant (11)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Blink of an Eye
• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Delay
• 1x Demonic Consultation
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Pull from Eternity
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift

Creature (5)

• 1x Auriok Salvagers
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Faerie Macabre
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Llanowar Elves

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils

Artifact (1)

• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond

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Theory

Thrasios Paradox Scepter is a deck that utilities efficient pieces of interaction and filtering that are also parts of the deck's win conditions. This leads to a deck that is as close to 'all action' that you can get. For example, a lot of Isochron Scepter decks run Aetherflux Reservoir as an outlet once they have managed to generate infinite mana. This is a very good 2 card combo, as once you have mana Thrasios, Triton Hero will get you to any card in your deck. However, this deck eschews explicit win conditions as they are often dead in hand the later the game goes.

How to win

• Getting There

  Ad Nauseam - put most of your deck into your hand. Due to the number of mana dorks this deck runs to make the best use of Tymna, it's recommended to do this on someone's end step rather than during your main phase, unless you have enough guaranteed mana to carry on.

  Mystic Remora , Sylvan Library , Necropotence , Tymna the Weaver - These cards, among others, are static draw engines, allowing you to draw a large number of cards, getting you to tutors or combo pieces.

  Dramatic Revesal + Isochron Scepter is our namesake method of creating infinite mana. We use Thrasios in the command zone to put our deck into our hand. We can also replace Thrasios with Sensei's Divining Top for the same effect.

  Paradox Engine + Sensei's Divining Top with 5 untappable mana combos with thrasios to draw through your entire deck.

• Execution

  So we've got all of our cards or infinite mana etc etc. How do we win?

  BIRDS

  Cast an overloaded Cyclonic Rift , get rid of your opponents' permanents. Then, using your dramatic scepter, cast Copy Artifact and imprint Swan Song . Infinite swans, pass the turn with interaction and swing in with birbs. This is fairly fragile, but there are ways to help it land.

  Notion Thief + Windfall empties the hands of your opponents, reducing the likelihood of your birds dying.

  LOOPS

  Traditional loops are performed with Timetwister , often with a Notion Thief in play so opponents don't draw into any interaction. In lieu of being able to afford a timetwister, I'm using Memory's Journey . Journey, in combination with Noxious Revival and Regrowth enables us to infinitely loop any spell in our deck. With a Narset's Reversal on our Isochron Scepter, we can loop any 2 spells in our deck. This enables a lot of shenanigans, including destroying all permanents in play with Assassin's Trophy or gaining infinite life with Nature's Claim and any artifact, which is useful if you have to pass turn after Ad Nauseam + Angel's Grace without a strict win.

  OTHER

  Winds of Rebuke on a scepter (or reversal on a scepter with winds in hand) combos with Mana Crypt to mill everyone at the table out. Be wary of The Gitrog Monster players, as their Kozilek, Butcher of Truth will give you a headache.

WAR considerations

Narset's Reversal has instantly made it into the deck. I chose to remove Delay to fit it in.

Ashiok, Dream Render is insane, and is one of the only ways this deck has of attacking a graveyard. I am considering what to replace in space for Ashiok. Currently Notion Thief is at the top of my list as it reduces the Deck's CMC and they both prevent extra draws.

Narset, Parter of Veils is mostly a meta call imo. I wouldn't play it in a blind list, however if I were consistently against Remora decks, I would play Narset.

Dovin's Veto is tossling with Negate . White isn't the most important colour in the deck and when comboing off we are only going to use our cheapest/easiest to cast protection, ala Pact or Force.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	R
Key combos	Ad Nauseam + Angel's Grace Notion Thief + Windfall
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 54 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.67
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Spirit 1/1 C
Based on	Thrasios/Vial Smasher Paradox Scepter Storm Zadorrak EDH