Vela EDH

Commander / EDH

Bestach

Creature (29)

• 1x Anowon, the Ruin Sage
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Champion of Stray Souls
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Iname, Death Aspect
• 1x Krovikan Horror
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Nether Shadow
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x River Kelpie
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Shadowborn Demon
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Vela the Night-Clad
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jace Beleren
• 1x Liliana Vess

Land (37)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x High Market
• 7x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 1x Nephalia Drownyard
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x River of Tears
• 16x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Temple of the False God

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Dire Undercurrents
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Mind Slash

Artifact (11)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Dimir Keyrune
• 1x Lifeline
• 1x Manalith
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Vessel of Endless Rest
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (7)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Dismiss
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Spell Crumple

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Gild
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Living Death

Unknown (1)

• 1x [[Sunken Ruin]]

Commander (1)

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Murder of Crows

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

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I'm building this deck for someone else who was interested in an EDH deck with Vela the Night-Clad. The basic idea is a deck with lots of LTB, ETB and creature dies triggers which allow you to draw a tonne of cards, force everyone to sacrifice a tonne of creatures and eventually win.

After showing them the deck and doing a little testing I found a few things. My main problem was a lack of acceleration and too many big threats which got stuck in hand. I also originally included Dark Prophecy but was worried about it killing them after a board wipe.

They asked for more counters and board wipes, which I don't feel the deck needs, and wanted me to remove things like Champion of Stray Souls, which i actually really like here. I'm not sure if these changes are necessary or not.

If anyone could comment on these things, and possibly suggest any additions or removals I may have overlooked that would be great. Also general comments on how well the deck works, since they didn't feel like it would work at all would be good. If I can improve from my original idea that would be good, since I really just spent a night finding cards and putting it together.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	101
Avg. CMC	4.30
Tokens	Gold, Rat 1/1 B, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B