Venser, Paradoxical Savant

Commander / EDH* Combo Competitive Counters Stax

DarknutNoir

Ramp (18)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Candelabra of Tawnos
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Voltaic Key

ComboPiece (8)

• 1x Crystal Shard
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Walking Ballista

Recursion (3)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Snapcaster Mage

Draw (16)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge
• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Windfall

Interaction (10)

• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Swan Song

Stax (3)

• 1x Back to Basics
• 1x Cursed Totem
• 1x Trinisphere

Commander (1)

Tutor (11)

• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Reshape
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1x Transmute Artifact
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Whir of Invention

VanillaLand (28)

• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 24x Snow-Covered Island

PrimaryWinCon (2)

• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Stasis

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Maybeboard

Other (24)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Familiar's Ruse
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mind's Desire
• 1x Negate
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x Personal Tutor
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Recurring Insight
• 1x Riddlesmith
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Sleight of Hand
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Stifle
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Treachery

Interaction (3)

• 1x Hurkyl's Recall
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Trickbind

ComboPiece (1)

• 1x Cloudstone Curio

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This list was inspired by noah2715's list and adapted to make use of some different combos and synergies.

Primary wincons are two-card combos with our commander as the third and final piece and involve either Paradox Engine and/or Stasis and one additional card. They are:

Paradox Engine and:

Crystal Shard (Venser bouncing an enemy permanent, Shard bounces Venser, Venser bounces permanent and triggers Engine to untap Shard, Shard bounces Venser...),

Panharmonicon (Venser bouncing an enemy permanent and himself),

Walking Ballista (Venser bouncing himself, generating infinite colorless mana),

Sensei's Divining Top (Tap Top, trigger on the stack, cast Venser, trigger Paradox Engine, Venser ETB trigger bounces himself, Engine trigger untaps Top, tap Top, trigger on the stack...),

Blue Sun's Zenith (Venser bouncing himself for infinite mana, draw deck),

Jace's Archivist (Venser bouncing himself, infinite Engine triggers, infinite Jace taps to draw deck), and

Isochron Scepter along with Impulse (draw deck), Chain of Vapor (bounce all enemy permanents), Reality Shift (mill enemies providing they had a creature to begin with)), and Brainstorm (draw deck) by themselves.

Stasis with:

Paradox Engine and a few blue sources in artifact ramp (Venser bouncing himself to trigger Engine breaking stax parity),

Crystal Shard (bounce Stasis with Venser on enemy endstep, bounce Venser to hand with Shard, repeat)

Riptide Laboratory and at least four blue sources and four other sources of mana (endstep Venser, untap, mainphase stasis, instant speed bounce Venser to hand as applicable, repeat),

Panharmonicon (endstep Venser to bounce Venser and Stasis, mainphase Stasis), and

Isochron Scepter and Dramatic Reversal (we untap nonland permanents, enemies do not) or Chain of Vapor (bounce Stasis on opponent endstep each turn)

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Exclude colors	WBRG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.21
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Manifest 2/2 C