Wings of Ambition

Commander / EDH WUB (Esper)

Zaakar

Artifact (29)

• 1x Aether Spellbomb
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Barbed Sextant
• 1x Basilica Skullbomb
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Chromatic Sphere
• 1x Chromatic Star
• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Conjurer's Bauble
• 1x Darkwater Egg
• 1x Dross Skullbomb
• 1x Flight Spellbomb
• 1x Heraldic Banner
• 1x Icon of Ancestry
• 1x Idol of Oblivion
• 1x Necrogen Spellbomb
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Obelisk of Urd
• 1x Origin Spellbomb
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Skycloud Egg
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spear of Heliod
• 1x Sunbeam Spellbomb
• 1x Surgical Skullbomb
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Sorcery (3)

• 1x By Invitation Only
• 1x Distant Melody
• 1x Time Wipe

Land (36)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Black Dragon Gate
• 1x Castle Ardenvale
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Citadel Gate
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 6x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 6x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Sea Gate
• 1x Skycloud Expanse
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Creature (9)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Curiosity Crafter
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Sai, Master Thopterist
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Starnheim Courser

Commander (1)

Enchantment (15)

• 1x Alexi's Cloak
• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Cast Out
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Conclave Tribunal
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Dictate of Heliod
• 1x Dire Undercurrents
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Medomai's Prophecy
• 1x Minimus Containment
• 1x Mirrormade
• 1x Prison Realm
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission
• 1x Robe of Mirrors

Instant (7)

• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pile On
• 1x Protect the Negotiators

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One way to describe this deck is the "all spellbombs Alela deck". The idea is to get a lot of faries in play with cheap artifacts and enchantments, then grow them with anthems.

You could also describe this as The Wings of Ambition. I'm not much of an Orthos player (how's that even spelled?), but Alelas flavor text is awesome. You can just feel her ambition for all the nations of Eldrain in there. That's why the basics are specified (see the flags), and why all the Castles are in there (if you want to optimize, cut them).

At 11 card draw and 18 cantrip spells, the deck churns through cards at a pretty decent rate. This is important for the "lots of low MV artifact and enchantment spells" plan. However, the best card draw spells are still the MVPs of the deck. Primarily, this is the Coastal Piracy-style or Kindred Discovery-sytle spells. In churning through the deck, the idea is to 1) create Faeries as you go and 2) find anthem and lord effects. Then you attack for the win.

The deck is not terribly powerful, which is intentional. It's probably only slightly stronger than most preconstructed decks nowadays. If you want to power up the deck, replace the anthems with an aristrocrats style package, combat damage is likely not the strongest route. Also add Sensei's Divining top and Lord Protector, both would be excellent in the deck.

Anthems not included: Etchings of the Chosen, Radiant Destiny (note to myself).

Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 31 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.58
Tokens	Eldrazi 10/10 C, Faerie 1/1 U, Human 1/1 W, Myr 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure