Battle of Wits EDH

Commander / EDH* WUB (Esper) Yorion, Sky Nomad

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Land (107)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Castle Ardenvale
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Celestial Colonnade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Desert of the Glorified
• 1x Desert of the Mindful
• 1x Desert of the True
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Ifnir Deadlands
• 1x Ipnu Rivulet
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Serra's Sanctum
• 1x Shefet Dunes
• 15x Snow-Covered Island
• 14x Snow-Covered Plains
• 14x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Battle of Wits
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Cloudform
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Lightform
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sphere of Safety

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Aminatou, the Fateshifter
• 1x Kaya, Ghost Assassin
• 1x Liliana Vess
• 1x Tezzeret, Artifice Master

Creature (64)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Agent of Treachery
• 1x Arcanist's Owl
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
• 1x Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths
• 1x Auramancer
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Boreas Charger
• 1x Brago, King Eternal
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Charming Prince
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Cloudblazer
• 1x Eldrazi Displacer
• 1x Elite Guardmage
• 1x Ephara, God of the Polis
• 1x Ethersworn Adjudicator
• 1x Farfinder
• 1x Felidar Guardian
• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Flickerwisp
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Hanna, Ship's Navigator
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Kor Cartographer
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Lumbering Battlement
• 1x Magister Sphinx
• 1x Massacre Girl
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Reflector Mage
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soulherder
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Stonecloaker
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
• 1x Tribute Mage
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Watcher for Tomorrow
• 1x Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

Sorcery (25)

• 1x Akroma's Vengeance
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Echo of Eons
• 1x Expropriate
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Mnemonic Betrayal
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Time Wipe
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Winds of Abandon
• 1x Wrath of God
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Commander (1)

Companion (1)

Instant (39)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Cloudshift
• 1x Commit / Memory
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Despark
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Drown in the Loch
• 1x Emergency Powers
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Ephemerate
• 1x Esper Charm
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Heartless Act
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Memory Plunder
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Momentary Blink
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Mystical Teachings
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Pull from Eternity
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Slaughter Pact
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Teferi's Time Twist
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Artifact (25)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Firemind Vessel
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Marble Diamond
• 1x Midnight Clock
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Surveyor's Scope
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Yorion, Sky Nomad

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"bUt CoMmAnDeR cAn OnLy HaVe 100 CaRdSsSsSsS"

Shut up.

TOP QUESTIONS!

-"Why?"

I'm here to drop kick the rules into next century. Never lose to mill so long as my cold, dead, and unfeeling hands are around. Also i wanted to use yorion, and if i'm breaking the rules anyways, might as well go big.

-"Why Chromium?"

He's a dope dragon that doesnt care about your shit.

-"Seriously, play X commander instead"

No. Other commanders are stupid and i hate them. none of them have as glorious of a wingspan. none of them have as badass of a name. None of them are worthy of a deck as glorious as this one.

-"Where's sol ring? Where's the other fast mana?"

My playgroup bans all fast mana. IF it taps for more than you paid for it, you cant use it. doesn't count for lands though, so serra's sanctum is ok.

-"Why 280 cards? Didn't most battle decks in standard play 250?"

Commander is a slower format, and we can only play one battle of wits. that means we have to be prepared, and the extra 30 cards can sometimes help us get there

-"What's the gameplan?"

The name of the game is control the board, never die, and tutor up our battle of wits to win the game. we have a few shuffle effects in case for some reason we've managed to burn through 81* cards of our big chungus of a deck. Unfortunately, we have a pretty hard time with consistency, and the most difficult part is getting the battle of wits in the first place. If you draw a cheap tutor, its more than likely worth keeping. In the very unlikely event that our battle is exiled, we have a pull from eternity to tutor up and get it back. In the even more unlikely event that pull is also exiled, we have some traditional win conditions. but if you go for those in lieu of battle, you're a coward.Bonus points if you ultimate tezzeret to tutor the battle.

To help us in the midgame, we have a LOT of flicker synergy to gain card advantage and ramp our mana.

-"Why so few counterspells?"

The only reason this deck has counterspells at all is so that on the turns where you play your battle, you have a way to protect it from spells. This isnt a deck that wants to counter opponents things willy nilly. counterspells are combo pieces, and if theres something you need to deal with, there's usually enough removal to handle that.

Will update description as I update and whatnot.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	34 - 0 Mythic Rares 112 - 1 Rares 65 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	279
Avg. CMC	3.66
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Emblem Tezzeret, Artifice Master, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Human 1/1 W, Manifest 2/2 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	commander