Tayam Stax

Commander / EDH* BGW (Abzan, Junk)

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Land (31)

• 1x Bayou
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plains
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Snow-Covered Forest
• 1x Snow-Covered Plains
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Artifact (5)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Ozolith

Creature (28)

• 1x Archon of Emeria
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Endurance
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Fiend Artisan
• 1x Gaddock Teeg
• 1x Good-Fortune Unicorn
• 1x Grismold, the Dreadsower
• 1x Guardian of Faith
• 1x Knight of Autumn
• 1x Lurrus of the Dream-Den
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Sarulf, Realm Eater
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Shield Mate
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Tireless Tracker
• 1x Wall of Roots
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Hour of Promise
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Ondu Inversion  ^Flip
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Uncage the Menagerie

Commander (1)

Enchantment (15)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Chains of Mephistopheles
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Planar Collapse
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Sterling Grove
• 1x Stony Silence
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library

Instant (11)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Hagra Mauling  ^Flip
• 1x Lethal Scheme
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Worldly Tutor

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Sideboard

Creature (3)

• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Riftsweeper

Artifact (1)

• 1x Engineered Explosives

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In general, this is a fairly durdly deck. It seeks to draw early, grab its tutors, and search up its powerful stax effects and counter generators. When it has them and can reliably activate Tayam's ability, it can generate value and lock people out of playing the game.

The main combo it has is Devoted Druid + Shield Mate which lets you activate the commander an infinite number of times, and play out your entire deck. If your opponents can't interact with it you just win the game.

Assuming you don't want to run that combo, or a key piece of it gets hit (see riftsweeper in the sideboard for preventing that- it isn't the main focus of this deck as is), you just win with infinite value. Endurance ensures that you never deck yourself, and you can slowly attrition them down- they are affected by rule of law effects, and your commander isn't.

If you do get wiped, you are going to have a hard time recovering- there are cards to prevent that, and they should be played conservatively.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Key combos	Devoted Druid + Shield Mate
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 59 - 3 Rares 14 - 1 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.52
Tokens	Clue, Companion Zone, Elephant 3-3 G, Plant 1/1 G, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B