Eminence is a very fair and balanced ability

Commander / EDH* UBR (Grixis)

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Creature (26)

• 1x Adeliz, the Cinder Wind
• 1x AEther Adept
• 1x Anathemancer
• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1x Beguiler of Wills
• 1x Bloodline Necromancer
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Goblin Electromancer
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Naban, Dean of Iteration
• 1x Nin, the Pain Artist
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Portal Mage
• 1x Profaner of the Dead
• 1x Sea Gate Oracle
• 1x Sidisi's Faithful
• 1x Stonybrook Banneret
• 1x Timestream Navigator
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Vedalken Aethermage
• 1x Vela the Night-Clad

Sorcery (9)

• 1x By Force
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Finale of Eternity
• 1x Notion Rain
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Windfall

Land (35)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 10x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Marsh

Artifact (12)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gemstone Array
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Commander (1)

Instant (14)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Crosis's Charm
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Insidious Will
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Mystical Teachings
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Silumgar's Command

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Kasmina's Transmutation
• 1x Mystic Remora

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor

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deck aims to tempo the game out until it assembles one of its combos, should kind of give the impression of tempo-based Grixis twin that dominated modern

hope you like the stack mate

combos:

(note: I'm aware that these aren't infinite combos but rather deterministic sequences but I'm just gonna say infinite as a short-hand)

Ashnod's Altar + Bloodline Necromancer - infinite ETB, infinite colorless mana, infinite hasty 3/2 lifelink tokens that die EOT

Dualcaster Mage + Ghostly Flicker - infinite ETB, infinite colored mana, infinite hasty 2/2 tokens that die EOT

Archaeomancer + Goblin Electromancer + Gilded Lotus + Ghostly Flicker - infinite ETB, infinite colored mana, infinite instant casts, get all instants and sorceries back from graveyard, infinite hasty 1/1 tokens that die EOT

Archaeomancer + Naban, Dean of Iteration + Gilded Lotus + Ghostly Flicker - same as above

Timestream Navigator + City's Blessing + AEther Adept + 11 mana per turn - infinite turns (there's other combos with Timestream Navigator too)

payoffs:

note: in theory, any of these combos should just win the game in combat as you have an arbitrarily large amount of hasty tokens, but in EDH this isn't always possible (or you don't want to give your opponent a chance to respond) so here are some alternative payoffs

Gemstone Array - convert colorless mana to colored mana of any colors

Astral Cornucopia - convert colorless mana to colored mana of one colors (need bounce/other open mana to abuse if more than one color is needed)

Diviner's Wand - draw your deck with colorless mana

Azami, Lady of Scrolls - draw your deck with up to 99 of your 99999999999999999999999 tokens

AEther Adept or Sidisi's Faithful - infinite bounce/recursion

Inalla, Archmange Ritualits - actually cast her (who wouldve guessed????) and use token army to kill all opponents dead

Adeliz, the Cinder Wind - (can only happen via Archaeomancer combo) infinite +1/+1 to Wizard army

Nin, the Pain Artist - (requires repeatable bounce and for an opponent to control a creature) draw your opponent out

Vela the Night-Clad - when the tokens all leave the battlefield, or when you're doing the Timestream combo, your opponents just lose, this ability can happen on someone else's turn

(note: i'm also interested in other instant speed ways to win the game that don't require crappy instants that are otherwise dead draws)

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Key combos	Dualcaster Mage + Ghostly Flicker Ashnod's Altar + Bloodline Necromancer
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 16 - 0 Rares 31 - 0 Uncommons 26 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.14
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Manifest 2/2 C, Wizard 2/2 U