This is Why You Can't Have Nice Things

Commander / EDH Battlecruiser Casual Group Slug Mono-Blue

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Fatty (14)

• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Kederekt Leviathan
• 1x Lorthos, the Tidemaker
• 1x Master of Predicaments
• 1x Memnarch
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Sphinx Ambassador
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Tidespout Tyrant
• 1x Void Winnower

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 28x Island
• 1x Isolated Watchtower
• 1x Mage-Ring Network
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Terrain Generator
• 1x Winding Canyons

Counter (6)

• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Swan Song

Copy (4)

• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Sakashima the Impostor
• 1x Sculpting Steel

Removal (1)

• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant

Draw (13)

• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Isolated Watchtower
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi

Steal/Removal (10)

• 1x Blatant Thievery
• 1x Control Magic
• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Memnarch
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Treachery
• 1x Vedalken Shackles

BoardWipe (5)

• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Kederekt Leviathan
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Turns (3)

• 1x Savor the Moment
• 1x Temporal Manipulation
• 1x Time Warp

Tutor (3)

• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

Commander (1)

Ramp (13)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Terrain Generator
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor

Braids (4)

• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Vanishing
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Winding Canyons

Control (4)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

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A fun deck based around Braids triggers. Plan number 1 is to drop Braids as quickly as possible, assuming you have a game-breaking fatty in your hand, or one of the big mana doubling artifacts; both set you up for late game in an awesome way. Assuming Braids gets cleared, midgame is about amassing as much mana as possible via rocks and mana doublers. These make hard-casting your monsters easy even if you cant easily break parity with Braids. As you transition to late game the goal is to break Braids parity by flashing out Braids and bouncing her, or hiding her with vanishing if possible. Furthermore, it can even be reasonable to play Braids and let your opponents play the huge characters, as you are prime to steal them with cheaper spells like Control Magic , or just copy them with Phyrexian Metamorph and the like. This is a big, blue, badass deck that does big blue things and creates crazy boards every game it comes down.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.95
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Boar 2/2 G, Manifest 2/2 C
Folders	Commander / EDH