Daxos the Exalted

Commander / EDH Epidilius

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Yezdagert says... #1

Wow, really cool deck design and quite original! Definitely a +1 From me!

August 26, 2014 3:54 p.m.

Megalomania says... #2

Silverblade Paladin - twice the (commander) damage, twice the fun!

Eldrazi Conscription - because attaching it to Daxos via Sovereigns of Lost Alara sounds like a good idea.

October 9, 2014 1:32 a.m.

Epidilius says... #3

Those are both things I really, really want now

October 9, 2014 8:14 a.m.

Anarkhy says... #4

Just bought a whole lot of cards to make this, it looks like a lot of fun! +1

October 12, 2014 3:56 a.m.

BigZebas says... #5

Daxos of Meletis is a GREAT card and this deck is so fun! +1

October 12, 2014 9:20 a.m.

carl0710 says... #6

seems pretty similar to my Rafiq of the few attacks deck, apart from you have a lot more creatures (im debating chaging my creature ratio i feel i have too many artifacts at the moment

October 29, 2014 10:27 a.m.

ShadowUmbreon says... #7

I wonder if you could use Medomai the Ageless, love this deck tho +1

January 28, 2015 8:04 p.m.

Epidilius says... #8

Medomai the Ageless was a part of the deck originally, but I took it out because while the extra turn is nice, I want to have all my exalted stuff trigger for Daxos of Meletis.

January 29, 2015 11:56 a.m.

jaded819 says... #9

You probably don't want to hear this, but, I think you should replace exalted. The reasoning is as follows. Exalted as a major theme is only good because it allows you to turn any creature you control into a threat. But your deck is voltron, everyone knows you want to attack with Daxos, so you don't have any of the resiliency or surprise that makes exalted a viable strategy. The only thing that using exalted instead of auras or equipment accomplishes is making you vulnerable to board wipes and preventing you from attacking with Drogskol Reaver or Sun Titan at the same time as Daxos. If you decide to alter your deck in this way i can provide you with many budget conscious suggestions for equipment and auras you can use.

February 6, 2015 5:20 p.m.

Epidilius says... #10

No, it's fine, I don't mind hearing criticism.

I know how weak my deck is to removal. One of the major reasons this deck does well in my playgroup is that no one runs board wipes. There is a decent amount of spot removal going around, but it has never been so much that I can't deal with it (either through making Daxos hexproof, or redirect, or just talking my opponent out of it).

However, when Daxos is removed, even my Frontline Sage has the potential to be a heavy hitter. It's one of the reasons I like exalted. Sure, I'm not swinging with a double strike, life gaining, card drawing, flying machine, but I am swinging with a pseudo unblockable, life gaining, card stealing machine.

I think if board wipes were a threat in my group, I might have to rework the deck to be have more heavy hitters to trigger exalted, but as my group doesn't I feel safe with having Daxos of Meletis as my main guy.

February 10, 2015 2:59 p.m.

DickDale says... #11

Really really like the exalted idea for Daxos, +1. I just wanna throw some removal like Curse of the Swine or Polymorphist's Jest out there for anything with an ability you don't like. (god cards, things like Palisade Giant etc.) I also wanna suggest at least two artifact/enchantment removals for this like Return to Dust for just in case someone Pacifisms or Encrusts Daxos. If not, im sure removal like that will be useful at some point during a match

March 29, 2015 2:36 a.m.
August 1, 2015 7:20 p.m.

Zer0w says... #13

one word...

Sol Ring

also, you need other rocks to cast the big stuff out of other peoples decks. like Thran Dynamo, Coalition Relic and Everflowing Chalice

Aqueous Form might be good.

Cleansing Meditation is killer if you can reach threshold.

January 20, 2016 10:05 a.m.

Zer0w says... #14

January 20, 2016 10:30 a.m.

Tsarius says... #15

Every EDH deck benefits from a copy of Sensei's Divining Top

February 2, 2016 11:52 a.m.

I really like the idea, definitely inspired me to make some changes to some of my decks.

Awesome job!

April 19, 2016 7:47 p.m.

mentor6 says... #18

Blade of Selves won't work, legendary rule. You'd have to sacrifice all but one before damage is assigned.

July 22, 2016 10:47 a.m.

aekrusty says... #19

Very nice +1. Could you review and upvote my St Traft Azorius Duel?

August 15, 2016 12:52 a.m.

Full disclosure, I love the deck and am using it as a template for a budget deck building challenge I got myself into. Nicely done. +1 from me.

If you have any recs for replacing the high cost cards, please share.

May 7, 2019 9:55 a.m.

Epidilius says... #21

Ancient Tomb , Mana Vault , and Mana Crypt are probably the hardest to replace. Tomb could probably be replaced by Crystal Vein or Svyelunite Temple or just another land, same with Flooded Strand . The mana rocks(and Mox Amber ) could be swapped with any of the mana rocks in the sideboard.

The Ajani Steadfast , Elspeth, Knight-Errant , Thassa, God of the Sea , and Venser, the Sojourner you would probably want to swap out for evasion effects ( Ghostform , Levitation , etc) or other voltrony stuff ( Sword of Vengeance and stuff).

Finally, the weird stuff that hates down creatures ( Crawlspace , Elspeth, Sun's Champion , and Retribution of the Meek ) could be replaced with another sub-theme, if you swap out the rest of that stuff as well.

To be honest, hating down big creatures is a meta build. My playgroup is a lot of non-competitive combo and big beats, and this deck can prey on both of them pretty well.

May 8, 2019 6:43 p.m.

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