Brago, Flicker King

Commander / EDH Artifact Combo Multiplayer WU (Azorius)

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Land (36)

• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Celestial Colonnade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Encroaching Wastes
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 3x Island
• 1x Magosi, the Waterveil
• 1x Moorland Haunt
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Opal Palace
• 3x Plains
• 1x Port Town
• 1x Quicksand
• 1x Radiant Fountain
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Ruins of Oran-Rief
• 1x Sejiri Refuge
• 1x Shimmering Grotto
• 1x Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thalakos Lowlands
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Unknown Shores
• 1x Unstable Frontier

Sorcery (3)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Rout
• 1x Supreme Verdict

Creature (22)

• 1x Angel of Serenity
• 1x Chief Engineer
• 1x Chief of the Foundry
• 1x Darksteel Colossus
• 1x Darksteel Juggernaut
• 1x Eldrazi Displacer
• 1x Epochrasite
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Frost Titan
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Grand Architect
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Phyrexian Ingester
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Rattlechains
• 1x Treasure Mage
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x War Priest of Thune
• 1x Whirler Rogue
• 1x Wingmate Roc

Instant (8)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Dispatch
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Rally the Ancestors
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Cloudform
• 1x Faith's Fetters
• 1x Lightform
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Runed Halo
• 1x Traveler's Cloak

Commander (1)

Artifact (22)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Argentum Armor
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Explorer's Scope
• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Prophetic Prism
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Unbender Tine
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Gideon Jura
• 1x Karn Liberated

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Maybeboard

Creature (20)

• 1x Academy Elite
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Blade Splicer
• 1x Drogskol Reaver
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Filigree Angel
• 1x Geist-Honored Monk
• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 1x Lavinia of the Tenth
• 1x Mage-Ring Responder
• 1x Muzzio, Visionary Architect
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Puresteel Paladin
• 1x Relic Seeker
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Steel Overseer
• 1x Sun Titan

Artifact (15)

• 1x Amulet of Vigor
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Deathrender
• 1x Hero's Blade
• 1x Mana Cylix
• 1x Mirrorworks
• 1x Prowler's Helm
• 1x Scourglass
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Sword of Vengeance
• 1x Ugin's Nexus
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Voltaic Key

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Dream Tides
• 1x Ensoul Artifact
• 1x Infinite Reflection
• 1x Journey to Nowhere
• 1x Tempered Steel
• 1x Training Grounds

Instant (6)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dispense Justice
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Stoic Rebuttal
• 1x Turn to Mist

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Displacement Wave
• 1x Phyrexian Rebirth
• 1x Terminus

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Basics

Commander deck looking to utilize the flicker ability of Brago, King Eternal to get value from cards, particularly artifacts. I'm looking for ideas/suggestions of other cards to consider, as well as which cards that are currently included they should replace. Take a look at some of things I'm considering on the Maybeboard, too.

For those unfamiliar with Brago, King Eternal , the main objective of decks built around him are to trigger spells with "enters the battlefield" abilities as well as to get past a downside of many artifacts: failure to untap during your untap step. The flicker can also lend itself to creating infinite loops.

Game Plan

Getting Brago, King Eternal out as fast as possible is key, using the mana rocks I have available, including Sol Ring , Azorius Signet , Darksteel Ingot , and Chromatic Lantern .

Once he's out, I particularly like the the synergy with Cloudform and Lightform , as you can manifest a new card each turn, and, if the card you grabbed is a creature, flip it for free. Also nice are the tutoring effects of Trinket Mage and Treasure Mage which let me grab a lot of key artifacts, including Sol Ring , Voltaic Key , Pithing Needle , Glaring Spotlight and big guns like Triskelion , Spine of Ish Sah , Elbrus, the Binding Blade  , and Darksteel Colossus .

In order for Brago to do his thing, he has to deal combat damage to opponent. To help him out get through without dying, I've got some support like Whispersilk Cloak , Trailblazer's Boots , Traveler's Cloak (which flickers for a card each turn as well), Swiftfoot Boots , and Whirler Rogue .

Combos

There are a number of combos that can be created using Brago's flicker. Brago, King Eternal + Sol Ring + Strionic Resonator forms the crux of a number of combos. The Strionic Resonator can copy Brago's ability, targeting itself and the Sol Ring that was used to pay for its ability. They'll come back untapped and ready to copy the original flicker (which is still on the stack), thus creating the infinite loop.

You can work in other cards like Triskelion to do infinite damage, a mana rock like Darksteel Ingot for infinite mana, which can be used for Sphinx's Revelation or Rally the Ancestors .

Voltaic Key and Unbender Tine can help keep things untapped too, working nicely with Magosi, the Waterveil to keep untapping it and taking turns.

Known Needs

Cards I'm missing but am on the lookout for include Grim Monolith , Gilded Lotus , Palinchron , Teferi, Temporal Archmage , Tezzeret the Seeker , and Venser, the Sojourner .

Date added	9 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Brago, King Eternal + Sol Ring + Strionic Resonator
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 30 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.46
Tokens	Bird 3/4 W, Manifest 2/2 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Thopter 1/1 C
Folders	EDH