Paradox Sisay

Commander / EDH

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Creature (36)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Containment Priest
• 1x Dosan the Falling Leaf
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Hokori, Dust Drinker
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Hushwing Gryff
• 1x Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Qasali Pridemage
• 1x Quirion Ranger
• 1x Reki, the History of Kamigawa
• 1x Riftsweeper
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Scryb Ranger
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Selvala, Explorer Returned
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1x Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Land (30)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Eiganjo Castle
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 3x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
• 1x Pendelhaven
• 2x Plains
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Bastion
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Armageddon
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Land Grant

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library

Commander (1)

Instant (15)

• 1x Apostle's Blessing
• 1x Autumn's Veil
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Faith's Shield
• 1x Natural State
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Silence
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Unravel the Aether
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Artifact (13)

• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Winter Orb

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Paradox Sisay with as few dead cards as possible. Disclaimer: This is a competitive build and will stomp any casual table.

To combo off you need: - Active Sisay, Mana Dork/Rock and 4 Mana (or less if you have more mana rocks) and a cheap spell in hand (favorably cost 0-1 depending on how much mana you produce) - Active Sisay, Mana Dorks to produce 5 or more mana and a cheap spell in hand

Now Fetch Paradox Engine and untap all mana producers and Sisay. Sisay can now fetch legendary spells, cast them and untap your board again. Proceed to search and cast the following spells in the following order:

• Mox Amber
• Mox Diamond
• Dosan the Falling Leaf (Not really neccesary but can force players to play their interaction spells)
• Reki, the History of Kamingawa
• Bow of Nylea
• Hope of Ghitapur

Now you can sac Hope and Shuffle it back into the deck. Sisay can fetch it again and you can cast it, drawing you a card. Repeat as many times as you need to find a win condition. If you draw a mana rock, you can play it and draw until you hit a removal spell for Reki to stop drawing cards. Using the Hope/Bow loop and enough dorks/rocks you can generate infinite mana of any color.

Win Conditions:

If you successfully entered the loop, you can win with Elesh Norn and Kamahl, destroying all opponent's lands and probably kill at least one player with Kamahl's pump ability.

Sometimes you will need to kill the table in the same turn. With Dosan, Thousand-Year Elixir (Fetch through Azusa, a spell in hand and Inventor's Fair) and Selvala we can draw all player's decks. While they can't cast any spells, we can repeatedly cast Green Sun's Zenith before we activate Selvala, surviving the activation, while your opponents draw their deck and loose the game.

There is plenty of interaction in the deck, but it should be adjusted for your metagame (Flex spots are Disenchant, Natural State and Naturalize). The hatebears in this deck don't affect you at all or minimally. If a hatebear prevents you from comboing off, you can fetch Miren and sac it. As Sisay needs to be protected, there are lots of cards that give her protection.

Scryb Ranger and Quirion Ranger can let you untap Sisay or Yisan twice or thrice in a turn. They also break parity for Winter Orb and Hokori if Sisay is still in the Command Zone (Otherwise fetch Gaea's Cradle).

As we really depend on Paradox Engine to win (Sometimes Elesh Norn and Kamahl do the trick, but that's Plan X), we use tutorable creatures to get it back from either your graveyard or exile (Eternal Witness and Riftsweeper). Note that spells like Apostle's Blessing protect Paradox Engine in case it gets hit by a removal spell during the combo. Also Unravel the Aether can shuffle your Paradox Engine back into your deck and make it fetchable again.

If you happen to have enough mana to combo off and a few non-summoning sick creatures, but not enough mana dorks/rocks, you can fetch Rishkar and put a counter on e.g. Aven Mindcensor and Grand Abolisher to turn them into a mana dork.

Have Fun.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	UBR
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 53 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.99
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G