A gentle touch of politics

Commander / EDH* Aikido Casual Control Multiplayer Pillow Fort RBW (Mardu)

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Lands (38)

• 1x Akoum Refuge
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Boros Guildgate
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Inspiring Vantage
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 5x Plains
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Slayers' Stronghold
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Vivid Meadow
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

Utility (2)

• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Increasing Vengeance

PillowFort (16)

• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Crown of Doom
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Gossamer Chains
• 1x High Priest of Penance
• 1x Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
• 1x Noble Steeds
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Orzhov Advokist
• 1x Righteous Aura
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Story Circle
• 1x Windborn Muse

Ramp (9)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Gift of Estates
• 1x Mardu Banner
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Spectral Searchlight
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

CreatureBasedWin (5)

• 1x Backlash
• 1x Batwing Brume
• 1x Delirium
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Rakdos Charm

DamageBasedWin (3)

• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Deflecting Palm
• 1x Selfless Squire

CardsInHandBasedWin (1)

• 1x Toil / Trouble

Recursion (1)

• 1x Shrouded Lore

Commander (1)

Control (9)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Hide / Seek
• 1x Lapse of Certainty
• 1x Mana Tithe
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Withered Wretch

Stax (8)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Leonin Arbiter
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 1x Tocatli Honor Guard
• 1x Torpor Orb

Tutor (4)

• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Sunforger
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Draw (3)

• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

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PillowFort (17)

• 1x Assault Suit
• 1x Aurification
• 1x Avacyn, Guardian Angel
• 1x Bitter Feud
• 1x Curse of Stalked Prey
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Rage Nimbus
• 1x Righteous Aura
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Spectral Grasp
• 1x Spurnmage Advocate
• 1x Sun Droplet
• 1x Vow of Duty
• 1x Vow of Lightning
• 1x Vow of Malice

GraveyardBasedWin (3)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms

CreatureBasedWin (2)

• 1x Incite Rebellion
• 1x Mirror Strike

Lands (2)

• 1x Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Tutor (2)

• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier

Magnify (1)

• 1x Reverberate

FirstStrike (13)

• 1x Ambush
• 1x Angelic Destiny
• 1x Angelic Skirmisher
• 1x Archetype of Courage
• 1x Boros Guildmage
• 1x Double Cleave
• 1x Helm of Kaldra
• 1x Knighthood
• 2x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Moonsilver Spear
• 1x Peregrine Mask
• 1x Sword of Vengeance

Control (6)

• 1x Cruel Reality
• 1x Curse of Chaos
• 1x Curse of Exhaustion
• 2x Curse of the Nightly Hunt
• 1x Volcanic Offering

Ramp (3)

• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Tithe
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Finisher (2)

• 1x Mana-Charged Dragon
• 1x Varchild's War-Riders

Stax (2)

• 1x Keldon Firebombers
• 1x Stranglehold

DamageBasedWin (1)

• 1x Eye for an Eye

Other (10)

• 1x Cruel Tutor
• 1x Curse of Bloodletting
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Forcefield
• 1x Hunted Dragon
• 1x Insurrection
• 1x Pain Magnification
• 1x Planar Void
• 1x Rite of the Raging Storm
• 1x Slumbering Dragon

CardsInHandBasedWin (5)

• 1x Black Vise
• 1x Entropic Specter
• 1x Gaze of Adamaro
• 1x Sudden Impact
• 1x Vicious Shadows

RattleSnake (5)

• 1x Bitterheart Witch
• 1x Malakir Familiar
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Pestilent Kathari
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk

LandBasedWin (2)

• 1x Acidic Soil
• 1x Price of Progress

Utility (2)

• 1x Outmaneuver
• 1x Reverse the Sands

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An attempt to create a casual deck where players can play their decks to their full potential and, sometimes, we even help develop their strategies. And then, when they are at their peak we use their own strategy to become their downfall.

How?
1. Make it in illogical choice to attack us. We do that by using pillow fort effects that punish attackers and gives incitament for players to attack other players than us.
2. Identify a player can that eliminate other opponents and who has a strategy we can use against him.
3. Implicitly help the player we can beat. Tutor for key cards that turns his win condition against him.

That is the plan at least and Queen Marchesa is a great commander for this.

For more in debth and inspiration see this great deck: Queen Marchesa: Politics, Aikido, and Control and for good politcal card in general: List of EDH Political Cards

I am still brewing on this deck. Any inputs / help will be much appreciated. We are only a small playgroup, 3 players in total, with decks that are between casual and competitive so I'm not sure this deck will come to its right in our scenario.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	UG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 37 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.81
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Ogre 3/3 R, Spirit 1/1 C, The Monarch