American Welfare

Commander / EDH* Control Enchantment Lifegain Pillow Fort RUW (Jeskai, America)

George_Time

Enchantment (40)

• 1x Alexi's Cloak
• 1x All That Glitters
• 1x Archmage Ascension
• 1x As Foretold
• 1x Assemble the Legion
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Conjured Currency
• 1x Copy Enchantment
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Enchanted Evening
• 1x Estrid's Invocation
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Illusions of Grandeur
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Island Sanctuary
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Mind's Dilation
• 1x Mirrormade
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Oath of Lieges
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Prison Term
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Puca's Mischief
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Shielded by Faith
• 1x Sigil of the Empty Throne
• 1x Smoke
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Soul Snare
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Statecraft
• 1x Timely Ward
• 1x Wild Research

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Venser, the Sojourner

Land (31)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Homeward Path
• 9x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 6x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Serra's Sanctum
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Creature (17)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Akroan Horse
• 1x Archon of Sun's Grace
• 1x Aura Thief
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Djinn of Infinite Deceits
• 1x Eidolon of Countless Battles
• 1x Fae of Wishes
• 1x Hanna, Ship's Navigator
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Perplexing Chimera
• 1x Sphinx of the Second Sun
• 1x Starfield Mystic
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Vedalken Plotter

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Cleansing Meditation
• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Golden Wish
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Plea for Guidance
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Terminus

Commander (1)

Artifact (18)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Helm of the Gods
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Star Compass
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Venser's Journal
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Weakstone

Instant (16)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Faerie Trickery
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tithe
• 1x Void Shatter

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Sideboard

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Test of Endurance

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My darling monk deserved a better name, so I have atoned for my low quality, punless errors of the past.

Maybe one day, I'll be able to add new cards to a deck without going overboard, but probably not

**Disclaimer: This deck name has no bearing or connection to my political opinions. I just like snarky deck names; don't bother me.

American Welfare:

1. You get free things you didn't work for, isn't it great? As if it's designed this way...

2. I generate value off my magnanimous behavior. Through unethical methods, those cards and lifegain help me along.

3. You become dependent upon my tokens, permanents, etc. to survive, teaching this to your progeny. As a cost of such things, I increase taxes to help you maintain an edge

4. I amass wild reserves of wealth and pretend my opulence is ours to share, whilst increasing taxes again. Surely taxes will improve things, since more money collected means more for helping others.

5. I cause inflation from the shadows, upping taxes and shifting the burden to you, letting you perish with nothing.

Wincons:

A. Combat damage with soldiers & angels, the very, very last resort.

B. Illusion of Grandeur + Venser Sojourner to etb for lifegain, give it away, bounce it out to make em lose 20, and repeat as needed.

C. Grab Test of Endurance to end things out. I took out felidar since it's too easy, and I like my shenanigans. It's the loom before the doom

D. Big Wipe: Enchanted Evening + Cleansing Meditation with threshold met. this wins indirectly by folks scooping from not being able to deal or by combat damage while folks try to setup again works.

E. Big Taxing: Let Aura Thief die with Enchanted Evening out, and I either use other folks' stuff to win, or they scoop because it's just dastardly.

F. Gear up: Zedruu plus the fancy helm, usually in conjunction with D or E, as there's no opposition then :)

Date added	9 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 59 - 1 Rares 34 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	133
Avg. CMC	3.28
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Elephant 3-3 G, Emblem Venser, the Sojourner, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Goat 0/1 W, On an Adventure, Pegasus 2/2 W, Soldier 1/1 RW, Soldier 1/1 W, Treasure
Folders	Commander