Aminatou Cycling-Flicker Adventures

Commander / EDH* Enchantment Jank Necropotence Value Engine WUB (Esper)

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Lands (38)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Desert of the Glorified
• 1x Desert of the Mindful
• 1x Desert of the True
• 1x Drifting Meadow
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 2x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Piranha Marsh
• 8x Plains
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Watery Grave

Value (8)

• 1x Bag of Holding
• 1x Counterbalance
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Solemnity
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Teferi, Temporal Archmage
• 1x Zur the Enchanter *f-etch*

Spot-Removal (6)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Cast Out
• 1x Forsake the Worldly
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Utter End

Cycling (28)

• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Astral Drift
• 1x Astral Slide
• 1x Bag of Holding
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Cast Out
• 1x Curator of Mysteries
• 1x Decree of Justice
• 1x Decree of Silence
• 1x Desert of the Glorified
• 1x Desert of the Mindful
• 1x Desert of the True
• 1x Drake Haven
• 1x Drifting Meadow
• 1x Faith of the Devoted
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Fluctuator
• 1x Forsake the Worldly
• 1x Horror of the Broken Lands
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Miscalculation
• 1x New Perspectives
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Shadow of the Grave
• 1x Wander in Death

Creatures (8)

• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Charming Prince
• 1x Curator of Mysteries
• 1x Horror of the Broken Lands
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soulherder
• 1x Thassa, Deep-Dwelling

Card-Draw (6)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Portent

Commander (1)

Flicker (17)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Charming Prince
• 1x Cloudform
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Essence Flux
• 1x Felidar Guardian
• 1x Flicker of Fate
• 1x Flickerwisp
• 1x Lightform
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Oath of Teferi
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Piranha Marsh
• 1x Scroll of Fate
• 1x Soulherder
• 1x Thassa, Deep-Dwelling

Ramp (10)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Firemind Vessel
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Boardwipes (2)

• 1x Akroma's Vengeance
• 1x Kaya's Wrath

Graveyard-Hate (2)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Scavenger Grounds

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Miracle-Theme (4)

• 1x Entreat the Angels
• 1x Entreat the Dead
• 1x Temporal Mastery
• 1x Terminus

Manifest-Theme (2)

• 1x Mastery of the Unseen
• 1x Primordial Mist

Milling-Theme (1)

• 1x Altar of the Brood

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Ok ok, hear me out, I was reading the other day this post on reddit about the interaction between Thassa, Deep-Dwelling and the manifested cards, and that gave me the idea to try and give other take on a version of Aminatou, the Fateshifter, with an emphasis on flicker efects... and then I remembered Astral Slide and Astral Drift of which I have a copy of both, and how much fun I had when I played them in my Zur the Enchanter Cycling deck. Then it hit me, a for-fun deck trying to combine both mechanics, with Aminatou, the Fateshifterspearheading the whole operation.

I like the Esper combination of colours because obviously, it has both and , the main Flicker supporters, but I also like the Cycling cards the Amonkhet Block brings to the table.

The plan is to get Astral Slide or Astral Drift in the table, preferably with a Fluctuator or New Perspectives to get the Cycling theme going, and to police a little the table while I get my Thassa, Deep-Dwelling and/or Conjurer's Closet (possibly with a Strionic Resonator for doubling effect purposes)

The value, repeated ETBs of cards like Charming Prince or Mulldrifter are just plain awesome, and in combination with Soulherder it makes for a value train quite big, and a big threat in the long-game.

At first glance, two interactions can seem a bit off: those of Necropotence and the whole Cycling theme, and that of Solemnity and Soulherder; I know that those cards just don't work toghether, but the sheer value you get from having them on the battlefield is justification enough, in my opinion. There have been quite the amount of games I just locked out my opponents of the game by having Decree of Silence and Solemnity in play, or having a massives amount of card advantage with Mystic Remora without having to pay any upkeep costs. In the case of Necropotence, if one of my opponents doesn't eventually destroy it, in a pinch I can use one of my spells to turn it off before I go crazy with my Cyclers.

The deck is very much a Work in Progress. My manabase is a mess, and some cards are missing, while some just have to go, but I didn't want to spend any money on it, built it with the cards I already got. I discovered I just play more UB decks than any other colour pairings, so... there's that.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 23 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.16
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Drake 2/2 U, Emblem Teferi, Temporal Archmage, Manifest 2/2 C, Soldier 1/1 W