Aminatou, The Mid-Range Mini Mage

Commander / EDH* Combo Control Infinite Combo Multiplayer WUB (Esper)

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Land (36)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 3x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 3x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Thawing Glaciers
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Kaya, Ghost Assassin
• 1x Teferi, Temporal Archmage
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

Creature (19)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Cloudblazer
• 1x Deepglow Skate
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Eldrazi Displacer
• 1x Emeria Shepherd
• 1x Felidar Guardian
• 1x Ixidron
• 1x Lavinia of the Tenth
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Instant (11)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Ghostway
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Act of Authority
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Oath of Jace
• 1x Oath of Liliana
• 1x Oath of Teferi
• 1x Parallax Tide
• 1x Parallax Wave
• 1x Reality Acid

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Chain Veil
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Entreat the Angels
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Temporal Mastery
• 1x Terminus
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Wrath of God

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Instant (6)

• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Cloudshift
• 1x Essence Flux
• 1x Rescue
• 1x Settle the Wreckage
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Creature (2)

• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Magus of the Balance

Artifact (1)

• 1x Norn's Annex

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Parallax Tide
• 1x Sphere of Safety

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Is mid-range Aminatou a thing in a competitive but not cutthroat, multi-player meta? Credit where credit is due: I took some inspiration from Megalomania

The main win cons are infinite Kaya activations, or infinite Altar of the Brood activations. It’s easiest with Felidar Guardian, but I can there with Chain Veil, Tezz and mana rocks which involves generating infinite mana, then just keep -1 Aminatou and recast over and over.

The other route is Emeria Shepherd, Aminatou, and Clever Impersonator. Use Aminatou twice, cast clever impersonator, let Aminatou die to legendary rule, blink a plains to trigger Emeria Shepherd to get Aminatou back.

I'm looking to see what kinds of packages are potent and which ones just water things down. I will use Parallax Wave no matter what, but may add Parallax Tide. If I do I'd want cards that can blink or bounce those enchantments at instant speed to permanently exile things, but those cards wouldn't be great in any other capacity.

There's also the protection side of things. I don't think I have the cards to make this deck faster and I'm not great at piloting stax (but I could learn). I'm considering adding Dream Tides and Norn's Annex (to back me up if Silent Arbiter bites the dust) but where? Can I even build in enough protection without going full tilt stax?

Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 53 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	3.21
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Emblem Teferi, Temporal Archmage, Zombie 2/2 B