Aminatou: Social Distancing 101

Commander / EDH* Competitive Stax WUB (Esper)

Megalomania

Land (29)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Gemstone Mine
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Oath of Liliana
• 1x Oath of Teferi
• 1x Parallax Wave
• 1x Reality Acid
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Creature (18)

• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Containment Priest
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Felidar Guardian
• 1x Flickerwisp
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
• 1x Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
• 1x Lavinia of the Tenth
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Maralen of the Mornsong
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Skyclave Apparition
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Yorion, Sky Nomad

Instant (13)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1x Karn, the Great Creator
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler

Commander (1)

Artifact (17)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Tangle Wire
• 1x Teferi's Puzzle Box
• 1x Winter Orb
• 1x Wishclaw Talisman

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Armageddon
• 1x Catastrophe
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Whispering Madness
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Wrath of God

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Kismet
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Stasis
• 1x Stony Silence

Artifact (2)

• 1x Storage Matrix
• 1x Weathered Runestone

Instant (1)

• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault

Creature (1)

• 1x Samurai of the Pale Curtain

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Day's Undoing

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Made some adjustmemts to my previous list to give it a more 2020 vibe. To maintain that 2020 flavor, the deck aims to restrict movement, limit resources and prevent any meaningful interaction the entire game. The collective groaning, cursing and the occassional table flipping makes this slow, grindy and clunky deck so worth playing.

The Deck

The deck is very simple. It makes heavy use of {W} and {U} with a splash of black (tutors). While the theme is primarily stax, it also has a Narset, Parter of Veils subtheme. The said subtheme can be prioritized to establish early card advantage or played later on in the game to lock opponents out. Winning via submission is the main route we go for here but the deck is laden with enough beatsticks to win via combat damage.

Gameplay

Sans any real win condition, the deck aims to slow the game using cards like Tangle Wire, Grand Arbiter Agustin IV and Dovin, Hand of Control. It then sets up an effective defense in the form of Magus of the Moat, Peacekeeper, and Propaganda while we add pieces like Rishadan Footpad, Oath of Liliana and Reality Acid to slowly chip off opponents’ board presence. These creatures also serve as meat shields for our planeswalkers which will be doing most of the disruption.

Walkers like Teferi, Time Raveler, Narset, Parter of Veils and Karn, the Great Creator are quite great in keeping the fun one-sided by imposing restrictions after restrictions until there is nothing else for our opponents to do but oass the turn. Once we have complete control of the board, we then place the final nail in the coffin -Teferi's Puzzle Box. With Narset in play, this means our opponents will no longer get to keep cards in their hand unless they manage to draw into an instant-speed removal to break the lock. But with Teferi also in play, we take away this option effectively locking opponents’ hands and in most cases, shutting them out of the game.

Top Ranked	Achieved #4 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 60 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.51
Tokens	Illusion */* U, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Interesting Commander Decks, Nette Ideen, New2, EDH Esper (WUB), EDH Decks, Possible EDH decks, edh, EDH/Commander, Breya/Aminatou, STAX