Such a cool deck man

Glad you liked it!

Incredible. Thank you for sharing.

I would like to try Reflector Mage with this.

How do you feel about Strionic Resonator? That coupled with Panharmonicon could be nuts. Maybe unnecessary though.

Thank you for the positive feedback. Both cards seem like logical additions. There are actually a lot of good cards which can still be added to the deck. The real problem lies in what cards to replace. Any suggestions?

Smokestack or fiend hunter maybe? They are arguably some of your weakest removal pieces. Smokestack takes a full turn cycle to do anything, and fiend hunter requires that you respond to his trigger to do real damage. Of the games I have played, Reflector Mage has been amazing, and usually eats removal because no one likes him. Very effective at keeping commander's off the field.

Agreed. I like Smokestacks because it hits all players which is what I usually aim for. Fiend Hunter is there because the combo player in me won’t shut up and keep whispering all these clunky combos.

I like the suggestions though. I could probably remove both cards to make room for Reflector Mage and Ixidron

Ixidron has done very well too. I play a weekly edh tournament with a lot of 1.5 and 2.0 decks. Cards that turn off or temporarily prevent problem commanders like gitrog and derevi have proven invaluable. Honestly, I need to get a Darksteel Mutation as well, as Ixidron, Imprison in the Moon, Reflector Mage, and Hostage Taker have allowed me to win a lot of games. Although in my meta, a lot of people base their deck around the commander and not the other way around, so take that with a grain of salt.

I agree. There's several directions you can take this, but largely depends on what 'style' you prefer and if you want to play to your meta. Or both.

Duplicant could be nasty as well.

Thank you for the inputs guys! I have managed to add some of them into the deck. I am still weighing on other cards like Hostage Taker, Duplicant, Gonti, etc.

I somehow feel the need for more draw or scry effects. Upon playtesting, I sometimes found it hard to access the deck’s stax pieces. Parallax Wave was one of the cards that really shined in the several games I played. I am thinking of other ways to sliw opponents down. Although I won roughly half of the games I played, there are still kinks that need to be ironed out. I am excited to test out the new additions and will keep you guys updated.

Feel free to share your own experiences here. I am always interested to hear how your respective decks are performing. Thanks again guys!

You know you could use a little bit of Venser, Shaper Savant and Spine of Ish Sah just to be that guy >:D

gdm1989 First off, thank you for the suggestions. I am not very fond of Spine. I feel the cost is too high cobsidering it only hits one target.

I think I could replace Reflector Mage with Venser though. Are their any other card/s in the deck which appear unnecessary to you?

You'll be surprised how fast spine will come out with blink decks since I used to use brago and blink decks

atm Ixidron is not needed I would use Resolute Archangel to make yourself semi-immortal

replace Pristine Talisman with Mana Web

there's this card I'm testing in my yuriko fairy (dark brago) deck it's called Gulf Squid

but so far it's looks fine. When I update my brago blink and yuriko bounce deck I'll let you know if I see something else :)

Oh and keep Reflector Mage in the deck as well trust me on this :)

Interesting suggestions. I was thinking of adding Gulf Squid a while back as getting to use old, obscure cards is something I enjoy.

I also like the Mana Web suggestion. It’s gonna make the Rishadan package a lot more effective. Time to look for slots.

Please don’t forget to upvote if you like the deck. :)

Done and feel free to do the same for my yuriko deck :)

Ran across this sorting through cards. Cryptic Annelid. It is Omenspeaker on steroids. Costs 2 more, but the scry value......

That looks amazing! I will need to think about it first though. I use Omenspeaker mainly because it helps me set up things early in the game. Cryptic Annelid might be a step too late but we'll see. Great find though! Thanks!

Hi!

Just came to have a look at the deck, Parallax Wave is some pretty great tech! Just a quick ruling - Fading N (This creature enters the battlefield with N fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)

So you can use Parallax Wave with all five counters aslong as you can then flicker it. This also is great if you use Parallax Tide for ramp (and infinite mana) or you can even add Parallax Dementia as a cheaper copy of Reality Acid

+1

Thank you for the comment. I did not know Parallax Dementia existed. I will put it under consideration since Reality Acid can be attached to any permanents instead of just creatures. Still a good card though.

I had Parallax Tide in the list before but it never seemed to work well enough to control an entire 4-man pod unlike the Wave.

Thanks!

Act of Authority is blinkable removal that permanently exiles its targets. With your commander's +1, you can easily abuse Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign and top deck whatever cool card from your hand she can cast.

Okay. So are you only using the oaths (Oath of Jace, etc) for their etb effect? Because you have 2 planeswalkers in this entire deck. And yeah I get that one is your commander but still pretty bad.

Next, HOLY RAMP BATMAN you have 16 mana rocks. Tone it down bud.

Emeria Shepherd is not great, Ixidron is really bad (you have no way to turn your dudes face-up again).

Suggestions for some good stuff to blink:

Azor, the Lawbringer, Duplicant, Solemn Simulacrum.

Also, get you some Brago, King Eternal!!!

Hey, I will probably base my aminatou deck off of this. One exclusion that I noticed and that I think should be in the deck: Animate Dead. Not only can you flicker it to change which creature it's reanimating (even your opponents'), but it's an infinite with Leonin Relic-Warder for an arbitrary amount of etb triggers, which you're already set up for with altar of the brood. Cheers

Thank you for the inputs!

@Lanzo493 It is a good card but I was hoping to get cards that were more slot efficient. Act only targets artifacts and enchantments my opponents control. It’s nice that it exiles them permanently but I would prefer something that can serve as a pseudo flicker effect.

Btw, Yennet is not in the deck because making good use of her would pull the entire deck towards a different direction. I kinda like the way things stand atm.

@ZendikariWol I like your enthusiasm but I would have to disagree with you for the most part. Like about 70% of the cards here, Oath of Jace is there for its ETB ability. That is kind of the main gimmick of the entire deck. The scry is actually quite useful in ensuring I don’t fateseal myself with Aminatou’s +1 ability.

I need a lot of ramp since Winter Orb is one of my main options in slowing down the game. I am also considering the addition of Armageddon and I might even bring my land count down to thirty. But i’ll be mindful of the rocks in my next few games just in case you’re right. I am with you on Ixidron. I am also iffy about the card although I do have Eerie Interlude and Ghostway. I will probably replace it though. As for Emeria Shepherd, it actually works. I was very hesitant to include it but it works really well late in the game when i’m trying to maintain control over the pod.

Brago was here for most of the deck’s existence. It never performed as well as it would have in theory. Maybe I could bring it back to replace Ixidron or The Chain Veil but we’ll see.

Took note of your suggestions. Not a fan of Duplicant. Azor seems overcosted too.

@UltiPizza I had some reanimation here for a while. Problem with that is until something good dies, they get stuck in my hand. The combo just might be enough reason to add it back into the deck as it provides additional value to Leonin Relic-Warder. I’ll think about it.

Again, thank you for the comments and the suggestions. If you like the deck please do give it an upvote.

Why don't you include a tezzeret in this list? With Aminatou in play he will fetch winter orb + tanglewire the turn you cast him.

You may also want to consider rings or brighthearth and the monolith. Tezzeret can tutor rings. Flicker him with Aminatou and tutor monolith + divining top and you have the win.