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Commander / EDH Artifact Eldrazi Indestructible Land Destruction Mono-White

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Artifact (30)

• 1x Boompile
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Coveted Jewel
• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Inspiring Statuary
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mystic Forge
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Planar Bridge
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Immortal Sun
• 1x The Mightstone and Weakstone  ^Meld
• 1x The One Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Throne of Eldraine
• 1x Worldslayer
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Creature (18)

• 1x Archivist of Oghma
• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Magus of the Disk
• 1x Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Myrel, Shield of Argive
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Stonehewer Giant
• 1x Thalia's Lancers
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Vexilus Praetor
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Armageddon
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Catastrophe
• 1x Hour of Revelation
• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Ravages of War
• 1x Search for Glory
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift

Instant (3)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Reprieve
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Commander (1)

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 25x Snow-Covered Plains
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x War Room

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Trouble in Pairs
• 1x War of the Last Alliance

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Maybeboard

Artifact (6)

• 1x Chalice of the Void
• 1x Conqueror's Flail
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Web
• 1x Winter Moon

Creature (5)

• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Hushbringer

Land (3)

• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Reliquary Tower

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Ondu Inversion  ^Flip

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Modified Avacyn deck.

Credit

Deck is credited to SomaCruz with the deck Misery is waiting at the gates of Armageddon

As this is a copy with slight alternations, I will never be cycling this deck.

Changes: Artifacts

Cut:

1. Conqueror's Flail- Does the same thing as abolisher but is slower and has 2 response triggers (cast, equip). Swapped for Shadowspear.
2. Everflowing Chalice- Moved to maybeboard as it has potential, but Thought Vessel having the upside of giving us no max hand size for the same-ish cost is fine. Everflowing is just more mana card; monitoring of the switch will be needed. *** UPDATE: Added back in as of commander ban on 09/2024
3. Mirage Mirror- Decent card, but we don't run artifacts that will absolutely bomb for 1 turn for the cost. Swapped for Jeweled Lotus. Works well with drawtifacts but i personally don't see a need; Lotus gets Av out faster to board wipe sooner.

Added:

1. Shadowspear- Gives us the ability to avoid evasion for boardwipes. Decks that run indis like another Avy are problematic. Upside of tramp + lifegain are pretty sweet.
2. Thought Vessel- Ramp, no max hand size.
3. Jeweled Lotus- faster commander; that's all. Might not be a good choice vs potential card advantage, but we'll see how this swap works. ** This was removed 9/24 as of the banlist update for EHD. See accordion below.

Shadow and Jeweled can also be fetched with Urza's saga; we always like more choices rather than less.

Changes: Creatures

This one was a bit tougher as creatures were generally solid, but let's go through it:

cut:

1. Emrakul, the Promised End- PHENOMINAL card, but as a "win" card, I had issues seeing it's use case unless you're in 1v1. Does not contribute to our strat of constant boardwiping as it's not indestructible nor does it offer anything in relation to wiping with/without Avacyn out.

Added:

1. Blightsteel Colossus- Attempt at a game-ender. If we're board wiping, we want to kill someone immediately (assuming it can attack). wipe creatures -> swing to kill someone who could answer Blightsteel. Has built-in anti mill as well which can be good if we don't mill titans since it thins our deck for Blightsteel.
2. Archivist of Oghma- Similar mentality to Smothering Tithe. Tax opponent, potentially fill our hand (and life) without drawing immediate attention. I had issues determining whether this or hard stax like Drannith Magistrate or Eidolon of Rhetoric (stops casting combos) was viable, but I settled for something that won't immediately make me the arch enemy. I also considered the value engine from all 3 and decided Oghma was better.

Like I said, the creature section was the most difficult to look into. I wanted to keep the spirit of board wipe support with a splash of card engine and utility. Eldrazi are phenomenal for generating value (Kozi) or spot clearing threats (ulamog) #FreeAeonsTorn... JK (not JK [JK]{not JK}])

Changes Enchantments

This one will be quick:

Cut:

1. Fall of the Thran- Cut for it being a 6-drop. Will monitor the replacement to see if it'd be a better fit than Archivist of Oghma. More board wipes is better, so maybe it justifies the slot, but we'll see.

changes: Sorceries

Only 1 change here:

Removed:

1. Ondu Inversion  - Felt like a mildly bad card. Planar Cleansing would have just been better as a tapped land doesn't contribute anything to the deck except when mana screwed, but if we're mana screwed I still don't see this helping out as we need to wait a turn to use it. This is just personal opinion as I rather pull my inner Yugi and pray the heart of the cards unscrews the situation (it wont). We have enough ramp bad hands shouldn't be taken in any case.

2. Note: The original deck had 36 lands, not 37 as it was not entered correctly. You almost NEVER want to play this modal as a tap land.

Changes: Instants

Another quick section...

Added:

1. Reprieve- Added to allow for some slight counter play and interactivity for the deck. We can also use this to bounce (most) Eldrazi casts back to our hand to cast again if needed. It cantrips as well which is really sick.

2. this was swapped for Ondu Inversion   as a modal card that ETB's tapped as a land didn't seem like it was worth. Once again, more is better, so I'll keep an eye on if reprieve is useless or justified.

Changes: Lands

Some small cahnges, please change as needed:

Cut:

1. Myriad Landscape- Cut due to tempo reduction. Been doing a lot of research on this card, so I will see if the extra ramp is justified with the number of artifact ramp we run. ETB tapped, need to pay 2 mana to get 2 tapped snow lands. This is great in mono-colored, non-rampable decks, but we're running mostly artifacts so this seems like a trap card.
2. Shrine of the Forsaken Gods- restricts us to only colorless cards and requires 7 lands before it's able to take effect. It's fine for an on-curve land, but I felt like it wasn't needed here; maybe I'm wrong.

Added:

1. Strip Mine- (replaced Myriad) Kill lands that are problematic before we can board wipe. If we get it later, we can remove problematic lands like Command Tower or Rogue's Passage if needed. Speaking of...
2. Rogue's Passage- (replaced Shrine) Added to give us face hits and kill with Blightsteel Colossus or allowing us to Worldslayer to wipe the board. Doesn't matter if we use Worldslayer + Rogue's with any indi creatures since OGmog keeps the board clear, NEWmog exiles libraries and isn't destroyed, Blightsteel kills in 1 hit and wipes the board after and Avacyn keeps everything we have alive. surprised this wasn't in the original deck, might be because of the lack of general land fetches and similar issues with fetching for WS.

Update post Sept 2024 changes

The following were cut as they are banned in EDH:

1. Jeweled Lotus - RIP fast mana. Avacyn EDH takes a massive hit from this ban in particular.
2. Mana Crypt - RIP the OG fast mana artifact. Not an insanely large deal, but slowing down the deck without a direct replacement really sucks.

Replaced for:

1. Trouble in Pairs - Soma had this in the list and I thought it was a good addition since we already have tons of mana, and the remaining rocks in MTG are too situational or just lacks versatility.
2. Everflowing Chalice - Originally cut, but added more as a temporary card until Jeweled gets unbanned or another, better rock comes out.

These changes are more or less temporary and subject to change at any point. Hopefully nothing else gets banned, but who knows.

Date added	7 months
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 10 - 0 Uncommons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.94
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Soldier, Treasure