Experience Absolute Power

Commander / EDH* Aristocrats Battlecruiser Counters Midrange Multiplayer Proliferate Sacrifice Tokens WB (Orzhov)

Octrate

Creature (27)

• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Nested Shambler
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Archivist of Oghma
• 1x Cathar Commando
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Deep Gnome Terramancer
• 1x Grateful Apparition
• 1x Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
• 1x Priest of Fell Rites
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
• 1x Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Ruthless Technomancer
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Doom Weaver
• 1x Sun Titan

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Legion's Landing  ^Flip
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Hidden Stockpile
• 1x The Meathook Massacre
• 1x Black Market Connections
• 1x Felidar Retreat
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x High Market
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 5x Plains
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Shattered Sanctum
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 1x Snowfield Sinkhole
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Damn
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Winds of Abandon
• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Commander (1)

Instant (14)

• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Village Rites
• 1x Deadly Dispute
• 1x Despark
• 1x Grand Crescendo
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Call the Coppercoats
• 1x Carrion
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Inkshield

Artifact (9)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Throne of Geth
• 1x Crowded Crypt
• 1x Sword of Truth and Justice

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Creature (6)

• 1x Cartographer's Hawk
• 1x Martyr for the Cause
• 1x Acererak the Archlich
• 1x Myriad Construct
• 1x Marionette Master
• 1x Ancient Gold Dragon

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Ghoulish Procession
• 1x Curse of the Restless Dead
• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Life Insurance

Artifact (2)

• 1x Skyclave Relic
• 1x Wand of Orcus

Instant (1)

• 1x Plumb the Forbidden

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"Praise the Absolute, she will reward us well for this carnage."

--Minthara, Cleric of the Absolute

Seeing Minthara put on a Magic card is a little weird, but I guess I can't complain. Squeezed behind Capena and before Double Masters, it feels like Baldur's Gate already passed by. Regardless, even during the brief spoiler period, I felt people were undervaluing the Cleric of the Absolute here.

The game-plan is simple. Aristocrats, fetchlands, treasures? Shriekmaw, even?? Anything to get the experience ball rolling with Minthara in play. After that? She'll become gradually better at protecting herself with ward as the experience counters slowly tick up. Cards like Disciple of Bolas, Ruthless Technomancer, and Esper Sentinel get outrageous with higher powers. Elenda, the Dusk Rose, Nested Shambler, Carrion, and Inkshield will give you a preposterous number of tokens as a return. (Side note: there is nothing like turning someone's attack of 10 damage into lethal against them with Inkshield.) Once you get to five or six experience, most mass token generators become totally devastating. I'll get a full primer as soon as I finish building the list and get some games in.

And while I realize flicker is another viable strategy with her... she would much prefer I spill blood for the glory of the Absolute.

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Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 56 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.63
Tokens	0/1 B Token Creature Insect, Cat Beast 2/2 W, Citizen 1/1 GW, Elephant 3/3 G, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Human 1/1 W, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Inkling 2/1 WB, Servo 1/1 C, Shapeshifter 3/2 C, Snake 1/1 B, Squirrel 1/1 G, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed
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