Atemsis, All-Seeing Pillow-Politics

Commander / EDH Combo Control Midrange Mono-Blue Multiplayer Pillow Fort

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Creature (22)

• 1x Augury Owl
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Sage Owl
• 1x Watcher for Tomorrow
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Vendilion Clique
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Conundrum Sphinx
• 1x Rescuer Sphinx
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Wall of Stolen Identity
• 1x Cavalier of Gales
• 1x Magus of the Future
• 1x Master of Predicaments
• 1x Mnemonic Wall
• 1x Prognostic Sphinx
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Telepathy
• 1x Curse of Verbosity
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Vow of Flight
• 1x Dissipation Field
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Well of Ideas

Artifact (14)

• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Altar of the Pantheon
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Caged Sun

Instant (12)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Keep Watch
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x Intellectual Offering
• 1x Spin into Myth
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Commit / Memory

Commander (1)

Land (36)

• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 25x Island
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Soldevi Excavations
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Zhalfirin Void

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Preordain
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Sleight of Hand
• 1x Aether Gale
• 1x Flood of Tears
• 1x Tunnel Vision
• 1x Treasure Cruise

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Every other Atemsis I've seen has been either Voltron (nearly creatureless) or Sphinx-tribal. This is an attempt to avoid both of those pitfalls and build for a 3-4 person multiplayer format at a medium power level, while retaining the Sphinxlike theme (a few sphinxes, owls, "prophecy" top-deck manipulation, telepathy and so on.) This deck incorporates "pillow-fort" (Discouraging being targeted) with politics and the blue staple control. The goal, of course, is to build up a board state without seeming like too big a threat. I also wanted as much player interactivity as possible for maximum fun without just stacking the deck with goodstuff. As a medium power deck, it does not include any infinites (that I can see) but does have solid synergies.

Combos:

1. Pay 1, draw card: Sensei's Divining Top + Future Sight/Magus of the Future
2. Tuck n Mill: Tunnel Vision + Hinder/Vendilion Clique/Spin Into Myth/Conundrum Sphinx

Synergies:

---Bounce House--

Flood of Tears/Aether Gale/Cryptic Command/Paradoxical Outcome/Rescuer Sphinx/Venser, Shaper Savant

---Loves to Bounce---

Watcher for Tomorrow/Augury Owl/Sage Owl/Trinket Mage/Spellseeker/Vendilion Clique/Rescuer Sphinx/Clever Impersonator/Wall of Stolen Identity/Archaeomancer/Solemn Simulacrum/Venser, Shaper Savant/Mnemonic Wall/Cavlier of Gales/Mystic Remora/Pithing Needle/Curse of Verbosity/Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx/Vesuva/Zhalfirin Void

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Pillowfort

Maze of Ith/Fog Bank/Propaganda/Thassa, God of the Sea/Dissipation FieldWall of Stolen Identity/Thassa, Deep-Dwelling

Politics

Telepathy/Vow of Flight/Curse of Verbosity/Intellectual Offering/Well of Ideas

Interactivity

Conundrum Sphinx/Master of Predicaments/Intellectual Offering/Narset's Reversal

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Other Notes:

1. Use a bounce in response to Atemsis' damage trigger to fill hand with appropriate CMCs.
2. Big CMCs that cost much less: Commit (to) Memory = CMC 7, Dig through Time & Treasure Cruise = CMC 8.

VISUAL MANA CURVE

• 0cmc = 35[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
• 1cmc = 10[][][][][][][][][][]
• 2cmc = 10[][][][][][][][][][]
• 3cmc = 11[][][][][][][][][][][]
• 4cmc = 12[][][][][][][][][][][][]
• 5cmc = 10[][][][][][][][][][]
• 6cmc = 05[][][][][]
• 7cmc = 01[]
• 8cmc = 02[][]

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There are about 45 cards that I really wanted to include which did not make the cut. Most are alternative draws, bounces, counterspells, mana rocks, pillows and politics. They were cut for synergy reasons or because I needed to curve the mana (many are 3cmc and 5cmc, very few 4cmcs to choose from.) The deck was originally designed as higher-powered infinite mana -> draw entire deck -> win through Stroke of Genius/Blue Sun Zenith, but I decided to keep this deck at medium as one of my backups since I already own other high powered decks.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.56