Brago, King of Budget

Commander / EDH

SgtScrublord

Creature (24)

• 1x Angel of Finality
• 1x Augury Owl
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Cloudblazer
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Heliod's Pilgrim
• 1x Jace's Mindseeker
• 1x Lavinia of the Tenth
• 1x Man-o'-War
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Nevermaker
• 1x Palace Jailer
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Phyrexian Ingester
• 1x Reflector Mage
• 1x Sea Gate Oracle
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sphinx of Uthuun
• 1x Stonehorn Dignitary
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Whirler Rogue

Land (37)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Boreal Shelf
• 1x Coastal Tower
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 9x Island
• 11x Plains
• 1x Port Town
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Skycloud Expanse
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Act of Authority
• 1x Cloudform
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Lightform
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Pentarch Ward
• 1x Reality Acid
• 1x Steel of the Godhead
• 1x Traveler's Cloak
• 1x Unquestioned Authority

Artifact (17)

• 1x Azorius Cluestone
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Ichor Wellspring
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mycosynth Wellspring
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Instant (7)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Disperse
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Negate
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Ponder

Commander (1)

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Hey all, I play Commander at a fairly casual, budget level (meaning I'm usually too poor to afford the Mana Crypts and Sensei's Divining Top that are staples in like every competitive list, and it's kinda more entertaining that way.

I've always been a fan of Control decks and to make myself feel smarter after playing dumb Gruul smash decks with Xenagos, God of Revels, I decided that a smart combo/control commander would be in order.

Enter Brago, King Eternal, or as he's known among the more hardcore nerds in the game, Brago, King of Value.

Brago looks fairly weak at first glance but make no mistake, he can completely lock down a game given even half a chance. This budget list doesn't run a lot of the horrifying stax effects, like Winter Orb or Stasis Orb because as much as they can win you the game, fun is pretty important too.

This deck focuses on ETB goodstuff, drawing cards and bouncing things on the board until the opponent is stuck in a position where they can't re-develop their board state before we can finish them off. We clear the board with things like Reflector Mage and Nevermaker while establishing our board.

I tried to keep things fairly budget and as such I'm missing out on a fair few of the more powerful/common combos, but I'll detail some here

Combos

Make Brago, King Eternal unblockable with Pentarch Ward, Steel of the Godhead, Traveler's Cloak, Unquestioned Authority or Whispersilk Cloak

Brago, King Eternal + Lavinia of the Tenth = Locking down all their 4 CMC or less creatures

Brago, King Eternal + Mystic Remora = Reset the timer on Mystic Remora, thus minimising the cumulative upkeep needed to pay

Brago, King Eternal + Reality Acid = Make people sacrifice their permanents with every flicker

Brago, King Eternal + Cloudform or Lightform = Cheating in permanents for no mana cost (the reason the deck is so instant and sorcery deprived)

Brago, King Eternal + Strionic Resonator + any two mana producer = infinite blinking

Can draw through the entire deck with any draw ETB effect and wipe the entire board with Nevermaker. Mill them entirely with Jace's Mindseeker

Strionic Resonator is also just a value card by itself, turning Mulldrifter into a 2 mana, draw 2 cards engine or an ETB exiler (like Oblivion Ring or Phyrexian Ingester) exiling two things

Things you can search with Trinket Mage

• Ancient Den
• Seat of the Synod
• Sol Ring (Target number 1)
• Expedition Map
• Elixir of Immortality (helpful to prevent decking out since the deck has a ton of draw)
• Relic of Progenitus (Really good against Reanimator decks like Meren)

Not listed here

Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake = Infinite mana. Can mill out your opponents in one shot with Blue Sun's Zenith or Stroke of Genius

Thought-Knot Seer fits in with the Brago, King Eternal + Strionic Resonator combo by infinitely milling everyone. Plus it can get rid of troublesome cards in their hand and force them out of the game (in retrospect I don't know why this isn't in the main deck :/)

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Key combos	Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake Brago, King Eternal + Strionic Resonator
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 16 - 0 Rares 37 - 0 Uncommons 24 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.08
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Manifest 2/2 C, The Monarch, Thopter 1/1 C