Budget Dralnu Storm

Commander / EDH Budget Storm UB (Dimir)

sebastian1994

Instant (21)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Lat-Nam's Legacy
• 1x Murmurs from Beyond
• 1x Negate
• 1x Peek
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Snapback
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Telling Time
• 1x Turnabout

Artifact (11)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Cluestone
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Manalith
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel

Sorcery (20)

• 1x Call to Mind
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Extract from Darkness
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Fortuitous Find
• 1x Knowledge Exploitation
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Mind's Desire
• 1x Pilfered Plans
• 1x Portent
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Runic Repetition
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Spelltwine
• 1x Strategic Planning
• 1x Taigam's Scheming
• 1x Tendrils of Agony
• 1x Uncovered Clues

Creature (6)

• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Greed
• 1x Metallurgic Summonings
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Secrets of the Dead

Commander (1)

Land (36)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 12x Island
• 1x Mirrorpool
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terrain Generator
• 1x Underground River

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Maybeboard

Instant (3)

• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Opt
• 1x Whir of Invention

Artifact (1)

• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Mitotic Manipulation
• 1x Retraced Image

Creature (1)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance

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This is probably of the decks that I have built the one that I am most attached to. It combines mostly instants/sorceries and graveyard shenanigans, both of which I love doing. Dralnu, Lich Lord basically allows you to cast all of your wonderful instants/sorceries at least twice which means double the fun!

This deck is very much based on Paradox Engine and being able to storm off casting essentially the entire library through draw spells and Arcanis the Omnipotent or Mind's Desire. After casting a sufficient number of spells, then using Aetherflux Reservoir and/or Tendrils of Agony are good ways to win the game. Also, with the large number of mana rocks in this deck, it is very easy to generate massive amounts of mana to the point where milling one of the opponents with a Blue Sun's Zenith is entirely possible as well.

One notable exclusion is the absence of the Laboratory Maniac and Doomsday win con. I had it in an earlier iteration of the deck, but found winning that way to be slightly underwhelming and, in my opinion, boring. I find it much more interesting when there is more risk involved as I could just as easily kill myself if I am not careful with this deck.

As I said, I really enjoy this deck and would love to see it expand and get better. I'm open to any suggestions you may have. I would like to keep this on the budget-end of things so please take price into account when suggesting cards. Also, if you could mention what cards you think should be removed to include the suggestions you are making, that would also be super helpful. Thank you in advance!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 22 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 29 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.25
Tokens	Construct */* C, Copy Clone, Manifest 2/2 C
Folders	Plausible Decks