Budget Edric, Spymaster of Trest

Commander / EDH Aggro Budget Casual GU (Simic) Multiplayer Weenie

ColJo101

Creature (35)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Artificer's Assistant
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Cloud of Faeries
• 1x Cloudfin Raptor
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Elvish Pioneer
• 1x Faerie Miscreant
• 1x Gudul Lurker
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Hypnotic Siren
• 1x Jace's Phantasm
• 1x Jhessian Infiltrator
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Martyr of Frost
• 1x Mausoleum Wanderer
• 1x Merfolk Spy
• 1x Mist-Cloaked Herald
• 1x Nightveil Sprite
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Scryb Sprites
• 1x Siren Stormtamer
• 1x Skyshroud Ranger
• 1x Slither Blade
• 1x Spiketail Hatchling
• 1x Spire Tracer
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Treetop Scout
• 1x Triton Shorestalker
• 1x Trygon Predator
• 1x Wharf Infiltrator
• 1x Wingcrafter
• 1x Wirewood Symbiote
• 1x Zephyr Sprite

Instant (16)

• 1x Biomass Mutation
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Foil
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Negate
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Reclaim
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Unified Will
• 1x Wrap in Vigor

Land (34)

• 15x Forest
• 17x Island
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower

Artifact (3)

• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh

Commander (1)

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Karn's Temporal Sundering
• 1x Nostalgic Dreams
• 1x Notorious Throng
• 1x Overrun
• 1x Part the Waterveil
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Temporal Trespass
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Walk the Aeons
• 1x Wildest Dreams

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension

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Sideboard

Instant (4)

• 1x Abjure
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Dissipate

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Maybeboard

Creature (17)

• 1x Cloud Sprite
• 1x Diligent Farmhand
• 1x Gnarlwood Dryad
• 1x Grayscaled Gharial
• 1x Greenseeker
• 1x Jukai Messenger
• 1x Krosan Wayfarer
• 1x Marsh Boa
• 1x Mold Adder
• 1x Narnam Renegade
• 1x Scute Mob
• 1x Sedge Scorpion
• 1x Shanodin Dryads
• 1x Signal Pest
• 1x Skyshroud Elite
• 1x Wasteland Viper
• 1x Willow Dryad

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Predatory Rampage
• 1x Void Snare

Instant (1)

• 1x Natural State

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This started as the budget deck from The Commander's Quarters YouTube channel but has quickly become more focused and more powerful.

This deck is looking to do textbook Edric, Spymaster of Trest stuff by making a lot of small dudes that can't be blocked and then attacking to keep your grip nice and full. The counterspell suite is meant to protect your board and especially protect Edric from being removed. Once you've drawn a good amount of cards you want to look for an opportunity to chain extra turns together and to have countermagic available in case someone trys to stop you. A resolved Notorious Throng casted using prowl is generally just game over as you follow up with so much card draw which then leads to ways to recure the Throng resulting in more turns, more draws, and more winning. Other win conditions include Beastmaster Ascension and other Overrun type of effects such as Triumph of the Hordes . The most important extra turns are those that go to the graveyard as they can be reccured and used again and again.

Overall, this deck is a lot of fun to pilot and can get going very fast. The most important thing to look out for is to not overextend and to keep Edric on the field as he can become expensive very quickly after being removed a few times. Save your counterspells for things that particularly hinder your game plan and be ready to stand alone as your playgroup will turn on you after playing against this a time or two XD.

The maybeboard includes cards that can reduce the price of the deck even more by replacing some of the more expensive spells. Good luck and have fun drawing all the cards with this sweet budget build!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 16 - 0 Rares 19 - 1 Uncommons 31 - 3 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.12
Tokens	Eldrazi Horror 3/2 C, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Manifest 2/2 C, Morph 2/2 C
Folders	Budget Builds