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Now, where do I start off? Maelstrom Wanderer is such a fun general, so fun I decided to make a budget version of him. Obviously, this limits our choices A LOT, without a lot of turn manipulation, e.g. Time Warp, Capture of Zingzhou, etc. Really, the only time manipulation card we have in standard is Part the Waterveil (I would love to know if there are any others).

So, in this deck we are mainly focusing on the creatures. Yes, we have Rite of Replication and Blatant Thievery, Zendikar Resurgent and Warstorm Surge, but the deck really revolves around the creatures. One may argue that there are quite a bit too many planeswalkers in this deck, however it is just my opinion, but I really like planeswalkers, especially Kiora.

I guess it is correct to say that the main win-con of this deck is to just bombard your opponent with creatures, left, right and centre. This deck has 33 creatures for a reason. Among them I have a few favourites in Etherium-Horn Sorcerer (another cascader) and Hellkite Tyrant. I also like Surrak Dragonclaw.Of course, you could easily get about 20-40 bucks off this deck if you get rid of some things like Cyclonic Rift, Hellkite Tyrant and a couple of walkers. However, if you wanted to upgrade this deck, Id say Sensei's Divining Top and a couple of turn manipulation cards are the best bet.

The ramp and mana rocks are pretty standard in a budget deck. I wont go on much about these, but one thing for sure, these are important in any Maelstrom Wanderer deck. Getting to MW ASAP is really important.The land base well, I only have one complaint. The amount of ETB tapped is ridiculous. A tip is to upgrade to better duals asap. I reckon first comes the buddy lands ( Hinterland Harbour , Sulfur Falls, Rootbound Crag ). Cinder Glade is a nice dual land upgrade as well. Then comes the pain lands, Shivan Reef , Yavimaya Coast etc. Near the end of the line are shock lands. Stomping Ground, Breeding Pool and Steam Vents are all amazing in EDH. After that, I reckon its probably only utility lands and Tropical Island, Volcanic Island and Taiga.

Now, without further ado, here is the deck itself.

Sideboarding help is appreciated!

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Date added 8 years
Last updated 8 years
Exclude colors WB
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

10 - 0 Mythic Rares

27 - 0 Rares

25 - 2 Uncommons

21 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 4.03
Tokens Beast 3/3 G, Beast 4/4 G, Copy Clone, Dragon 4/4 R, Elemental 5/5 RG, Emblem Kiora, Master of the Depths, Emblem Kiora, the Crashing Wave, Kraken 9/9 U, Morph 2/2 C, Myr 1/1 C, Octopus 8/8 U
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