But That's Cheating!

Commander / EDH Combo Control Mono-Blue Multiplayer Show and Tell Theme/Gimmick

Njirk

Artifact (30)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chimeric Coils
• 1x Chimeric Idol
• 1x Chimeric Mass
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Chronatog Totem
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fountain of Ichor
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Guardian Idol
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mindslaver
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Proteus Staff
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Servo Schematic
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1x Karn, Scion of Urza
• 1x Karn, the Great Creator

Instant (21)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Gush
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Keep Safe
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Nexus of Fate *list*
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Whir of Invention

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Reconstruction
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Show and Tell
• 1x Windfall

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Mirrodin Besieged
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Overburden
• 1x Thopter Spy Network

Commander (1)

Land (33)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blinkmoth Nexus
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Dread Statuary
• 1x Foundry of the Consuls
• 1x Frostwalk Bastion
• 1x Gargoyle Castle
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Labyrinth of Skophos
• 1x Mishra's Factory
• 15x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Stalking Stones
• 1x Tolaria West

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Sideboard

Artifact (5)

• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Vedalken Shackles

Creature (3)

• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 1x Memnite
• 1x Ornithopter

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Efficient Construction
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Metallurgic Summonings
• 1x Power Artifact
• 1x Telepathy

Instant (4)

• 1x Capsize
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Remand

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Beacon of Tomorrows
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Portent
• 1x Saheeli's Artistry
• 1x Temporal Mastery

Artifact (2)

• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Whirlermaker

Land (4)

• 1x Island
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Urza's Factory

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Custom category available!

The goal of this deck is to get Proteus Staff into play as quick as possible. Because we run zero creatures the staff allows us to tuck our own commander, flip the whole deck over, put the commander into play again and stack the rest of the library for some easy combo's.

Now, which commander would we want with such a strategy? One that searches for your combo and even puts it into play, like Arcum Dagsson! The only tricky part is to find artifact creatures to sacrifice in a deck with a grand total of zero creatures. That's why we run 19 non-creature artifact creatures.

Step 1: Get Proteus Staff with Fabricate/Intuition/Whir of Invention/Inventors' Fair/(Arcum Dagsson + Artifact Creature)

Step 2: Tuck Arcum Dagsson/Artifact Creature with Proteus Staff

Step 3: Stack your library, draw and combo!

What to put on top:

1st: Depending on the amount of mana you have left and the cards you have in hand, any combination of Frantic Search/Gush/Brainstorm/Windfall

2nd: Show and Tell+Omniscience and Force of Will/Force of Negation/Fierce Guardianship depending on the amount of cards you can draw.

3rd: Combo pieces.

Card explanations:

-Isochron Scepter+Mystical Tutor + enough mana/Omniscience=Infinite Turns through Beacon of Tomorrows (You do still need a card draw engine or beater to win)

-Isochron Scepter+Dramatic Reversal+Mana Rocks=Infinite mana+Codex Shredder= Win (Mill yourself with the shredder and return Jace, Wielder of Mysteries to your hand.)

-Basalt Monolith+Rings of Brighthearth=Infinite colorless mana + Staff of Domination= Win

-Codex Shredder+Rings of Brighthearth+Infinite mana=Return everything from your graveyard to your hand

-Mindslaver+Academy Ruins/(Buried Ruin+Crucible of Worlds)=Steal 1 turn per round

-Use Scroll Rack/Memory Jar after you stack your deck

-Use Intuition to search for a missing combo piece/Proteus Staff+Academy Ruins/(Crucible of Worlds+Buried Ruin)/Reconstruction

-Karn, the Great Creator can grab Mycosynth Lattice to lock your opponents out of the game.

-Codex Shredder also works great against Vampiric Tutor and its cousins!

Suggestions Appreciated!

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Date added	8 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	19 - 3 Mythic Rares 29 - 3 Rares 27 - 2 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.52
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Construct 0/0 C, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Gargoyle 3/4 C, Manifest 2/2 C, Myr 1/1 C, Servo 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 C
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Based on	Combo copy Njirk EDH