Circu Soleil

Commander / EDH* Combo Cruel Control Mill Pillow Fort Stax UB (Dimir)

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Instant (31)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Crypt Incursion
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Demonic Consultation
• 1x Devious Cover-Up
• 1x Dimir Charm
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dismiss
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Psychic Strike
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Remand
• 1x Shadow of Doubt
• 1x Silumgar's Command
• 1x Spell Crumple
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Thought Collapse
• 1x Whir of Invention
• 1x Winds of Rebuke

Creature (2)

• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Notion Thief

Land (34)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Duskmantle, House of Shadow
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 7x Island
• 1x Nephalia Drownyard
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Submerged Boneyard
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Counterbalance
• 1x Dissipation Field
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Verity Circle

Commander (1)

Artifact (17)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Cursed Totem
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lantern of Insight
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Pyxis of Pandemonium
• 1x Relic Barrier
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Winter Orb

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Bitter Ordeal
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Windfall

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Fathom Feeder
• 1x Yixlid Jailer

Instant (1)

• 1x Whir of Invention

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Fabricate

Artifact (2)

• 1x Ghoulcaller's Bell
• 1x Pyxis of Pandemonium

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Psychic Surgery

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• TOP SECRET - FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

This decklist does not exist. Or rather, it shouldn't. Some people (and by some I mean many) have said Circu is a terrible, if unplayable commander. I was one of them until I started building. What started as a casual mill deck is evolving as we speak into a more competitive UB dramatic scepter/lab man consultation deck that leans on its control elements. Some new releases in Guilds of Ravnica and some inspirational prodding from the new Guild Kits inspired me to port a fringe but powerful archetype from modern into EDH: Lantern Control.

If pure combo is your game then there are far better options to choose from in edh. Mill combos are clumsy without the aid of a mikokoro, not to mention the difficulty of milling 2+ opponents in edh "fairly" if your combo pieces are disrupted or extracted. As for a dedicated Dimir combo commander I would probably choose Vela. Thus, I hatched a more devious plan with Circu: Control the opponents top deck draws, keep the game running late and make everyone THOROUGHLY MISERABLE. At first glance Circu's triggered abilities seem irrelevant and his fine print underwhelming. I beg the reader to remember that EDH is a format RIFE with staples, watch your opponents gasp as they are no longer able to play Sol Ring or Cyclonic Rift. Many of the control cards in this deck send the targeted card to the top deck, so you can deal with reanimation, eldrazi, what have you.. You won't be able to counter or remove everything, so just focus on the stuff that matters. Early playtests were more successful than anticipated, the draw-go nature of the deck coupled with the lantern control pieces increases the viability of the mill engines as a wincon. There's an infinite combo in the form of the famous Dramatic Scepter. Another wincon is the equally notorious Laboratory Maniac and Demonic Consultation . Also, Winter Orb + Relic Barrier can sometimes win you the game as well (or at least slow it down until you can). Hell, sometimes Notion Thief plus a wheel effect gets you wins. This is definitely a WIP but I would like to make it AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE so any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Let the luminescent circus of lobotomy begin!

Wishlist: Vampiric Tutor , Imperial Seal , Field of Dreams , Chains of Mephistopheles , Force of Will , Damnation , Painful Quandary , Tainted Pact , Train of Thought , No Mercy .

I am currently trying to aquire proxies for Chains of Mephistopheles , Field of Dreams , and The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale please comment or message me if you have and wish to buy or trade.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.47
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Manifest 2/2 C
Folders	Things to Think About!, Decks for Reference