EDH - Sidisi Self-Mill

Commander / EDH* TheKillerEwok

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Tio_Infernape says... #1

I've always thought about building a Sidisi deck. She and Leo are, to me, the most interesting Sultai commanders, but since Leo is so hated, Sidisi gets the first place.

But, with all the self-milling, isn't dangerous to ending up losing the game for empty library? I can see you have Perpetual Timepiece, but even so? maybe i'm just a bit scared since i'm still getting the hang of graveyard-based strategies...

Still interested in trying something like that :D

April 17, 2017 8:42 a.m.

TheKillerEwok says... #2

Hey Tio_Infernape thanks for the comment,

I don't have much experience with Leovold but I can't recommend Sidisi highly enough- it is a tonne of fun and often gets left alone earlygame which can lead to some crazy starts.

I've only ever decked myself once which was in a 4 player game that went over 2 hours and eventually came down to Sidisi versus my EDH - Vish Kal, King of Value deck - this is a pretty bad matchup anyway due to the recursion and removal so I was valued out. You kind of have to take the same view as a dredge player in modern/vintage - if you have milled your whole library and still not found a way to win then you deserve to lose! Still it is quite unlikely you will mill-out in commander; the biggest issue the deck has is facing direct graveyard hate.

April 18, 2017 7:21 a.m.

Tio_Infernape says... #3

I see... well I trust you, but i'm still going to put a Primal Command on mine anyway (since even if i don't have trouble with all the self-mill at least i can use it to search for Emrakul or something like that)

Do you think that the new liliana, death's majesty can make into this deck? her sinergy with Sidisi seems amazing, but commander isn't a good place for most planeswalkers. thoughts?

April 18, 2017 9:58 a.m.

VietMoneys says... #4

Awesome deck. Needs more Doubling Season.

September 28, 2017 12:34 p.m.

NayrSlayer says... #5

Very cool deck! I wanted to make a Sidisi deck a while back and never realized that I have a decent amount of the key cards for her.

I am a little surprised that you don't have Sultai Ascendancy since it is controllable self-mill and it even has Sidisi in the art. It's definitely worth considering at least.

I know that this is more of a budget deck, but do you tend to go really wide to the point where Craterhoof Behemoth would be a viable win card?

October 2, 2017 3:18 p.m.

TheKillerEwok says... #6

Hey NayrSlayer, thanks for the positive comment!The best thing about Sidisi is you can build her so many ways; I started by just using what I already had, so you should definitely go for it. I guess part of the reason I haven't included Sultai Ascendancy was I've never had one lying around - I will pick one up soon for sure.

The deck sometimes wins by going wide; but usually by forcing through one huge creature. If you want to build wide and have some cash I would probably include a Doubling Season effect as VietMoneys suggests; and definitely a Dread Return for the classic fast-dredge into reanimate Craterhoof Behemoth. That's a little too savage for our playgroup though.

October 3, 2017 7:08 a.m.

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