Edric, Spymaster of Trest with Dwayne Johnson

Commander / EDH* Budget Casual GU (Simic) Weenie

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Creature (39)

• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Cloud of Faeries
• 1x Cloud Pirates
• 1x Cloud Sprite
• 1x Cloudfin Raptor
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Elvish Pioneer
• 1x Faerie Miscreant
• 1x Flying Men
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Grayscaled Gharial
• 1x Gudul Lurker
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Hypnotic Siren
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Jace's Phantasm
• 1x Jukai Messenger
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Marsh Boa
• 1x Mausoleum Wanderer
• 1x Memnite
• 1x Merfolk Spy
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Scout
• 1x Scryb Sprites
• 1x Silhana Ledgewalker
• 1x Skyshroud Ranger
• 1x Slither Blade
• 1x Spellstutter Sprite
• 1x Spire Tracer
• 1x Stratus Dancer
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Treetop Scout
• 1x Triton Shorestalker
• 1x Waterfront Bouncer
• 1x Wingcrafter
• 1x Wirewood Symbiote
• 1x Zephyr Sprite

Instant (15)

• 1x Abjure
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Deprive
• 1x Familiar's Ruse
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Negate
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Unified Will
• 1x Unsubstantiate

Artifact (4)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Winter Orb

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Druids' Repository

Commander (1)

Land (35)

• 1x Command Tower
• 15x Forest
• 16x Island
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Notorious Throng
• 1x Overrun
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

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A budget version of Edric, Spymaster of Trest designed to be used for casual kitchen play with just the mainboard. However, if you need the deck to be slightly more competitive, the sideboard can be swapped in without breaking the bank. The cards below are the cards I recommend replacing.

Removed Cards

The following cards have been dispatched of and the space left behind is being put to good use. Most the cuts were made to make the deck faster and more efficient without spiking the price of the deck an unreasonable amount.

Creatures

• Arbor Elf
• Mothdust Changeling
• Coiling Oracle
• Marang River Prowler
• Trygon Predator
• Wood Elves

All cuts to the creature department were made to make the deck faster. Cards like Wood Elves, Trygon, and even Dwayne Johnson simply cost too much for what they do in this style of deck.

Artifacts

• Bident of Thassa

As fun as the idea of Bident was, for both politics and the additional card draw, I can not remember a game where it had the significant impact on the game I thought it might. Furthermore, it's high CMC is fairly restrictive when we'd rather be casting creatures or storing counterspell mana.

Instants

• Reclaim
• Biomass Mutation
• Disdainful Stroke
• Dissipate
• Dissolve
• Annul

The counters are where the changes to deck truly shine in my opinion. Cutting back the mana cost of our counter spells will allow us to play more aggresively on the board while needing less mana to react to board wipes. Of note is the removal of one of the major wincons in the deck, being Biomass Mutation. The main reason for removal was the lack of some form of evasion or trample attachment on the card and to clear the space in the deck for more board control.

Enchantments

• Veil of Birds

I'm currently testing the waters on taking out this card.

Land

• Island

With the addition of Sol ring, I felt comfortable removing a land.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 35 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.57
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Morph 2/2 C