Eminence Necromancers (Budget)

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Lumix1640 says... #1

Thank you multimedia! I just bought a Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur for 3$

December 29, 2017 7:15 a.m.

thejeffreyman says... #2

Love the choice of cards, you mind helping me with some upgrades? I added Naban, Teferi, and sundial of the infinite in mine, not sure is it'll go well. https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/inalla-controlcombo-1/

August 24, 2018 12:53 a.m.

multimedia says... #3

Hey thejeffreyman, thanks for your interest. I haven't given this deck much attention thus truly updated it for almost a year now.

I like Naban, Dean of Iteration because with eminence you want to play a lot of Wizards who have good ETB abilities. He himself doesn't have an ETB ability, but that's fine because he's only a two drop. He's worth two mana because of the upside of his ability with other Wizards who ETB after him. Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir became budget thanks to Iconic Masters, he's great and was the last card upgrade I made to this deck. Sundial of the Infinite ability to keep Wizards tokens from being exiled EOT is fine, but if that's the only purpose of Sundial in my opinion it's not really needed.


August 24, 2018 10:38 a.m.

thejeffreyman says... #4

Ahh I just want to play really control while being able to setup my combos. I have a few extra cards I didn’t put into the deck list and wondering what I should do to be able to control and have answers to opponents when they are getting ahead. I have naru meha, docent of perfection, and a few wizards similar to venser. I was wondering what I can remove and add in. Thanks

August 24, 2018 3:15 p.m.

multimedia says... #5

thejeffreyman, control as a main strategy with Inalla as Commander is much very different than what this deck is doing. That being said you have the right idea with Docent of Perfection  Flip. But to play this card and use it with control you want to play lots of low mana cost instants and sorceries especially dig/draw. Dig/Draw for two main reasons you have to first actually find/draw Docent. Then when you have Docent in play to use your mana more efficiently to make Wizard tokens while digging/drawing at the same time to find more instants/sorceries.

You'll want much more instants/sorceries than creatures. In a sense this conflicts with using Inalla as a Commander because her eminence is the most powerful ability and it requires creatures. Using Inalla mainly as a combo piece is fine because she's a combo piece in the Command Zone, you don't have to tutor/find her or worry about drawing her. I now see why you want to play Sundial of the Infinite because the more Wizard tokens you have the better Final Iteration is.

Cards that could be good with a control version of Inalla with a focus on Wizard tokens, which aren't played here. I don't know what your budget is so I'll suggest nonbudget cards as well as budget ones (in no order):

Clones seem good with Docent. Being able to clone it and then make even more tokens when you cast an instant or sorcery. Clones of Iteration also add more pump to Wizards giving Wizards +4 power with flying with two Interation is a lot. Cloning Docent however will not let you flip the clone of Docent into Iteration because Clones are not double sided cards. The only way to get a clone of Iteration is to actually clone Iteration after Docent flips into it. Clones are also very good with eminence because you don't have to choose to clone your own creature with the eminence copy token you can choose to clone an opponent's creature if you want.

Clones to consider that aren't played here:


August 25, 2018 1:33 a.m. Edited.

multimedia says... #6

Been a while since I updated this deck.

Modern Horizons is looking like it will be just as good of a set for Commander than it could be for Modern. There's two new budget Wizards that I've already added without even playtesting them yet. Yes, I think they're that good that they don't even require playtesting before adding them. Faerie Seer and Watcher for Tomorrow are low mana cost Wizards who both have powerful ETB abilities for their mana costs. Both these Wizards will be excellent with eminence and bounce/blink. Watcher especially since at EoT when the eminence Wizard token is exiled it leaves the battlefield letting me then put the hideaway card into my hand.

I also added the new Talisman, Talisman of Creativity . I cut Sea Scryer , Information Dealer and Rakdos Signet to add these three new cards.

May 31, 2019 2:59 a.m.

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