Ertai the corrupted - flavor deck

Commander / EDH* WUB (Esper)

TheJadeMonkey

4 drop (9)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Collective Restraint
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Portcullis
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Skyship Weatherlight
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Worship

0 drop (38)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Celestial Colonnade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dromar's Cavern
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 2x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tolaria
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Urborg
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

2 drop (8)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Torpor Orb

6 drop (7)

• 1x Ascendant Evincar
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Commander Greven il-Vec
• 1x Dromar, the Banisher
• 1x Guile
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Terminus

5 drop (9)

• 1x Bribery
• 1x Death Pits of Rath
• 1x Desertion
• 1x Ertai, the Corrupted
• 1x Fool's Demise
• 1x Gerrard Capashen
• 1x Hallowed Burial
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

3 drop (21)

• 1x Capsize
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Debt of Loyalty
• 1x Dromar's Charm
• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Ertai, Wizard Adept
• 1x Esper Charm
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Hanna, Ship's Navigator
• 1x Lullmage Mentor
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Mobilization
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Peacekeeper
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Undermine

7 drop (2)

• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Karn Liberated

1 drop (5)

• 1x Orim's Chant
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Commander (1)

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2 drop (13)

• 1x Abeyance
• 1x Allay
• 1x Aphetto Alchemist
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Brine Shaman
• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Pride of the Clouds
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Twincast
• 1x Voidmage Prodigy

3 drop (30)

• 1x Academy Researchers
• 1x Barrin, Master Wizard
• 1x Bitter Ordeal
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Death Cloud
• 1x Dismantling Blow
• 1x Dominate
• 1x Echo Mage
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Lady Evangela
• 1x Merieke Ri Berit
• 1x Noxious Field
• 1x Orim's Prayer
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Puppet Strings
• 1x Puppeteer
• 1x Relearn
• 1x Sacred Mesa
• 1x Second Wind
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Teferi's Realm
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Umbral Mantle
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Watchdog

0 drop (21)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Eiganjo Castle
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Lotus Vale
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Salt Flats
• 1x Scorched Ruins
• 1x Skycloud Expanse
• 1x Soldevi Excavations
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

6 drop (10)

• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Dovescape
• 1x Draining Whelk
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Martyr's Bond
• 1x Mind Over Matter
• 1x Mindslaver
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Sun Titan

4 drop (18)

• 1x Aura Thief
• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Congregate
• 1x Erratic Portal
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Heliod, God of the Sun
• 1x Helm of Possession
• 1x Illusionist's Gambit
• 1x Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
• 1x Mirri the Cursed
• 1x Noetic Scales
• 1x Power Matrix
• 1x Reins of Power
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Zur the Enchanter

8 drop (2)

• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Decree of Pain

7 drop (2)

• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One

5 drop (9)

• 1x Enchanted Evening
• 1x Ethersworn Adjudicator
• 1x Fountain Watch
• 1x Knight-Captain of Eos
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Predator, Flagship
• 1x Rout
• 1x Selenia, Dark Angel
• 1x Treachery

10 drop (1)

• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur

1 drop (2)

• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Thran Foundry

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The recent Tempest remastered set inspired me to brew a deck around Ertai the corrupted. Based on his ability, my first thought was counterspells, enchantments, and tokens, but I thought I'd also try to base a lot of the card slots around the Weatherlight saga story and Ertai's character (so Tempest block, Masques block, and Invasion block).

It's very much a work in progress - just dumping ideas and sorting for now. Also paying special attention to exile effects due to lots of indestructible effects in local metagame.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 59 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.65
Tokens	Copy Clone, Merfolk 1/1 U, Snake 1/1 B, Soldier 1/1 W
Folders	EDH