flight of the nephilim

Commander / EDH* Enchantment Four Color Infinite Combo Storm Theme/Gimmick Tokens

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Land (46)

• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 6x Forest
• 8x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 7x Mountain
• 1x Naya Panorama
• 7x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Rugged Highlands
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Unknown Shores
• 1x Volcanic Island

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Act of Treason
• 1x Gone Missing
• 1x Spitting Image
• 1x Teleportal
• 1x Threaten
• 1x Vanquish the Foul

Creature (16)

• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Charmbreaker Devils
• 1x Empty-Shrine Kannushi
• 1x Extruder
• 1x Ezuri, Claw of Progress
• 1x Guile
• 1x Jalira, Master Polymorphist
• 1x Lodestone Myr
• 1x Mizzix of the Izmagnus
• 1x Nacatl War-Pride
• 1x Nivmagus Elemental
• 1x Selhoff Occultist
• 1x Skyshroud Elf
• 1x Storm Entity
• 1x Sublime Archangel
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Dismiss into Dream
• 1x Dovescape
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Lush Growth
• 1x Myth Realized
• 1x Nylea's Presence
• 1x Plumes of Peace
• 1x Possibility Storm
• 1x Stranglehold
• 1x Ulvenwald Mysteries
• 1x Weirding Wood

Commander (1)

Instant (15)

• 1x Confront the Unknown
• 1x Debt of Loyalty
• 1x Echoing Courage
• 1x Expose Evil
• 1x Grab the Reins
• 1x Jace's Scrutiny
• 1x Martial Glory
• 1x Predator's Rapport
• 1x Sapphire Charm
• 1x Scour from Existence
• 1x Sigil Blessing
• 1x Simic Charm
• 1x Survive the Night
• 1x Valorous Stance
• 1x Weapon Surge

Artifact (5)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Knowledge Pool
• 1x Livewire Lash
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Tamiyo's Journal

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Creature (14)

• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Elgaud Shieldmate
• 1x Galvanoth
• 1x Horizon Chimera
• 1x Krark-Clan Stoker
• 1x Precursor Golem
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Quirion Elves
• 1x Sage of Lat-Nam
• 1x Silverfur Partisan
• 1x Soulfire Grand Master
• 1x Willbreaker
• 1x Young Pyromancer
• 1x Zada, Hedron Grinder

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Assemble the Legion
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Opalescence
• 1x Trail of Evidence
• 1x Wild Defiance

Instant (13)

• 1x Fire / Ice
• 1x Jeskai Charm
• 1x Mercy Killing
• 1x Natural Affinity
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reweave
• 1x Snap
• 1x Spawning Breath
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Temur Battle Rage
• 1x Withstand Death
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Artifact (9)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Diviner's Wand
• 1x Grinding Station
• 1x Horn of Greed
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Venser's Journal

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Aether Mutation
• 1x Alliance of Arms
• 1x Catch / Release
• 1x Fiery Gambit
• 1x Stolen Identity
• 1x Sylvan Offering

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Originally this started out as a white blue deck that focused on flying, with Dovescape for control. and then the deck slowly devolved into being focused around the Dovescape-Guile infinite bird combo. I had that deck with Ojutai as the commander, but it didn't complement Dovescape very well, so I recreated my deck with Dovescape in mind. I settled on Ink-Treader Nephilim as my commander and there have been some interesting ways in which all of these cards interact.

combos/synergies Show

the main cards are:

Dovescape

Ink-Treader Nephilim

Guile(on his own, prevents milling)

Possibility Storm

Tamiyo's Journal

Sublime Archangel(pretty awesome on her own)

Dismiss into Dream

Nivmagus Elemental

Lodestone Myr

Dovescape and Guile Show

They get infinite doves, which is pretty great, and is something that I have kept as the focus of the deck. If I go infinite, or get close to infinite, I have won the game, even if you board wipe or mill.

Dovescape and Ink-Treader Nephilim Show

As the rules currently stand I, the controller of Dovescape, get to decide when Dovescape's ability and Ink-Treader Nephilim's abilities go onto the stack. so If I target Ink-Treader Nephilim with a spell, I can create copies for each creature on the board except Ink-Treader Nephilim(meaning I can board wipe everyone else's creatures and my ink-treader is fine). Or if my opponent targets Ink-Treader Nephilim, I can decide whether that actually hits and effects all the creatures on the board, or if it gets countered and turns to birds.

Dovescape and Possibility Storm: Show

Similar to the above, except I can pick chaos over birds, or Vise-Versa. this can be added to with Ink-Treader Nephilim. more on that later.

Ink-Treader Nephilim and Guile: Show

if I counter one of my spells, especially one of my buffs, I can make my creatures infinitely big. I can also steal other people's spells. need more countering abilities to really use this.

Ink-Treader Nephilim and Possibility Storm: Show

Once again I can pick the order that these go on the stack. So I can copy a spell for each other creature, then I exile it, and cast an entirely different spell that once again targets ink-treader.

Ink-Treader Nephilim and Dismiss into Dream: Show

Pretty straight forward, I board wipe all of my opponent's stuff, and my stuff gets some kind of boost.

Ink-Treader Nephilim and Tamiyo's Journal: Show

I have a lot of individual combos, and the investigate cards had a lot of target creature abilities, so I get a large amount of clue tokens, which I can use to either draw a card, or if I have Tamiyo's Journal, can tutor for a card.

Ink-Treader Nephilim and Nivmagus Elemental Show

I oddly found this card a while back and it works great in this deck. target everything, and then anything you don't want targeted, you can just exile and place those counters on nivmagus instead!

Ink-Treader Nephilim and Lodestone Myr Show

this card is great with the artifacts that this deck constantly produces, i can tap all of them, and then swing at any player(hopefully ones without death touch) and so long as they haven't gone infinite, I can take them out.

Cards of Note Show

Plumes of Peace:

allows me to tap creatures and do some light control while dovescape or possibility storm is out. Every once in a while it becomes a bit of a problem with possibility storm as I will play an enchantment and Plumes will hit the field where I don't want it to be. but other than that, it is pretty good

Empty-Shrine Kannushi:

this one was a bit of a surprise as to how well it works. If somebody is blocking my Sublime Archangel, odds are good that they can't block Kannushi. basically when my commander is on the field, it is unblockable and can't be targeted by anything, unfortunately this also means my stuff, so I can't pump him up.

Things to Keep in Mind While Playing:

-any permanents you own with conflicting abilities, you get to decide which order those go on the stack! this deck has a lot of cards that exploit this rule. mostly cards that work with ink-treader.

-I am not using cards that let me target ink-treader and then draw a card for each color. by the time ink-treader is on the field(which can be later than you think) I'll probably deck myself. or at the very least, have to discard everything into my graveyard. both of which, I can see as being of interest to others, but is not how I want to run this deck.

-This deck was initially built around Dovescape, that being said, you don't always want to cast the op power combo, depending on the game.

Ideas on Where To Go:

-I would like to see more artifact generation(this might become a pseudo-artifact deck)

-I would like to see more cards that turn non-creature permanents into creature permanents.

-would LOVE to see more creature generation. I have a couple ideas, but none that are in yet.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	B
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 24 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.43
Tokens	1/1 WU Token Creature Bird, Clue, Copy Clone, Experience Token, Human Soldier 1/1 W