Grand Recursion

Commander / EDH

dulrik

Creature (27)

• 1x Body Double
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Draining Whelk
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Ethereal Usher
• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Flickerwisp
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Mistmeadow Witch
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Nevermaker
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Riftwing Cloudskate
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Treasure Mage
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Twilight Shepherd
• 1x Vendilion Clique
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Ajani Goldmane
• 1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Venser, the Sojourner

Land (39)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Celestial Colonnade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Eiganjo Castle
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 7x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 4x Plains
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Seachrome Coast
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Sejiri Refuge
• 1x Skycloud Expanse
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Tundra

Artifact (12)

• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Crystal Shard
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Proteus Staff
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring

Instant (11)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Condemn
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Ghostway
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Momentary Blink
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Spin into Myth
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Terminus
• 1x Wrath of God

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Magus of the Tabernacle
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Sunblast Angel
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Propaganda

Artifact (4)

• 1x Brittle Effigy
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Tormod's Crypt

Instant (1)

• 1x Hinder

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Tunnel Vision

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Maybeboard

Creature (8)

• 1x Aven Riftwatcher
• 1x Galepowder Mage
• 1x Geist-Honored Monk
• 1x Glimmerpoint Stag
• 1x Guile
• 1x Mangara of Corondor
• 1x Phyrexian Ingester
• 1x Stonecloaker

Land (1)

• 1x Reliquary Tower

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Dovescape

Artifact (2)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Instant (3)

• 1x Impulse
• 1x Orim's Chant
• 1x Swift Silence

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Sudden Disappearance

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Originally built as EDH WU control, I slowly grew an existing recursion sub-theme in this deck until it hit a critical mass and I gave it this name.

I wish there was a more on-theme general for this deck instead of Augustin - an UW Venser the Sojourner on a creature body. Until then, GAAIV is still the man.

Here's a rundown of interactions:

ETB effects - Halimar Depths, Sejiri Refuge, Snapcaster Mage, Guilded Drake, Fiend Hunter, Trinket Mage, Treasure Mage, Vendillion Clique, Planeswalkers, Venser Shaper Savant, Glen Elendra Archmage, Solemn Simulacrum, Karmic Guide, Reveillark, Mulldrifter, Duplicant, Twilight Shepherd, Sun Titan, Triskelion, Draining Whelk

ETB enablers - Riptide Laboratory, Cloudshift, Mistmeadow Witch, Momentary Blink, Crystal Shard, Flickerwisp, Ghostway, Mimic Vat, Phyrexian Metamorph, Restoration Angel, Body Double, Rite of Replication, Venser the Sojourner, Deadeye Navigator

Tolaria West targets -Celestial Colonnade, Maze of Ith, Academy Ruins, Riptide Laboratory, Everflowing Chalice, Pact of Negation, land destroying lands, color fixing lands

Muddle the Mixture targets - Momentary Blink, Isochron Scepter, Counterspell, Mana Drain, Mistmeadow Witch, Martial Coup, Snapcaster Mage

Drift of Phantasms targets - Vendilion Clique, Mirror Entity, Oblivion Ring, Coalition Relic, Ghostway, Crucible of Worlds, Trinket Mage, Crystal Shard, Oblivion Stone, Proteus Staff, Flickerwisp, Mimic Vat, Treasure Mage, Fiend Hunter

Trinket Mage targets - Ancient Den, Seat of the Synod, Sol Ring, Everflowing Chalice, Senseis Divining Top, Basilisk Collar

Treasure Mage targets - Duplicant, Contagion Engine, Triskelion

Ethereal Usher targets - Austere Command, Draining Whelk, Duplicant, Twilight Sheperd, Sun Titan, Contagion Engine, Deadeye Navigator, Terminus

Isochron Scepter targets - Pact of Negation, Condemn, Cloudshift, Brainstorm, Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, Momentary Blink, Muddle the Mixture, Counterspell, Mana Drain

Commander burial - Terminus, Spin into Myth, Condemn, Vendillion Clique, Proteus Staff

Date added	13 years
Last updated	12 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 8 Rares 23 - 7 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	3.45
Tokens	*/* W Creature Avatar, Copy Clone, Emblem Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Emblem Venser, the Sojourner, Soldier 1/1 W