Halfdane, the Imitator (EDH Voltron)

Commander / EDH* Casual Voltron WUB (Esper)

Javiolanti

Creature (23)

• 1x Ancient Stone Idol
• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Brass Squire
• 1x Champion of Wits
• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x Geist-Honored Monk
• 1x Gigantoplasm
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Heavenly Blademaster
• 1x Hunted Horror
• 1x Kefnet the Mindful
• 1x Leonin Shikari
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Oketra the True
• 1x Puresteel Paladin
• 1x Serra Avatar
• 1x Stonehewer Giant
• 1x Sublime Archangel
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Taj-Nar Swordsmith
• 1x Trophy Mage

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Open Into Wonder
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Phyrexian Rebirth
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift
• 1x Storm Herd

Artifact (20)

• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Bloodforged Battle-Axe
• 1x Champion's Helm
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Forebear's Blade
• 1x Golem-Skin Gauntlets
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spawning Pit *list*
• 1x Spear of Heliod
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Dictate of Heliod
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Glorious Anthem
• 1x Marshal's Anthem
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Sigarda's Aid
• 1x Thopter Spy Network

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

Commander (1)

Land (35)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 4x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 1x Opal Palace
• 14x Plains
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Instant (3)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Utter End

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Sideboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Colossus of Akros
• 1x Deathbringer Liege
• 1x Indomitable Archangel
• 1x Metalwork Colossus
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Zur the Enchanter *f-etch*

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Corrupted Conscience
• 1x Curator's Ward
• 1x Octopus Umbra
• 1x Vampiric Rites

Artifact (2)

• 1x Hero's Blade
• 1x Mask of Avacyn

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Entreat the Angels
• 1x Open the Armory

Instant (1)

• 1x Brainstorm

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Welcome! This deck is a casual, unconventional voltron deck, and also my first deck ever made on this site. I don't expect it to be too competitive, but I wanted to abuse a synergy I saw with Halfdane and equipment/area buffs. I saw all the sample halfdane decks on EDHREC and they were all mostly just shapeshifter focused, which I think isn't reliable and doesn't have that much synergy with Halfdane.

Halfdane plans to abuse Lord abilities to buff him. When you have cards that give all creatures you control +1/+1, he will copy the creatures current power and toughness for his base power and toughness. That means he will get that, plus the +1/+1, meaning he profits twice as much from effects like this as long as the creature has over 3 power and toughness naturally.

Other cards in here are traditional equipment or aura buffs that you'll see in traditional commander. One thing to note about equipment, however, is that if it is on a creature other than Halfdane at beginning of turn, then he copies that total power, which you can then equip over to him so he can profit from the equipment twice-over if it gives a plus to power or toughness.

Wanting to capitalize on lord abilities, I threw in some token generators for the sake of having more of a board state even if something happens to Halfdane. I also threw in large creatures with typical drawbacks, like Hunted Horror as it sits at 7/7 for only 2 mana, meaning Halfdane would eventually become a 7/7 himself unless a bigger creature was on the field.

Overall, I think this deck could prove to be fun, even if I was stuck with Esper colors for it.

I didn't get the swords because they're pretty expensive. I also threw in some generic wincons in case things go horribly, horribly wrong. Please leave some feedback?

Date added	5 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 3 Mythic Rares 42 - 4 Rares 20 - 7 Uncommons 8 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.45
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Centaur 3/3 G w/ Pro Black, Champion of Wits 4/4 B, Construct 6/12 C, Copy Clone, Emblem Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Pegasus 1/1 W, Phyrexian Horror X/X C, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Thopter 1/1 C, Thrull 1/1 B, Vampire 1/1 B w/ Lifelink, Warrior 1/1 W w/ Vigilance, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Commander Decks