Heliod is drawing all of the cards | V-MH3

Commander / EDH Combo Group Hug Mill Primer WU (Azorius)

Beebles

Lands (34)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Demolition Field
• 1x Deserted Beach
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Homeward Path
• 3x Island
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 4x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Sejiri Shelter  ^Flip
• 1x Silundi Vision  ^Flip
• 1x Sink into Stupor  ^Flip
• 1x Skycloud Expanse
• 1x Sunken Citadel
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Tyrite Sanctum

Protection (10)

• 1x Alseid of Life's Bounty
• 1x Angelic Renewal
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1x Sejiri Shelter  ^Flip
• 1x Struggle for Project Purity
• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler
• 1x Tidal Barracuda
• 1x Tyrite Sanctum

You Draw (8)

• 1x Coveted Jewel
• 1x Flumph
• 1x Forced Fruition
• 1x Loran of the Third Path
• 1x Master of Ceremonies
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Secret Rendezvous
• 1x Standstill

Counters (4)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Hullbreaker Horror
• 1x Sink into Stupor  ^Flip

Untap (3)

• 1x Ioreth of the Healing House
• 1x Mind Over Matter
• 1x Vizier of Tumbling Sands

We All Draw (18)

• 1x Cut a Deal
• 1x Dakra Mystic
• 1x Faerie Mastermind
• 1x Fascination
• 1x Folio of Fancies
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Lore Broker
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Otherworld Atlas
• 1x Prosperity
• 1x Skyscribing
• 1x Struggle for Project Purity
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Vision Skeins
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Words of Wisdom

Ramp (14)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Chromatic Orrery
• 1x Coveted Jewel
• 1x Cryptic Trilobite
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Ioreth of the Healing House
• 1x Master of Ceremonies
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Skyclave Relic
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Stonespeaker Crystal
• 1x Vizier of Tumbling Sands

I Draw (9)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Coveted Jewel
• 1x Even the Score
• 1x Faerie Mastermind
• 1x Finale of Revelation
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler
• 1x Trouble in Pairs

Big Mana (6)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Chromatic Orrery
• 1x Cryptic Trilobite
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Hullbreaker Horror
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Handsize (3)

• 1x Finale of Revelation
• 1x Folio of Fancies
• 1x Reliquary Tower

Library Shuffle (2)

• 1x Finale of Revelation
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth

Commander (1)

 ^Flip

Interaction (14)

• 1x Capsize
• 1x Consuming Tide
• 1x Demolition Field
• 1x Filter Out
• 1x Hullbreaker Horror
• 1x Loran of the Third Path
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Promise of Loyalty
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Seal of Cleansing
• 1x Sink into Stupor  ^Flip
• 1x Stonespeaker Crystal
• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler

X/Kick (11)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Cryptic Trilobite
• 1x Dance of the Manse
• 1x Even the Score
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fascination
• 1x Finale of Revelation
• 1x Prosperity
• 1x Skyclave Relic
• 1x Skyscribing

Tutors (9)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1x Solve the Equation
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Bounce (6)

• 1x Capsize
• 1x Consuming Tide
• 1x Filter Out
• 1x Hullbreaker Horror
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler

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Maybeboard

Interaction (19)

• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Dress Down
• 1x Flood of Tears
• 1x Fractured Identity
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Seal of Removal
• 1x Soul Snare
• 1x Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1x Space Marine Devastator
• 1x Spell Burst
• 1x Spell Swindle
• 1x Thieving Skydiver
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Unwind
• 1x White Sun's Twilight
• 1x Words of Wind

Untap (6)

• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Intellectual Offering
• 1x Kelpie Guide
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Voltaic Key

Lifegain (3)

• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x White Sun's Twilight
• 1x Words of Worship

Handsize (2)

• 1x Decanter of Endless Water
• 1x Thought Vessel

Other (2)

• 1x Mirrormade
• 1x Reins of Power

Bounce (1)

• 1x Chain of Vapor

Library Shuffle (1)

• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Tokens (1)

• 1x White Sun's Twilight

Protection (17)

• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Curse of Verbosity
• 1x Dawn's Truce
• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Energy Field
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Grand Crescendo
• 1x Island Sanctuary
• 1x Malevolent Hermit  ^Flip
• 1x Mandate of Peace
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Silence
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Soul Snare
• 1x Wandering Archaic  ^Flip
• 1x Your Temple is Under Attack

You Draw (7)

• 1x Curse of Verbosity
• 1x Dawn's Truce
• 1x Drown in Dreams
• 1x Induced Amnesia
• 1x Intellectual Offering
• 1x Love Song of Night and Day
• 1x Your Temple is Under Attack

Draw Payoff (3)

• 1x Dream Trawler
• 1x Psychic Corrosion
• 1x Words of Wind

Mill (3)

• 1x Drown in Dreams
• 1x Increasing Confusion
• 1x Psychic Corrosion

Recursion (2)

• 1x Dawnbreak Reclaimer
• 1x Jailbreak

Selection (1)

• 1x Scroll Rack

Tutors (1)

• 1x Idyllic Tutor

Ramp (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Archaeomancer's Map
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Decanter of Endless Water
• 1x Empowered Autogenerator
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Keeper of the Accord
• 1x Kelpie Guide
• 1x Oath of Lieges
• 1x Thought Vessel

X/Kick (9)

• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Grand Crescendo
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Increasing Confusion
• 1x Space Marine Devastator
• 1x Spell Burst
• 1x Stonecoil Serpent
• 1x Thieving Skydiver
• 1x White Sun's Twilight

Lands (4)

• 1x Guildless Commons
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Razortide Bridge
• 1x Urza's Saga

We All Draw (4)

• 1x Minds Aglow
• 1x Tales of the Ancestors
• 1x Teferi's Puzzle Box
• 1x Wheel and Deal

Counters (2)

• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Malevolent Hermit  ^Flip

I Draw (2)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x The Council of Four

Wincon (2)

• 1x Approach of the Second Sun
• 1x Psychosis Crawler

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The corrupted god is taking everything for himself

Hello there and welcome to my Heliod, the Warped Eclipse   decking deck.

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Origin

Last year my EDH guides got featured on the social contract podcast, a podcast where grouphug and politics decks receive the spotlight. It got me into listening their show and I joined their discord. Those engagements drove me to want to build a grouphug deck as well. I had a few ideas that I kinda liked, one of which was killing the table by decking all the other players through carddraw. I couldn't think of a more huggy way to win the game. I messed around with that idea a few times, but I did not see it through. That changed with the early MOM previews: Heliod, the Warped Eclipse   is coming, and I'm all here for it.

Premise

This deck's wincon is letting everyone but yourself draw their entire deck. I set a restriction for myself to not allow any other shennanigans. So no milling, no Psychosis Crawler, no Approach of the Second Sun and no Laboratory Maniac. No. We are going to overload our opponent's brains by drawing all of their cards.

This deck forces our opponents to draw a lot of cards. Heliod, the Warped Eclipse   will discount all of our spells for each card they've drawn this turn, letting us play our mana rocks for free, play more and bigger spells that let everyone draw more cards. If all goes well we can keep doing this in one big turn, drawing all of the cards. Along the way we will find Kozilek, Butcher of Truth or Finale of Revelation to keep our own library intact while our opponents die to a brain explosion. Because of this game plan, I'm avoiding wheels that also shuffle hands and graveyards back in the library that are otherwise stellar with Heliod, such as Day's Undoing.

X's gonna give it to you

X-Spells that let everyone draw X cards, such as Prosperity are driving these big turns. The value for X that we set when casting will be discounted by Heliod's ability. This is also true for additional costs, such as Kicker and Buyback. We can setup a big X count by cheaper cards that let everyone draw, such as Vision Skeins or Lore Broker. Several of these cards are tap abilities, such as Temple Bell, Dakra Mystic and Mikokoro, Center of the Sea. That theme makes untappers such as Kelpie Guide valuable utility pieces, either enhancing our ramp or getting the amount of cards drawn by our opponents very high before we cast our first X spell. Mind Over Matter turns that gameplan into overdrive, allowing for explosive turns or game-ending combos.

Heliod's Bouncer

At some point, the amount of cards drawn are giving us such a high mana discount that basically all our colorless spells are free. This scenario synergizes well with bounce spells, because if we bounce our own artifacts in this scenario, we now basically untap them. Consuming Tide is an awesome interaction piece that clears most of the board while we untap all our artifacts. Capsize becomes a lot more disgusting than it already is, because Heliod is also discounting the buyback cost. And Hullbreaker Horror can clear most threats while also allowing for infinite mana combos with our mana rocks.

This bounce sub-theme will allow us to play something like Astral Cornucopia on turn 3, only to bounce it a few turns later to recast it for free with 7+ counters on it after having cast a Windfall. Cryptic Trilobite has the same potential while providing great synergies here: we get a 3 mana discount on our commander and it's allowing for many of our draw abilities, like Skyscribing and Mikokoro, Center of the Sea, to be within reach the turn we get our commander online. The bounce package also makes ETB effects that synergize with our plan quite good here, such as Loran of the Third Path or Spellseeker.

Enchanted Ending

Another sub-theme in this deck are enchantments that go to the grave before Heliod, the Radiant Dawn   enters the battlefield. It's not a big focus and there aren't alot of them in here yet, but all the extra value Heliod can give us when he enters is welcome. Cards like Urza's Saga, Standstill and Seal of Cleansing are easy ones to get into the bin early. Heliod can also bring back some high profile enchantments that have eaten removel, such as Smothering Tithe or Forced Fruition.

Protecting our big turn

Of course a big downside to letting everyone draw all of the cards is that they are going to have all the tools to try and stop us. This tension makes this deck so interesting to brew and (hopefully) to play. We can prepare for our big turn by deploying cards like Alseid of Life's Bounty, Ranger-Captain of Eos or Tidal Barracuda, and we can hinder their player removal with Solitary Confinement.

Combos

These are the combos in the deck I'm currently aware of:

• Mind Over Matter + Temple Bell/Otherworld Atlas/Jace's Archivist/Loran of the Third Path = draw all the cards
• Mind Over Matter + Folio of Fancies + Smothering Tithe = draw all the cards
• Heliod, the Warped Eclipse   + Folio of Fancies + Cryptic Trilobite = draw a lot of cards. Bounce them both do it again for more mana.
• Heliod, the Warped Eclipse   + Capsize + e.g. Gilded Lotus + 5+ cards drawn = infinite mana. Replace Gilded lotus with Coveted Jewel and also draw your deck.
• Heliod, the Warped Eclipse   + Hullbreaker Horror + e.g. Gilded Lotus + any other colorless spell + 5+ cards drawn = infinite mana. If the other colorless spell was Temple Bell, also draw all the cards. Add Faerie Mastermind, Folio of Fancies or one of the X draw spells and draw everyone out. Or add Capsize to bounce all permanents you don't control.
• Heliod, the Warped Eclipse   + Hullbreaker Horror + Kozilek, Butcher of Truth + any other colorless spell + 11+ cards drawn = draw all your cards.

Intended Power Level

This deck is looking to win through one explosive turn. At the same time I did not want to push this deck too far into optimized territory and instead lean more into the grouphug archetype. I don't have enough test data yet and I'm still tweaking this list a lot. But I expect it will end up somewhere between Mid and High.

Category (Jank - Low - Mid - High - Competitive)

Mid/High

Closing Thoughts

Cracking this one is proving to be a lot of fun and I'm sure there are still many other sweet interactions with heliod that I haven't found yet. If you've found some that I should know about, then please let me know in the comments!

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GL & HF

Beebles

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Top Ranked	Achieved #22 position overall 1 year ago Achieved #19 position in Commander / EDH 1 year ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Group Hug 1 year ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Mill 1 year ago
Date added	1 year
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.03
Tokens	Citizen 1/1 GW, Copy Clone, Radiation, Treasure
Folders	decks