how to cheat, steal and lie: the musical

Commander / EDH*

LonV

Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Holdout Settlement
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 3x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 2x Plains
• 1x Port Town
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Sejiri Refuge
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Transguild Promenade
• 1x Vault of Whispers

LifeGain (4)

• 1x Augury Adept
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Daxos of Meletis
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Discount (2)

• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Stormscape Familiar

Other (1)

• 1x Painful Quandary

FreeCast (1)

• 1x As Foretold

Steal (13)

• 1x Acquire
• 1x Daxos of Meletis
• 1x Desertion
• 1x Empress Galina
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Kefnet's Last Word
• 1x Master Thief
• 1x Memnarch
• 1x Mind's Dilation
• 1x Nightveil Specter
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Roil Elemental
• 1x Steal Enchantment

Raise (10)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Bone Dancer
• 1x Call to Mind
• 1x Dimir Doppelganger
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Memory Plunder
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Soul Manipulation

Protect (7)

• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Guard Gomazoa
• 1x Indomitable Archangel
• 1x Mystic Veil
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Copy (5)

• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Dimir Doppelganger
• 1x Evil Twin
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph

Draw (2)

• 1x Augury Adept
• 1x Rhystic Study

Wipe (1)

• 1x Merciless Eviction

Commander (1)

Counter (10)

• 1x Chancellor of the Annex
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Desertion
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Rebuff the Wicked
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Soul Manipulation
• 1x Stoic Rebuttal

Cripple (7)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Dispatch
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End

Ramp (6)

• 1x Amulet of Vigor
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Sol Ring

Tutor (3)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Mystical Tutor

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Sideboard

Land (20)

• 1x Ancient Spring
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Forsaken Sanctuary
• 1x Kabira Crossroads
• 1x Meandering River
• 1x Mirrodin's Core
• 1x Moonring Island
• 1x New Benalia
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Sejiri Steppe
• 1x Skyline Cascade
• 1x Soaring Seacliff
• 1x Submerged Boneyard
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Warped Landscape

Bounce (1)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift

Ramp (1)

• 1x Vedalken Plotter

Tutor (1)

• 1x Diabolic Tutor

Steal (12)

• 1x Aethersnatch
• 1x Aura Graft
• 1x Aura Thief
• 1x Beguiler of Wills
• 1x Blatant Thievery
• 1x Confiscate
• 1x Control Magic
• 1x Domineer
• 1x Gather Specimens
• 1x Mind Control
• 1x Reins of Power
• 1x Thalakos Deceiver

Discount (5)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Pearl Medallion

Counter (2)

• 1x Misdirection
• 1x Spelljack

Draw (2)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Mind Unbound

Wipe (1)

• 1x Worldpurge

Other (8)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Bone to Ash
• 1x Diplomatic Immunity
• 1x Disentomb
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Remove Soul
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Copy (5)

• 1x Clone
• 1x Copy Enchantment
• 1x Cryptoplasm
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Stolen Identity

FreeCast (3)

• 1x Arbiter of the Ideal
• 1x Brilliant Ultimatum
• 1x Stolen Goods

Raise (3)

• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Grim Return
• 1x Unburial Rites

Protect (2)

• 1x Leonin Abunas
• 1x Paradox Haze

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UPDATE: Hello and welcome to my very own edh deck. I fell in love with the trips at first sight and spent quite some time and even a little bit of money to make it happen.

There are not a lot of triggers or mechanics in there but there is a lot of stealing, copying and looting other people's graveyards and even libraries! Such fun, seriously.

So, the sideboard exists and I am alternating cards as I go, trying to lock the perfect 99 card list for this deck.

The maybeboard was like more of a maybeBUYboard while I was planning this.

Your suggestions are always welcome, especially if they do not include buying expensive cards. Hostage Taker will definitely be added to the main/side board very soon.

Thank you Thank you Thank you

Original text:

Can you please help me fine tune this deck?It is my first attempt at creating something that is not easy to beat (within my casual EDH playgroup) and can cause some healthy amount of annoyance, while at the same time offers me a lot of fun.

Please feel free to suggest card swaps between the mainboard and sideboard. Try not to raise the average CMC or the percentage of blue permanents.

35 lands will be added as well, soon. probably 6 to 10 basics and the rest will be multicolored lands.

Since there is a new rule out for producing mana of any color, I will not be adding Mycosynth Lattice or Celestial Dawn

Thanks for all your help!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 1 Mythic Rares 50 - 29 Rares 23 - 17 Uncommons 12 - 17 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.31
Tokens	Copy Clone