Illuna, Apex of Blue Shenanigans and Stompy Boys

Commander / EDH Casual Creature Cheat Mutate RUG (Temur) Scry

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Creature (28)

• 1x Auspicious Starrix
• 1x Beanstalk Giant
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Brash Taunter
• 1x Cavalier of Gales
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Gemrazer
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Koma, Cosmos Serpent
• 1x Lore Drakkis
• 1x Maelstrom Wanderer
• 1x Melek, Izzet Paragon
• 1x Migratory Greathorn
• 1x Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
• 1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer  ^Flip
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Paradise Druid
• 1x Prognostic Sphinx
• 1x Radha, Heart of Keld
• 1x Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
• 1x Sawtusk Demolisher
• 1x Sea-Dasher Octopus
• 1x Slippery Bogle
• 1x Thassa's Oracle
• 1x Thrun, the Last Troll
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Kiora Bests the Sea God
• 1x Lurking Predators
• 1x Mirri's Guile
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Temur Ascendancy

Land (33)

• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Contested Cliffs
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 4x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 2x Island
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Ketria Triome
• 1x Kher Keep
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Sanctum of Eternity
• 1x Sea Gate, Reborn  ^Flip
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Waterlogged Grove
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Artifact (4)

• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Crystal Shard
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sol Ring

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Nissa, Steward of Elements
• 1x Vivien, Monsters' Advocate

Commander (1)

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Genesis Ultimatum
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Star of Extinction
• 1x Three Visits

Instant (10)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Once Upon a Time
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization

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Introduction

Illuna meditated in the primordial haze of the beforetime. Would she rise from the depths of uncreation as a wise and manipulative Johnny or just be an absolute Timmy and slap adversaries with her huge primordial schlong? She sat in silence, the du'at slowly rising into the mortal realms, suddenly she had an epiphany...

Thusly, breaching the surface of the abyss, Illuna, Apex of Blue Shenanigans and Stompy Boys was born.

Win Conditions

There are several ways to win with the commander, the most obvious is Blightsteel Colossus.

Secondary wincons involve Stalking Predators: Having your opponents hesitate to cast spells is advantageous and any spell they do cast is a win for you. Blackblade Reforged the deck easily ramps up to lethal commander damage, pairing with a mutated Omnivorous Hydra and the results are absolutely devastating.

Lesser wincons include Radha, Heart of Keld, much like Blackblade, she can swing for lethal commander when mutated. Thassa's Oracle a great utility card in this deck, I don't expect many if any wins, but it is an option, especially against a mill boy. Brash Taunter, I just love this card, block with it and use its fight mechanic and you can do some big damage late game, also pairs quite well with Blasphemous Act.

Preservation

We have Illuna, we want to keep Illuna -- this means we need suitable mutate targets Thrun, the Last Troll is one of the best options, almost unmovable. Others you can see give indestructible and/or hexproof.

Counterspells are prevalent. Sanctum of Eternity and Crystal Shard are fantastic cards for both preservation and recastability.

Top Deck Manipulation

It is incredibly important to scry and/or view the top deck of your library to ensure the best free drops from Illuna. The best engines for this include Mirri's Guile and Scroll Rack. Future Sight is remarkable and the lesser ones are Radha, Heart of Keld, Vizier of the Menagerie and Vivien, Monsters' Advocate. Essentially, whenever a card is played from your library, you draw a new card. Remarkable. The essentials are here as well, Brainstorm/Ponder also a slew of others, involving lands and artifacts and creatures.

Mutate

This deck cheats out big boys by mutating. The mutate mechanic can be a confusing one and not all the cards are worth their costs in the commander format. I tried to keep in all the mutate cards with lesser mutate costs compared to their CMC so I am only paying 1-4 mana or so to cheat the top card of my library and get the bonus mutate effect.

Some of my favorites are Migratory Greathorn for the ramp, Auspicious Starrix for the bonus cheating and Lore Drakkis for the recursion - being able to return Cyclonic Rift to my hand with each mutate is a boon.

Lastly, I have Seasons Past come the event my mutate cheat engine runs dry, does especially well considering not a lot of mutate is viable for commander.

That's it! Hope you like the deck!

Top Ranked	Achieved #8 position overall 3 years ago Achieved #7 position in Commander / EDH 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Creature Cheat 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Mutate 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 years
Exclude colors	WB
Splash colors	URG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.70
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Ashaya, the Awoken World, Beast 3/3 G, Boar 2/2 G, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Koma's Coil 3/3 U, Kraken 8/8 U w/ Hexproof, On an Adventure, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Ideas, EDH (Combo), New Deck Ideas