Inalla and the Wizards of Control

Commander / EDH* UBR (Grixis)

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Creature (33)

• 1x AEther Adept
• 1x Aphetto Grifter
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1x Bloodline Necromancer
• 1x Champion of Wits
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Galecaster Colossus
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Mistbind Clique
• 1x Naban, Dean of Iteration
• 1x Patron Wizard
• 1x Riptide Director
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Sea Gate Oracle
• 1x Sedraxis Alchemist
• 1x Sigil Tracer
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Stonybrook Banneret
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Thalakos Deceiver
• 1x Tribute Mage
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Vedalken Aethermage
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Voidmage Husher
• 1x Voidmage Prodigy
• 1x Wanderwine Prophets

Land (33)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 4x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Winding Canyons
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Intruder Alarm

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Demonic Tutor

Commander (1)

Artifact (16)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Urza's Incubator

Instant (15)

• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

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Sideboard

Artifact (4)

• 1x Cryptic Gateway
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Sundial of the Infinite
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

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Quick Deck Intro

This deck is meant to be played as a semi-casual multiplayer deck. The main win conditions are the combos, but there is no rush to get to those combos. I am a control player at heart, and this deck is the most viable control strategy I could brew in a multiplayer casual setting.

Why Play This Deck?

You might like this deck if you like infinite combos, but aren't looking to race to a combo. Also, this deck might appeal to you if you like countering your opponents spells and having an answer to any threat on a stack. Or you might like this deck if you think wizards are just a cool archetype and you want to generate a ton of value off of Inalla, Archmage Ritualist's Eminence ability.

List of Infinite Combos

Quick note, all of these combos only work because Inalla, Archmage Ritualist is in the command zone.

• Bloodline Necromancer and Ashnod's Altar or Phyrexian Altar
1. Play Ashnod's Altar or Phyrexian Altar.
2. Play Bloodline Necromancer.
3. With Inalla, Archmage Ritualist's Eminence trigger on the stack, sacrifice Bloodline Necromancer to Ashnod's Altar or Phyrexian Altar.
4. The copy of Bloodline Necromancer, comes into play and targets the original that is now in your graveyard.
5. The original comes back into play, triggering Inalla, Archmage Ritualist's Eminence ability.
6. Repeat steps 3-5 any number of times.
7. Attack with your infinite Bloodline Necromancers.
• Dualcaster Mage and Ghostly Flicker
1. Cast Ghostly Flicker targeting any two viable targets.
2. With Ghostly Flicker on the stack, play Dualcaster Mage targeting anything.
3. Use Inalla, Archmage Ritualist's Eminence trigger to create a copy of Dualcaster Mage.
4. The copy enters, targeting Ghostly Flicker.
5. The copied Ghostly Flicker targets the original Dualcaster Mage and any mana producer.
6. The original Dualcaster Mage and the mana producer come back into play, triggering Inalla, Archmage Ritualist's Eminence ability again.
7. Repeat steps 3-6 any number of times.
8. Attack with your infinite Dualcaster Mages
• Wanderwine Prophets
1. Play Wanderwine Prophets.
2. With the champion trigger on the stack, use Inalla, Archmage Ritualist's Eminence ability to create a copy of Wanderwine Prophets.
3. The copy's champion trigger goes on the stack, championing the original.
4. The original's champion trigger no longer matters since the original is no longer in play.
5. Attack with the copy of Wanderwine Prophets.
6. Sacrifice the copy for an extra turn.
7. Repeat steps 2-4.
8. At the end step, the copy will exile due to Inalla, Archmage Ritualist's ability.
9. When the original returns, repeat steps 2-4.
10. Proceed to your next turn with the copy still in play.
11. Repeat steps 5-10.

Notable Includes

• Copy Artifact: This card is essentially just a worse Sol Ring, but still good. Late game it can become a Gilded Lotus
• Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir: Make it to where your opponents can not stop your combo.

Notable Excludes

• Arcanis the Omnipotent: This card is cool, but ultimately it didn't do enough for the mana investment.
• Puppeteer Clique: I would rather have my own creatures than my opponents'. And if I do want my opponents' creatures, there are better ways in this deck to take them.
• Docent of Perfection  : He is not a wizard and I am not casting enough spells to justify this. May reconsider later if I see other cards underperforming.
• Panharmonicon: This just feels like a waste of four mana since we essentially have this effect with Inalla, Archmage Ritualist in the command zone.
• Kindred Discovery: This card will need to be removed before we try and combo off. Otherwise, we will just lose. I suppose this just makes our Laboratory Maniac more viable, but that will mean we will need to keep up an additional three mana to combo off.
• Deadeye Navigator: This card can have some serious interactions with ETB effects in this deck, but at 6 mana and not doing anything until have 2 additional mana can be rough. At the end of the day, the fact he isn't a wizard and doesn't receive the same benefits wizards do in the deck, along with being too mana intensive, he got cut.

Sideboard - Removing The Combo

I am keeping a sideboard to easily remove the combo from this deck if I am sitting at a table where combo is frowned upon.

Here is the sideboard plan:
- Ashnod's Altar
- Phyrexian Altar
- Ghostly Flicker
- Wanderwine Prophets
+ Cryptic Gateway
+ Door of Destinies
+ Sundial of the Infinite
+ Vanquisher's Banner

Watchlist

• Sigil Tracer: Everytime I have played this I run into these 2 scenarios: Either I have enough wizards and not enough mana, or I have enough mana and not enough wizards...
• Vendilion Clique: One of my favorite cards in Modern. Not sure if this is good enough in Commander or not.
• Riptide Director: When I use its effect, it is so good. But is the activation cost too high to warrant the spot?

Changelog

2017-09-13
- Anathemancer
- Izzet Chronarch
- Merchant Scroll
- Vault of Whispers
- Great Furnace
+ Glen Elendra Archmage
+ Sedraxis Alchemist
+ Intruder Alarm
+ Winding Canyons
+ Island

2017-09-27
- Archetype of Imagination
- Portal Mage
- 2x Island
- Spirebluff Canal
- Darkslick Shores
- Pithing Needle
- Mystical Tutor
- Deadeye Navigator
- Thran Dynamo
- Fatespinner
+ Mistbind Clique
+ Phyrexian Altar
+ Minamo, School at Water's Edge
+ Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
+ Mox Diamond
+ Chrome Mox
+ Mana Crypt
+ Sensei's Divining Top
+ Vendilion Clique
+ Mox Opal
+ Cloudstone Curio

2017-10-04
- Mountain
- Swamp
+ Vault of Whispers
+ Great Furnace

2017-11-01
- Remand
- Reliquary Tower
+ Mana Drain
+ Volrath's Stronghold

2017-11-21
- Island
- Memory Lapse
+ Swan Song
+ Unclaimed Territory

Date added	7 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 56 - 4 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.93
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Champion of Wits 4/4 B, Copy Clone, Morph 2/2 C
Folders	EDH