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Commander / EDH Four Color

Lambcakes

Other (37)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 3x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 2x Island
• 1x Kher Keep
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mossfire Valley
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Skycloud Expanse
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Tolaria West

Token (7)

• 1x Artifact Mutation
• 1x Dovescape
• 1x Genesis Chamber
• 1x Hunted Phantasm
• 1x Mercy Killing
• 1x Seed the Land
• 1x Spawning Breath

Counter (3)

• 1x Bant Charm
• 1x Commit / Memory
• 1x Mystic Confluence

Steal (2)

• 1x Catch / Release
• 1x Grab the Reins

Draw (17)

• 1x Bandage
• 1x Commit / Memory
• 1x Crimson Wisps
• 1x Enervate
• 1x Expedite
• 1x Fire / Ice
• 1x Fleeting Distraction
• 1x Grip of the Roil
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Niveous Wisps
• 1x Pressure Point
• 1x Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
• 1x Repulse
• 1x Shelter
• 1x Snakeform
• 1x Viridescent Wisps

Ramp (12)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Explore
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Search for Tomorrow
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Wood Elves

Protection (8)

• 1x Crystal Shard
• 1x Dovescape
• 1x Erratic Portal
• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Grip of Chaos
• 1x Possibility Storm
• 1x Shelter
• 1x Temur Sabertooth

Fog (5)

• 1x Enervate
• 1x Fire / Ice
• 1x Grip of the Roil
• 1x Niveous Wisps
• 1x Pressure Point

Copy (2)

• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Supplant Form

Commander (1)

Utility (14)

• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Natural Affinity
• 1x Nivmagus Elemental
• 1x Praetor's Counsel
• 1x Radiate
• 1x Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
• 1x Snakeform
• 1x Snap
• 1x Spawning Breath
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Swell of Growth
• 1x Thought Vessel

Removal (10)

• 1x Artifact Mutation
• 1x Bant Charm
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Catch / Release
• 1x Commit / Memory
• 1x Crib Swap
• 1x Ixidron
• 1x Mercy Killing
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift

Bounce (5)

• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Repulse
• 1x Snap
• 1x Supplant Form

Burn (3)

• 1x Fiery Gambit
• 1x Fire / Ice
• 1x Grab the Reins

Wincon (2)

• 1x Fiery Gambit
• 1x Natural Affinity

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Sideboard

Other (18)

• 1x Aether Mutation
• 1x Akroan Horse
• 1x Aura Mutation
• 1x Bonds of Mortality
• 1x Cerulean Wisps
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Nature's Revolt
• 1x Planar Chaos
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip
• 1x Wear / Tear

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Maybeboard

Other (89)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Blast of Genius
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Change of Heart
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Charmbreaker Devils
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Cloudshift
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Confront the Unknown
• 1x Crippling Chill
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Cytoshape
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Debt of Loyalty
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dramatic Rescue
• 1x Electrolyze
• 1x Eye of the Storm
• 1x Fated Conflagration
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Glen Elendra Pranksters
• 1x Heat Shimmer
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Hindering Light
• 1x Hunted Troll
• 1x Insidious Will
• 1x Joiner Adept
• 1x Knowledge Pool
• 1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Leap
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Lightning Helix
• 1x Liquid Fire
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x March of the Machines
• 1x Mark of Mutiny
• 1x Mindbreak Trap
• 1x Mirari
• 1x Mizzix's Mastery
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Naya Charm
• 1x Naya Panorama
• 1x Needle Drop
• 1x Negate
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Refocus
• 1x Searing Blood
• 1x Shadow Rift
• 1x Simic Charm
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Spin into Myth
• 1x Spiritualize
• 1x Spitting Image
• 1x Split Decision
• 1x Spoils of Victory
• 1x Stolen Identity
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Stun
• 1x Summary Dismissal
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Tel-Jilad Defiance
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Tempt with Vengeance
• 1x Tidespout Tyrant
• 1x Twisted Image
• 1x Utopia Tree
• 1x Varchild's War-Riders
• 1x Vedalken Mastermind
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Veilstone Amulet
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Voidslime
• 1x Word of Seizing
• 1x Young Pyromancer
• 1x Zada, Hedron Grinder

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If you're using this technically illegal commander, you're probably not in a cut-throat meta. So why not lean into the casual side a bit with some fun restrictions? This is a budget build (under $200) with no tutors and a somewhat low percentage of "goodstuff" staples that every other deck runs. Even so, this deck can be quite powerful, if a bit of a glass cannon. You'll quickly draw a ton of cards, and no longer say "Can I answer this threat?", rather, "Which of a dozen ways should I answer it?" There are quite a few ways to win in this deck, from insurrection-type plays to massive copied armies to Fiery Gambit burn to bouncing/stealing/killing everyone's lands and creatures via Natural Affinity. The cool thing about this commander is that you don't have to run busted wincons. Many of your everyday utility cards can get you the win, which makes this deck very flexible.

Warning: this deck is built almost completely around the commander. I've included Radiate for redundancy, some protection (chaos or self bounce) effects, and a couple cards that don't rely on him. Still, you'll need to take care lest your commander be shut down. Your playgroup will almost certainly learn to fear this guy.

Whatever you do, you're bound to make some big, fun, memorable plays with this deck. Happy inking!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 8 Rares 22 - 8 Uncommons 23 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.97
Tokens	1/1 WU Token Creature Bird, Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elf Warrior 1/1 GW, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Goblin 1/1 R, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Manifest 2/2 C, Myr 1/1 C, Saproling 1/1 G, Shapeshifter 1/1 C, Snake 1/1 G, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 C
Based on	Tread Heavily caffiend EDH