Jesus Take the Wheel

Commander / EDH Combo Control Forcefeed Four Color Infinite Combo Primer

Enral

Land (35)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 3x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 2x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Recursion (10)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Wheel (8)

• 1x Dark Deal
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Whispering Madness
• 1x Windfall

Draw (18)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Anvil of Bogardan
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Dark Deal
• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Teferi's Puzzle Box
• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Whispering Madness
• 1x Windfall

Ramp (16)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Gemstone Array
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Impulse
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

Tutor (8)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Personal Tutor
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Win Condition (6)

• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Sword of the Paruns
• 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang
• 1x Thrasios, Triton Hero
• 1x Umbral Mantle
• 1x Walking Ballista

Commanders (2)

Interaction (12)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Engineered Explosives
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Swan Song

Support (10)

• 1x As Foretold
• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Sword of the Paruns
• 1x Waste Not

Disruption (2)

• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Teferi's Puzzle Box

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Maybeboard

Other (7)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Chandra, Flamecaller
• 1x Geth's Grimoire
• 1x Haunted Fengraf
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x Treasure Cruise

Draw (1)

• 1x Rhystic Study

Support (1)

• 1x Paradox Engine

Tutor (1)

• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault

Ramp (1)

• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow

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Let Jesus Take the Wheel

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Introduction

Do you like having a ridiculous amount of mana, draw, and combos? Do you enjoy playing archenemy and playing oppressive decks? Do you like drinking your opponents' salty tears at the end of the game? If you do, this deck is for you! Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix and Vial Smasher the Fierce are great partners with the mana ramp of Kydele and the supporting role of Vial Smasher's passive damage that compliments each other perfectly. This a multiplayer build that is meant to be fun and exciting to pilot with the randomness of wheeling. Let Jesus take the wheel as he guides you towards the path to victory.

Goal of the deck

The goal of the deck is to simply play wheels into our combo pieces to win with the support of hand locks and disruption. The wheel mechanic combos very well together and I feel that Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix and Vial Smasher the Fierce can take full advantage of them. The deck is also designed to take advantage of the wheel effects while messing up our opponents with hand locks via Leovold, Emissary of Trest/Notion Thief. Ultimately, this deck has many different lines of play and will always play out differently every game which makes it really fun and interesting to pilot.

Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix plays the leading role of the partner:

• Generates mana advantage off passive card draws and wheel effects
• Accelerates my boardstate
• Integral part of the infinite mana combo (Umbral Mantle/Sword of the Paruns/Staff of Domination)

Vial Smasher the Fierce plays the supporting role of the partner:

• Generates additional damage effect for every first spell I cast each turn
• Damage could be redirected at planeswalkers
• Kills a random player with an spell once I have infinite mana (killing a player with a Green Sun's Zenith is awesome)

Combos

The main win condition of the deck is to assemble an infinite mana combo (produce colored mana with Gemstone Array) with Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix:

• Kydele producing 4 or more mana + Umbral Mantle/Sword of the Paruns
• Kydele producing 5 or more mana + Staff of Domination (instant win via Comet Storm)

The infinite mana produced by the above combo can then be used to win with:

• Thrasios, Triton Hero to draw into Comet Storm/Walking Ballista
• Tasigur, the Golden Fang via infinite activations to cast Reality Shift to mill everyone out (use Beast Within to start combo if opponents have no creatures)

Notable synergies and combos:

• Bloom Tender (producing 4 mana) + Umbral Mantle/Sword of the Paruns = Infinite mana of any colors
• Teferi's Puzzle Box/Anvil of Bogardan + Leovold, Emissary of Trest/Notion Thief = Soft lock opponents' hand out of the game
• Academy Ruins/Goblin Welder + Memory Jar = Wheel recursion engine
• Library of Leng/Scroll Rack + wheel/discard effects = Control what to discard

Cards to consider

Cards that I may consider in the future:

• Chains of Mephistopheles: Very pricey card that fits in this deck like a glove
• Timetwister: I have the collector's edition (square edges and gold bordered back) that I sub into my deck sometimes to spice things up. Very pricey wheel card if I were to want to acquire a tournament legal copy
• Mystic Remora/Phyrexian Arena: More card draw
• Archmage Ascension: Could be useful with the amount of draws but attracts removal
• Magus of the Wheel/Magus of the Jar/Molten Psyche/Incendiary Command/Time Spiral/Time Reversal: More wheel effects
• Yawgmoth's Will/Magus of the Will: Potential game ender
• Sigil of Sleep: Can be annoying with Vial Smasher
• Swan Song/Pact of Negation/Mana Drain/Force of Will: Additional counterspell suite if I decided to go full competitive
• Damnation: Mass removal
• Vengeful Pharaoh: Great card to deter attackers and easy for me to get him to the graveyard with all the wheel effects

Combos to consider:

• Duskmantle Guildmage + Mindcrank = Win via milling out every opponent infinite times
• Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind + Curiosity = Win via Laboratory Maniac
• Future Sight + Helm of Awakening + Sensei's Divining Top = Win via Laboratory Maniac

Footnotes

There is a lot to be done with regards to balancing and playtesting in order to smooth out the deck and optimize the mana curve. I think that the deck could go in the direction of extra turn spells with inclusion of cascade spells but requires a major revamp. I have a collector's edition copy of Timetwister (not tournament legal) which I will ask people if I can use it if I'm playing in a random pod.

Since this deck can be pretty mean and degenerate if I decide to go all out (locking out people's hands and proceed to combo off), I have also provided an alternative style of piloting this deck to not ruin friendship in a more casual pod. Playing wheels and discard effects with Waste Not in play to generate Zombie tokens can be an alternative way to win.

Jesus take the wheel, take it from my hands, 'cause I can't do this all on my own. I'm gonna let it go, so give me one more chance, save me from this road I'm on. Jesus take the wheel.

Top Ranked	Achieved #2 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 55 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.31
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Dack Fayden, Manifest 2/2 C, Spirit 1/1 C, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	My EDH Brews, Interesting Ideas, Wheel Deck, EDH decks, Cool Decks, Decks that I can build, Decks I like, EDH, Commander, EDH