K&T's smooth operator

Commander / EDH RGWU

a7thson

Land (34)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 3x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 4x Island
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Opal Palace
• 5x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Scattered Groves
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Vivid Meadow

Beaters (4)

• 1x Blazing Archon
• 1x Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Sunscorch Regent

Clone+Steal (3)

• 1x Progenitor Mimic
• 1x Spelltwine
• 1x Stunt Double

Token (3)

• 1x Kykar, Wind's Fury
• 1x Monastery Mentor
• 1x White Sun's Zenith

Pillow-fort (13)

• 1x Aeon Engine
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Polymorphist's Jest
• 1x Pramikon, Sky Rampart
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Reverse the Sands
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Venser's Journal
• 1x Windborn Muse

Removal (8)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Council's Judgment
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Pacifism
• 1x Qasali Pridemage
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Sylvan Reclamation

Toolbox (5)

• 1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
• 1x Part the Waterveil
• 1x Ral Zarek
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Wipe (4)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Tragic Arrogance

Counters (2)

• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Swan Song

Win-Con (2)

• 1x Treacherous Terrain
• 1x True Conviction

Commander (1)

Fun-Police (8)

• 1x Alms Collector
• 1x Azorius Guildmage
• 1x Frontier Warmonger
• 1x Hushwing Gryff
• 1x Leonin Arbiter
• 1x Mandate of Peace
• 1x Meddling Mage
• 1x Rest in Peace

Ramp (6)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sol Ring

Group-Hug (4)

• 1x Collective Voyage
• 1x Prosperity
• 1x Rites of Flourishing
• 1x Tempt with Discovery

Draw (3)

• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Ponder

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K&T's Smooth Operator

Face-to-face, each classic case

We shadow box and double-cross

Yet need the chase

(Sade, Smooth Operator)

I remember thinking this deck was just a few card swaps away from Stalwart Unity only to discover there are only like 20 cards left from the precon, so... this is a little different after all!

This is a political maneuvers deck, first and foremost. It builds up a protective board state while giving incentive to attack other players. The group hug is not one-sided tricks - you genuinely ramp the table and need to play carefully. A number of ways exist to make sacrificial token army which hopefully keeps you alive. Monastery Mentor can be almost a win-con on its own. Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker and Sunscorch Regent can become big threats or just a big target. White Sun's Zenith is fantastic because it's an instant source of 2/2 creatures.

Since you do actually want to finish the game at some point, good old fashioned beatdown after you've nullified enough threats is main way. True Conviction is a nice surprise finisher but don't play it too soon; you will want to make a decisive strike. Treacherous Terrain was in the precon and it gets better the later the game is prolonged.

The rest of your game is going to be spent in deal-making and shaking up alliances. Azorius Guildmage is an MVP for this as is Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer more overtly. Swing and surprise, Aeon Engine, Pramikon, Sky Rampart and Reverse the Sands to mess with the metagame and a lot of removal and utility to be used politically.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.50
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Cat 2/2 W, Copy Clone, Emblem Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Monk 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W