Lagrella, the Mage of Pi

Commander / EDH* GWU (Bant)

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4 drop (11)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Felidar Guardian
• 1x Micromancer
• 1x Cast Out
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission
• 1x Teleportation Circle
• 1x Captain Sisay
• 1x Emiel the Blessed
• 1x Kaho, Minamo Historian
• 1x Prime Speaker Vannifar

1 drop (9)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Enclave Cryptologist
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Ephemerate
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Worldly Tutor
• 1x Personal Tutor
• 1x Sylvan Tutor

9 drop (4)

• 1x Hulking Metamorph
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Spring / Mind

0 drop (30)

• 1x Thornglint Bridge
• 1x Forest
• 1x Island
• 1x Plains
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Barkchannel Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deserted Beach
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hedge Maze
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Lush Portico
• 1x Meticulous Archive
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Overgrown Farmland
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Spara's Headquarters
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City

5 drop (11)

• 1x Invasion of Arcavios  ^Flip
• 1x Cloudblazer
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Thalia's Lancers
• 1x Wandering Archaic  ^Flip
• 1x Shared Summons
• 1x Moritte of the Frost
• 1x Lorien Revealed
• 1x Primal Command
• 1x Step Through
• 1x Supply / Demand

8 drop (4)

• 1x Astral Dragon
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Ondu Inversion  ^Flip
• 1x Treasure Cruise

3 drop (15)

• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Glasspool Mimic  ^Flip
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Soulherder
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Astral Drift
• 1x Careful Cultivation
• 1x Touch the Spirit Realm
• 1x Congregation at Dawn
• 1x The Celestus
• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Solve the Equation
• 1x Threats Undetected

6 drop (5)

• 1x Generous Ent
• 1x Lunar Hatchling
• 1x Kodama of the East Tree
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1x Boon of the Wish-Giver

2 drop (7)

• 1x Tangled Florahedron  ^Flip
• 1x Vedalken Aethermage
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Kabira Takedown  ^Flip
• 1x Momentary Blink
• 1x Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
• 1x Neoform

7 drop (4)

• 1x Colossal Skyturtle
• 1x Emeria's Call  ^Flip
• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip
• 1x Turntimber Symbiosis  ^Flip

Commander (1)

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Maybeboard

2 drop (4)

• 1x Azor's Gateway  ^Flip
• 1x Cloud of Faeries
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Wilt

1 drop (5)

• 1x Moonsnare Prototype
• 1x Enclave Cryptologist
• 1x Flourishing Fox
• 1x Thousand-Faced Shadow
• 1x Telepathy

0 drop (1)

• 1x Thornglint Bridge

3 drop (11)

• 1x Aether Channeler
• 1x Champion of Wits
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Vizier of Tumbling Sands
• 1x The Huntsman's Redemption
• 1x Archdruid's Charm
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Congregation at Dawn
• 1x Troyan, Gutsy Explorer
• 1x Search for Glory

8 drop (6)

• 1x Astral Dragon
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Kederekt Leviathan
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios  ^Flip
• 1x Treasure Cruise

4 drop (3)

• 1x Foundation Breaker
• 1x Timeless Witness
• 1x Preston, the Vanisher

5 drop (2)

• 1x Solitude
• 1x Alrund, God of the Cosmos  ^Flip

6 drop (4)

• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Sudden Insight
• 1x Atemsis, All-Seeing
• 1x Seasons Past

7 drop (1)

• 1x Herd Migration

9 drop (1)

• 1x Sorcerous Squall

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I think we need to cut a 4 drop and maybe birds of paradise

3.1415926535

Yup, gotta remember these digits because the goal is to cast as many cards in the order of Pi based of their CMC. There will be no infinite combos within this list, all though the deck could go infinite if copied from an opponent. We are playing solitaire to keep on churning through the deck. In the beginning it is tutor heavy, but then transitions to blink effects to increase card draw. Why play Lagrella... well, she likes pie.

Be warned as opening hands can become stuck if a tutor is countered, an ETB creature is killed, or a wheel is played. Hence why such a bazaar range of cards and low land count to fight through potential interaction. Flip cards are wonderful, split cards are wonderful, activated abilities are wonderful, cycle cards are wonderful, and Modal Double Faced cards are wonderful. Mulligans are required to make sure you can hit the first 4 numbers. Below is a count of number of cards of each cmc and how ratios should be built within the deck.

3.1415926535 8979323846 264338327

{1} - 2 high early concentration - only at the start and then they become dead cards

{2} - 4

{3} - 7 The first 3 drop ideally is not your commander and only start getting heavy towards the end of the run.

{4} - 3 Seen on #3, #19, and #23

{5} - 4 high concentration 3 of the 4 are in the first 10 casts

{6} - 3

{7} - 2 The lowest priority number

{8} - 3 (low priority)

{9} - 4 These 9 drops need alternate casting cost as the first cast is spell 6

Curved Lines of Play

The beginning few casts are essential to setting the chain of Pi. Here we are going through the list of key cards of their tutors in pi sequence. Of course later in the game there might be more fringe tutor picks that aren't listed.

3 Drops

Fierce Empath: {9} Hulking Metamorph, Land/{6} Lunar Hatchling, Generous Ent

Recruiter of the Guard: {1} Esper Sentinel/Birds of Paradise, {4} Kaho, Minamo Historian/Captain Sisay/ Phyrexian Metamorph, {5} Cloudblazer/Moritte of the Frost

Spellseeker: {1} 6 Tutors/ 1 blink, {2} Neoform

Trinket Mage: {1} Esper Sentinel/Sol Ring, Land: Thornglint Bridge

1 Drops

Ephemerate Has rebound, so the cast happens twice if played on the same turn as playing the 4 drop then the next instance will be correct sequence

A bunch of tutors

4 Drops

Kaho, Minamo Historian: {1} Drop Tutor, {5}Shared Summons, {9}Spring / Mind, {2}Momentary Blink/Wilt

Captain Sisay: {5} Moritte of the Frost, {9}The Great Henge, {3} The Celestus, + Land Choices

Birthing Pod/Prime Speaker Vannifar:

5 Drops

Invasion of Arcavios  : {9} Dusk / Dawn/Spring / Mind, {2} Neoform/Momentary Blink, {6} Boon of the Wish-Giver

Thalia's Lancers: {9}The Great Henge, {5} Moritte of the Frost, {3} The Celestus, + Land Choices

Shared Summons: {9}Hulking Metamorph, {2}Vedalken AEthermage/Tangled Florahedron  , {6}Kodama of the East Tree/Prime Speaker Zegana

Supply / Demand: {9}Spring / Mind (Does count as multicolored not on stack), {2}Neoform, {6}Prime Speaker Zegana/Lunar Hatchling

No Cast

Vedalken AEthermage/Step Through: Wizardcycling targets Spellseeker/Trinket Mage/Micromancer/Kaho, Minamo Historian/Prime Speaker Vannifar/Preston, the Vanisher

Astral Drift/Touch the Spirit Realm: Flicker

Generous Ent/Spara's Headquarters: Land Cyclers/Cycle Cards

Timeless Witness/Colossal Skyturtle

Careful Cultivation early mana dork before the first cast

Why these Cards?

This bizarre restriction forces us to look at cards differently. I could use some help in finding improvements or concepts that I haven't explored yet. For example Lunar Hatchling allows a lower land count with it's Landcycling while doubling as a {6} from the graveyard. The power level could be ramped much higher with cards like Rhystic Study/Smothering Tithe, but I don't think this deck survives in Power Level 8+. Yes, it has a lot of tutors which would be alarming if I wasn't tutoring cards like Spring / Mind. This deck assuming it doesn't get stuck in the digits of Pi should survive a casual game for 3 main factors. The first is that it's got a healthy amount of creatures that can dissuade from attacks. The second is that it's all over the place which means opponent's won't really think its a threat which is quite powerful. Lastly our Pie loving commander Lagrella, the Magpie can disrupt other powerful threats. Overall this deck is jank, but a conceptual challenge which I find so intriguing to solve and hope you do as well.

Date added	8 months
Last updated	5 months
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	101
Avg. CMC	4.17
Tokens	Angel Warrior 4/4 W, Copy Clone, Food, Human Monk 1/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G
Based on	Lagrella, the Magpie SanchezDanielJ98 EDH