Living in someone else's shoes.

Commander / EDH Control Four Color Theme/Gimmick WUBR

DaveofCanada

Land (34)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 5x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Plains
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Mind's Dilation
• 1x Mirrormade
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Stolen Strategy
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation

Creature (20)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Dack's Duplicate
• 1x Dire Fleet Daredevil
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Faerie Artisans
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Nightscape Familiar
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Sakashima the Impostor
• 1x Sakashima's Student
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x Thief of Sanity
• 1x Vesuvan Doppelganger
• 1x Vizier of Many Faces

Instant (17)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Dimir Charm
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Expansion / Explosion
• 1x Fork
• 1x Fury Storm
• 1x Insidious Will
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Radiate
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Sudden Substitution
• 1x Twincast
• 1x Wild Ricochet

Commanders (2)

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Role Reversal
• 1x Talent of the Telepath
• 1x Telemin Performance
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall

Artifact (8)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Progress

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"Why would you do this?" / Deck Purpose Show

The deck's sole purpose is creating a deck which I can carry around and ensure I've got something appropriate for any power-level. My decks tend to be higher on the tier scale and are optimized with minimal "jank", which has led to playgroup dissatisfaction at times. Especially when they wish to play a lower-tier game.

"How do you win?" / Wincon Show

I don't know. Every game is going to be different especially in what you can steal/copy from opponents, sometimes you'll win by copying multiple versions of a powerful creature and just overpowering the board while other times you'll win by copying a big lethal spell multiple times to the extent nobody can manage it.

Nothing's more enjoyable than winning a counterspell war without casting a single counterspell.

"Why do you run Memory Lapse and Arcane Denial? They're terrible!" / Fun tricks. Show

Memory Lapse is a good way to steal your opponent's juicy stuff that they just cast. Do it in response to Mind's Dilation triggers and they have no choice but to watch their fun times disappear as you get what they wanted. Talent of the Telepath and Telemin Performance accomplish similar functions.

Arcane Denial can be used to counter legitimate threats to your victory and ensures you've not lost card advantage. While your opponent gets +1 to card advantage, that just further ensures you're giving them stuff to possibly take! Isn't that great?

"No."

What if I told you it's also one of our greater sources of card draw? If you're able to generate a couple of copies of Arcane Denial, you can counter your own things (such as your copies of Arcane Denial!) and ensuring for each successful counterspell, you're drawing 3.

It's the small things in life.

"WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US?" / Feedback Goals Show

This was built on a whim and I couldn't find similar decks with the partners or within this color pair, possibly due to white's lacking presence in the actual spell list, though I'd argue being able to cheat out some juicy enchantments with Academy Rector is worth it.

I'm just looking for any suggestions on how to improve things across the board while remaining the deck on-theme.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 64 - 0 Rares 7 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.27
Tokens	Copy Clone, Treasure, Vizier of Many Faces 0/0 W