Mass Effect Trilogy Legend of Commander Shepard Deck Breakdown:
PSA: Its A Little bit Jank Because I have to keep a theme which means sacrificing power or consistency.
Quotes:
Udina:
"Is that the kind of person we want protecting the galaxy?"
Anderson:
"That's the only kind of person who can protect the galaxy"
Commander Shepard:
"Each of you needs to be willing to die. Anything less...and you're already dead."
Sovereign:
"You exist because we allow it and you will end because we demand it"
Mass Effect Deck: Card Representations / Ability's Given:
TLDR:
1. I Adore this deck, I based it off of My Favorite Games of All Time MASS EFFECT I,II,III, this deck has a Mass Effect Theme, and Representations of things in those games.
2. Win Conditions:
1. Mirror Entity (2nd Strongest)
2. It that betrays (3rd Strongest)
3. Astarion the Decadent + Quietus Spike combo (Strongest)
4. Commander / Combat Damage
3. Power Level: **5 / 10** (couldn't sacrifice the theme and representations of the deck just for power, Expect some Jank.
4. On Curve Percentage (How likely you are to play spells on the turn you want to / Need to): 77% of the time you will be on curve.
5. commandersalt.com[Website I used to help build / visualize the deck and get power level and mana curve from]
5.5 Mass Effect Deck commandesalt.com link:(https://www.commandersalt.com/details/deck/c167f9453b56b653dfa9022cd441594a)
6. commandersalt.com has a "Rule 0 Card" Which is a short breakdown or summary of the deck and is a little button near top of the page if you
want too see it.
Events:
Creation of The Geth:
1. Titania’s Song (Turns all non-creature artifacts into artifact creatures with Power & Toughness Equal to their casting cost... And they lose their original ability’s.
Awakening of the Reapers - and later the Husks-
1. Awakening Zone - Spawns Eldrazi & Husks (Reaper Corrupted Species)
Corruption (Indoctrination) of the minds of all of those who follow the Reapers, Saren and all others included.
1. Praetor's Counsel (MAYBE BOARD)- Soverign whispers in your mind slowly controling you, as do all reapers, Fear their influence or be comnsumed by it.
Making Your Shepard:
1. Commander Shepard – Jodah, the Unifier
Saren if he successfully cloned an army of Krogans on Vermire:
1. Clone Legion
Stop Clones from killing Each other / Being Weak:
1. Mirror Box
Acquiring Mordin Solus in Mass Effect 2 (Increases Progress on Technological Advances)-
1. Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage(Mordin Solus) - Best Researcher / Scientist there is.
The Shadow Broker Makes you and Offer You Cant Refuse (Liara Invites you to go to shadow broker base to evict him, and he invites you to try):
1. (MAYBE BOARD) An Offer You Cant Refuse (The Name Fits, The Ability Doesnt) - Counter target non creature spell, its caster gets two treasure tokens
The Arrival of The Reapers is NOW!
1. Thran Temporal Gateway (Portal to and from Dark Space) - (Cheat in Historics' (Artifacts, Legendry's, Sags) Which is really good here.
2. From Beyond - Eldrazi (reaper) Tutor (SIDEBOARD)
3. Genesis Wave - Mass Summon Effect of the Reapers, The Invasion Has Begun!
Genophage Cure - Making Tuchunka and Krogans Fertile
1. Eve - Selvala Heart of the Wilds
The Final Battle on Earth to defeat the reapers once and for all:
1. Finale of Devastation! (Maybe Board)
The Ending of Your Choice Via The Crucible (the galaxy's last hope to defeat the reapers / The Prothean super weapon)-
Destroy: Destroy the Reapers (Red Laser Beam) -
- Urza’s Ruinous Blast (killing / destroying all reapers and robots-including geth and EDI / LEGION)
Control: Gain Control of The Reapers (blue laser beam) -
- Mob Rule (control the reapers / dominate their minds
Refuse: Let The Reapers Win (don't fire the crucible / let reapers destroy all space-faring organic life) -
- Decree of Pain - Sideing with the reapers thematically
Synthesis: Fuse Synthetic life and Organic life together ME 3 possible ending -
- Leyline of Singularity
Memorial to the fallen thought the conflict of the Mass Effect Trilogy at end of Mass Effect 3 (Victory):
- Heroes’ Podium
GAME OVER YOU FAILED / DIED (Defeat)
- Door to Nothingness
The Varren and other Scavengers Picking our bones clean after all the death and desrtruction brought by countless battles, war, and the harvesting of our planets...
- Fresh Meat
Companions (Rogues’ Gallery):
Mass Effect 1 –
Garrus Vakarian (Turian / Best Man) –
1. Samut, Voice of Dissent
Wrex (Krogan) –
1.Surrak Dragonclaw
Tali Zorah, Vas Normandy (Quarian) –
1. Sydri, Galvanic Genius
**Liara T’soni (Asari / Best Girl) **
1. Tamiyo, Field Researcher
Mass Effect 2 –
Miranda Lawson / Her Sister Oriana Lawson (Human / genetically perfect) -
1. Halana and Alena, Partners
Jack (Human – very powerful Biotic) –
1. Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
Grunt (Krogan, tank bred – perfect specimen) –
1. Jazal Goldmane
Mordin Solus (Solarian, STG Special Operative, Genius Scientist) -
1. Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage
Samara (Asari / Justicar) –
1. Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
Morinth (Asari / Ardat-Yachi) –
1. Massacre Girl, Known Killer
Thane Krios (Drell / Assassin) –
1. Dokuchi Silencer
Legion (Geth) –
1. Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
Kasumi Goto (Human / Master Thief) –
1. Zara, Renegade Recruiter
Zaeed Masani -
1. Radha Heir to Keld (TAKEN OUT OF DECK, TO MAKE ROOM FOR THAN TEMPORAL GATEWAY + ZAEED IS A NORMAL HUMAN I DONT REALLY REPRESENT THEM.)
Mass Effect 3 –
EDI (Robot / Unshackled A.I.) –
1. Zur, Eternal Schemer
Javik (Prothean / lone survivor) –
1. Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats
Side Characters:
Mass Effect 1 –
Joker (not companion / pilot of the Normandy) –
1. Yisan, the Wandering Bard
Captain Anderson (Previous Capitan of Normandy and your good friend) -
1. Odric, Master Tactician (Sideboard)
Admiral Hackett (Important mission giver admiral of alliance fleet) -
1. Odric, Lunarch Marshal (SIDEBOARD)
Mass Effect 2 –
Aria T’Loak (Asari / Leader-Queen of Omega) –
1. Marchesa, The Black Rose
The Elusive Man (leader of Cerberus) –
1. Valki, God of Lies // Tibalt, Cosmic Impostor
Mass Effect 3 -
Nyreen Kandros - Aria's Long Time Friend / Lover? (Omega DLC) -
1. Astarion, the Decadent
The Catalyst / The Intelligence (Ghost / A.I. Boy @ ending of ME 3) –
1. Child of Alara
Eve (fertile female Krogan, who helps cure the Genophage and bring prosperity to her race) -
1. Selvala Heart of the Wilds
Maya Brooks (Cerberus Operative working with Shepards Clone on Pro Human Agenda-
1. Jaxis, the Troublemaker (SIDEBOARD)
Special Guests and Allies against The Reapers:
1. Tromokratis - The Leviathan(s)
Locations -
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The Flotilla (Quarian fleet of spaceships / their home) - Command Tower (land)
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The Normandy SR1 /SR2 (player ship) (ME 1 – 3) - Steel Hellkite (Dragon), or the Predator, Flagship (artifact) (SIDEBOARD)
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Eden Prime (1 of the most successful human settlements) - Vivid Grove (land)
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Luna (Earth’s Moon) - Smouldering Marsh (land / Covers both moons)
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Pragia (secret Cerberus (Biotic) testing facility where Jack is from) - Exotic Orchard (Land)
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Therum (meet / save Liara ME 1) – Vivid Crag (land)
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The Citadel (space station / hub world / center of galactic empire – senate All ME Games) – Urza's Tower, Urza's Mine, Urza's Power Plant(land)
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Sur’Kesh (homeworld of the Salarians ME 3 (Genophage cure anyone?) - Vivid Creek (land)
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Vermire (Saren secret research facility ME 1) – Prarie Stream (land)
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Menae (Moon of Palaven ME 3) - Smouldering Marsh (land)
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Aite (Overlord DLC planet ME 2) - Plains (land),Forest (land),Mountain (land),Swamp (land),Island (land)
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Bekenstein (Kasumi stolen memory heist location ME 2 DLC) - Voldaren Estate (Maybe Board)
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Illium (ME 2 & 3) - Cascading Cataracts (land)
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Tuchanka (Krogan homeworld ME 2 & 3) – Smouldering Marsh (land)
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Feros (Zhu’s Hope settlement (Thorian) ME 1) – Krosan Verge (land)
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Earth (Human homeworld (obviously) Mass Effect 3) – Plains (land),Forest (land),Mountain (land),Swamp (land),Island (land)
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Noveria (Rachni Queen / Matriarch Benezia ME 1 & 3) – Novijen, Heart of Progress (land)
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Ilos (hidden planet (holds last of prothean race) end of ME 1) – Sunken Hollow (land)
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Omega (Terminus Systems counterpart to the Citadel ME 2) – Rogue’s Passage (land)
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Horizon (human settlement /meet Kaiden / ashley ME 2) – Vivid Meadow (land)
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Mars (rich in prothean ruins / recommended for colonization ME 3) – Cinder Glade (land)
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Thessia (Asari Homeworld (largest economy in milky way) ME 3) - Vivid Marsh (land)
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Collector Base (suicide mission / beyond Omega 4 Relay) - Alchemist’s Gambit (spell) (extra turn at the price of losing the game if you don't
win that turn)
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Mass Relays (all of them) - Mage-Ring Network (land)
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Cerberus Headquarters (Elusive Man’s base of operations) - Shrine to the Forsaken Gods (land)
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Leviathian's Lair (Under-Water On Planet 2181 Despoina! / This is a Special / Unique Representation) - Halimar Depths
Equipment-
- Omni-Blade - Eater of Virtue / Vorpal Sword (Maybe Board) / Excalibur, Sword of Eden (Maybe Board).... IDK Which equipment is best
Enemies -
Mass Effect 1 -
(Geth / Transport / Colossus) -
1. Pentavus (summons Geth / acts as transport and colossus (SIDEBOARD)
Husks (ALL 3 GAMES) -
- Mirror Entity (accounts for husks made of all races harvested by reapers)
DRONES / ROBOTS -
- Thopter Assembly (SIDEBOARD)
Mass Effect 2 -
Collectors –
Collector Harbinger (possessed collector) –
1. Decimator of the Provinces
Praetorian (armored construct-fused husks) –
1. Conduit of Ruin
Collector Captain (tactician) –
1. Deepfathom Skulker
2. Bringer of the Black Dawn (SIDEBOARD)
Mass Effect 3 -
Reapers–
Destroyer Class (Reaper) –
1. Desolation Twin
Harbinger “the original” (reaper / first-biggest-meanest) –
1. It that Betrays
2. Spawnsire of Ulamog (SIDEBOARD)
Bosses:
Mass Effect 1 –
Matriarch Benezia (Asari-Matriarch / Sarens right hand / Liaras Mom) –
1. Vraska the Unseen
Thorian (plant-thing) –
1. Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
Capital Ship / “Sovereign” Class (Reaper) -
1. Breaker of Armies
Saren (turian-spectre / husk-final-final boss) -
1. Sanguine Praetor
Mass Effect 2 -
Corrupted Harvester –
1. Phyrexian Obliterator
Thresher Maw (giant-worm-thing) –
1. Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
Human Reaper (reaper / looks human) –
1. Xenagos God of Revels
Tela Vasir (Asari Spectre) –
1. Satoru Umezawa
Shadow Broker (Rahg / Information King) –
1. Body of Knowledge
Mass Effect 3 –
Kai-Leng (Human / Elusive Man’s Assassin) –
1. Thraximundar
Rachni Queen –
1. Sheoldred, Whispering One
Commander Shepard’s Clone –
1. Jodah, Archmage Eternal.
Power Generation For Space Travel / Life –
Mass Effect Drive Core (ships fusion-reactor engine) –
1. Sol Ring (1 CMC for 2 colorless mana every time tapped)
2. Replicating Ring (3 CMC mana rock that gains counters then replicates)
3. Arcane Signet
4. Darksteel Ingot
5. Awakening Zone
6. Cascading Cataracts
7. Ghirapur Orrery
8. Manalith
- Dark Ritual
**Technicians / Fusion Reactor Specalists (Help Produce energy (mana) and take care of Drivecores):
1. Llanowar Elves
2. Elvish Muystic
3. Beastcaller Savant (Maybeboard)
4. Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
Mana Doubling -
1. Mirari’s Wake (SIDEBOARD)
2. Mana Reflection
Reapers Ability's –
Reaper is Born/Constructed (cheat stuff in) –
1. Commander Shepard - Jodah, the Unifier (Cheat Stuff In)
2. Commander Shepard Clone - Jodah, Archmage Eternal (discount / cheat spells – creatures in)
3. Harbinger - Spawn-Sire of Ulamog (SIDEBOARD) (cheat eldrazi / reapers into game from side-board)
4. Tella Vasir – Satoru Umezawa (Ninjutsu / cheat creatures in)
5.Liara T’soni - Tamiyo, Field Researcher (-7 / ultimate draws cards then gives me an emblem that lets me play non lands without paying their mana cost)
6. Kasumi Goto - Maelstrom Angel (When deals combat dmg to a player, you may play a non land card from your hand without paying its mana cost)
7. Emrakul's Hatcher (Eldrazi Spawn)
Reaper Arrival (damage on arrival) –
1. Warstorm Surge (damage to target enemy when my creature enters battlefield) (SIDEBOARD)
**Reaper War (Invasion / War) –**
2. World at War (two combat pohases in one turn
3. Alchemist’s Gambit (extra turn = extra combat phase)
Reaper Endurance (Untap Steps) –
1. (Taken Out Of Deck) Archelos, Lagoon Mystic (if untapped permanents enter untapped / if tapped permanents come in tapped)
**Reaper Element of Surprise (un-block-able) –**
1. Predatory Focus (makes creatures deal damage As though they weren't blocked)
Reaper Lethality–
1. World at War (double combat phases)
2. Alchemist’s Gambit (extra turn after this one)
3. Beast Within
4. Putrefy
5. Crib Swap
6. Liturgy of Blood
7. Hull Breach
8. Go for the Throat
**Reaper Destruction (annihilator/ reverse annihilator / sacrifices) –
1. Phyrexian Obliterator (reverse annihilator / makes opponent sacrifice creatures for dealing damage to it)
2. It that Betrays (Annihilator 2)
3. Spawnsire of Ulamog (SIDEBOARD)(Annihilator 1)
4. Sheoldred, Whispering One (makes opponent sacrifice A creature every time its their upkeep)
5. Thraximundar (makes opponent sacrifice a creature when it attacks)
**Reaper (control) –**
1. Tamiyo, Field Researcher (-2 ability taps 2 creatures / they dont untap during the next untap step)
**Reaper Precision Destruction (single target removal) –**
1. Kiku, Nights Flower (makes creature deal damage to it-self)
2. War Storm Surge (SIDEBOARD) (damage to any target each time I play a creature)
3. Varaska, the Unseen (destroys creatures that damage her)
4. Jaya Ballard, Task Mage (3 damage to creature or player, 6 deamage to every creature & every player or destroy target blue permanent)
5. Doom Blade (Destroy target non black creature)
6. Power Word Kill (Destroy non devil, non angel, non dragon, non demon creature)
Reaper Annihilation (Board Wipes) –
1. In Garruk’s Wake (kills all creatures I dont control + planes-walkers) (SIDEBOARD)
2. Decree of Pain (kills all creatures / draws cards)
3. Urza’s Ruinous Blast (Exiles all Non-Legendary Non-Land Permanents)
**Reaper Speed (Haste) –**
1. Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer (gives tokens haste)
**Reapers “kiss of death" (Deathtouch) –**
1. Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats (gives creatures death-touch)
Whats Yours is Mine now (Creature Steal):
1. Zara, Renegade Recruiter
Terra forming / terra formation (land retrieval / fixing) –
1. Ghirapur Orrery
Knowledge is power (draw spells)-
1. Tamiyo, Field Researcher (+1 / -7 draw ability's
2. Body of Knowledge (draws cards when it takes damage / gives no maximum hand size)
3. Selvala, Heart of the Wilds (draws a card if creature enters the battle field that is the new most powerful creatures
The Search For answers / recruitment of a legendary team of heroes to go on a Suicide Mission (tutors) –
1. Yisan, The Wandering Bard (tutors for a creature)
2. Bringer of the Black Dawn (SIDEBOARD) (tutors for a card)
3. Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
We Are LEGION (Endless Hordes) –
1. Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer (makes tokens / makes tokens copy’s of a bigger token)
Copy Creatures (not tokens) –
1. Valki, God of Lies (copy's exiled creatures)
GAME OVER (instant death / semi instant) -
1. Varaska, the Unseen (summons assassins, that can end the game if they deal damage)
2. Door to Nothingness (sacrifice + pay mana to banish an opponent to dark-space / giving them a Game Over)
**Resurrection (my) (graveyard manipulation) – **
1. Sheoldred, Whispering One (resurrects 1 creature every turn to battlefield @ upkeep)
2. Sedris, the Traitor King (has ability to UNEARTH Dead creatures and ressurect them)
Reapers Making New Soldiers From opponets (graveyard / exile / hand manipulation (Husks)-
1. Valki, God of Lies (puts cards in exile then copy's them)
2. Tibalt, Cosmic Imposter is the other side of Valki god of lies (puts cards in exile then play’s them)
4. Mob Rule (steal’s all Opponents creatures on the field power 4 or greater or 3 or less)
5. It That Betrays (steals your dead when they are sacrificed)
6. Gromoire of the Dead - Remove 3 study counters and sacrifice it , put all creature cards from all graveyards onto your battle field under your control.
6. Grave Betrayal (SIDEBOARD) (whenever a creature I dont control dies, it returns to the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter at the next end step under my control, also is a zombie / Husk in addition to its other types)
Geth Creation (artifact manipulation)
1. Titania's Song (Makes artifacts into creatures)
2. Pentavus (SIDEBOARD) (creates robot tokens - Geth)
**Extra Turns (the war rages on / time passes with or without you)– **
1. Alchemists Gambit (gives extra turn / makes time pass with no enemy response)
De-Buff Opponent –
1. Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite (Praetor / represents Thorian
Buffs For us –
1. Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite (Praetor / represents Thorian)
2. Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats (vampire buffs me / represents Javik, last Prothean - oldest
3. Marchesa, The Black Rose (+1/+1 Counters, Creature Resurrection's)
Eldrazi Spawn (tokens) –
1. Spawn-Sire of Ulamog (SIDEBOARD) (represents Harbinger + spawns Eldrazi tokens) + (summons more Eldrazi (Reapers) from Sideboard / not applicable in EDH unless agreed on)
Direct Life Damage (burn spells / what-have-you) –
1. Jaya Ballard, Task Mage - insane fire damage / great mage (Biotic)
2. Warstorm Surge (when creatures enter the battlefield they do direct damage to Opponent)
Assuming Control ( steal creatures right from your army) -
1. Mob Rule (steal your army for my side)
Call Reinforcements (swap creatures - Ninjutsu) -
1. Tela Vasir – Satoru Umezawa
Drone and Robot Mass Production-
1. Thopter Assembly (Sideboard)
Eldrazi (Reaper) Spawn + tutor -
1. From Beyond (Sideboard)
We have the technology but we dont want to spend alot of mana lol (MANA Discounts)-
1. Urza's Filter (MANA Discounts)
2. Conduit of Ruin (MANA Discounts)
3. Thryx, the Sudden Storm (MANA Discounts) (SIDEBOARD)
4. Jodah, Archmage Eternal
5. We Ride at Dawn (Gives Legendary Creatures Convoke)
Attrition, Wearing down enemy Defenses then finishing them off (Armor / Shields) / Reapers Terrorizing every planet and harvesting everyone they there is no one left... its a slow process can take decades or even longer.
- Massacre Girl, Known Killer - Gives all my creatures Wither!
Side Board -
(Geth / Transport / Colossus)-
1. Pentavus (summons Geth / acts as transport and colossus
*Robot / Drone Creation
- Thopter Assembly
Colectior Tactician
- Bringer of the Black Dawn
** Husk Replication / Solider Creation From Harvested Races-**
1. Extravagant Replication
** We have the Technology, But we dont Want to spend alot of Mana...**
- Urza's Filter
Seclusion and Quarinine of planets being harvested
- Quarantine Field
Reaper’s have us surrounded (Planetary Isolation) -
1. Quarantine Field (temporary exile until quarantine field is taken care of)
Admiral Hackett -
1. Odric, Lunarch Marshall
Extinction is Here, And we will stand strong and make them pay for every inch!_
1, True Conviction
Characters -
- Jaxis, the Troublemaker - Maya Brooks
Harbringer Class Reaper-
- Artisan of Kozilek
Reaper Arrival-
1.Warstorm Surge
Mana Doubling
- Mana Reflection
Normandy
1.Predator Flagship
Maybe-Board -
Husk Creation (my) (graveyard manipulation) / overcome death (Project Lazarus) – -
1. Phyrexian Reclamation - Ressurection
2. Grave Betrayal - ressurection
1x Deepfathom Skulker - Drawing Cards
1x Hazoret's Monument - Discounts on Red Spells
1x An Offer You Can't Refuse - Counter Target Non Creatur Spell
