Mathas The Puppet Master

Commander / EDH Enchantment Group Hug RBW (Mardu)

Lord-Humungus

Land (35)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Inspiring Vantage
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 3x Plains
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Slayers' Stronghold
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Throne of the High City
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Bite of the Black Rose
• 1x Capital Punishment
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Head Games
• 1x Infernal Offering
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Three Dreams
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Creature (20)

• 1x Accursed Witch  ^Flip
• 1x Auramancer
• 1x Bitterheart Witch
• 1x Bounty Hunter
• 1x Dawnbreak Reclaimer
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Heliod's Pilgrim
• 1x High Priest of Penance
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Orzhov Advokist
• 1x Pulsemage Advocate
• 1x Queen Marchesa
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Spurnmage Advocate
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1x Tiana, Ship's Caretaker
• 1x Windborn Muse
• 1x Xantcha, Sleeper Agent

Artifact (10)

• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Crown of Doom
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Pariah's Shield
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spectral Searchlight
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Sunforger
• 1x Thought Vessel

Commander (1)

Enchantment (16)

• 1x Cruel Reality
• 1x Curse of Bloodletting
• 1x Curse of Disturbance
• 1x Curse of Misfortunes
• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Overwhelming Splendor
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Torment of Scarabs
• 1x Vow of Malice

Instant (10)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Deflecting Palm
• 1x Master Warcraft
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Volcanic Offering

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Sideboard

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Council's Judgment
• 1x Cruel Entertainment
• 1x Tempt with Immortality
• 1x Tyrant's Choice

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Marchesa's Decree
• 1x No Mercy

Creature (1)

• 1x Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker

Instant (2)

• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Settle the Wreckage

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (17)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Death by Dragons
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Tempt with Vengeance
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Tragic Arrogance
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wrath of God

Land (2)

• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Creature (13)

• 1x Akroan Horse
• 1x Alms Collector
• 1x Angel of the Dire Hour
• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Baird, Steward of Argive
• 1x Goblin Spymaster
• 1x Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Kulrath Knight
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Phage the Untouchable
• 1x Sangromancer

Instant (8)

• 1x Benevolent Offering
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Crackling Doom
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Utter End

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Curse of Exhaustion
• 1x Curse of Thirst
• 1x Curse of Vengeance
• 1x Curse of Vitality
• 1x Mystic Barrier
• 1x Oath of Lieges
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Starfield of Nyx
• 1x Trespasser's Curse
• 1x Underworld Connections

Artifact (5)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet

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This deck was built with the politics of Commander in mind, as well as a lot of inspiration from Jumbo Commander's video on you tube "Can You Be Bribed".

https://youtu.be/ROj8xuQc7wQ

This deck most likely won't be the most competitive deck at the table, but hopefully a lot of fun trying to manipulate my opponents into either ignoring me or making the right deals for doing my bidding. The plan is to lay low and not draw any serious attention to myself until someone starts developing a clear lead at the table, at which point I will start offering to help the other players take down the now Archenemy of our group as I continue to build my position. I expect the deals to eventually blow up in my face which is why curses and cards like Comeuppance / Deflecting Palm are in the deck. I avoid playing any infinite combos as it's just not my play style.

The Maybeboard is filled with all the remaining cards I was initially thinking of using to build the deck. To avoid putting a target on my back I decided to take out anything that would slow the game down, cards like Authority of the Consuls, Blind Obedience, and Curse of Vitality.

The Sideboard is filled with cards I'd like to try in the deck once I acquire them.

Before uploading this list to Tapped Out I managed to get a couple of games in with two friends I play fairly regularly with. I feel that this deck will do better with at least three opponents but it still showed a lot of potential. Land Tax on turn two was great but quickly realized that it is meant to be played with having more than seven basic lands in the deck. In the end fishing just those seven basics out was more than enough to build a solid mana base but I'm probably going to swap in a few more basics to be safe. A couple of the sorcery spells like Bite of the Black Rose, and Capital Punishment seemed pretty situational and uneventful but I plan on play testing them a bit more. Also I might need work on my political skills a bit since after casting the first curse Curse of Opulence one of the lightest curses in the deck, seemed to draw a lot more attention than I anticipated. Dawn of Hope was a last minute addition that feels off theme but it preformed really well in drawing me cards and creating chump blockers in a way that didn't draw any real attention to myself.

Any and all help or suggestions are appreciated.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 7 Rares 30 - 1 Uncommons 5 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.69
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Gold, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Spirit 1/1 WB, The Monarch, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	mathis