[Mid] Tetsuko: Spikes Spikes Spikes

Commander / EDH Infect Mono-Blue Unblockable

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Creature (27)

• 1x Blighted Agent
• 1x Cephalid Constable
• 1x Defiler of Dreams
• 1x Eternal of Harsh Truths
• 1x Ghostly Pilferer
• 1x Ichorclaw Myr
• 1x Jhessian Thief
• 1x Library Larcenist
• 1x Looter il-Kor
• 1x Master of Waves
• 1x Minn, Wily Illusionist
• 1x Mischievous Catgeist  ^Flip
• 1x Mist-Syndicate Naga
• 1x Mistblade Shinobi
• 1x Moon-Circuit Hacker
• 1x Neurok Commando
• 1x Phyrexian Digester
• 1x Plague Myr
• 1x Riptide Pilferer
• 1x Scroll Thief
• 1x Silver Myr
• 1x Siren Stormtamer
• 1x Surrakar Spellblade
• 1x Tandem Lookout
• 1x Thieving Skydiver
• 1x Thousand-Faced Shadow
• 1x Triskaidekaphile

Instant (17)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Resculpt
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Void Shatter

Land (34)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 28x Island
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Reliquary Tower

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission
• 1x Rhystic Study

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Decanter of Endless Water
• 1x Kefnet's Monument
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Ovalchase Dragster
• 1x Quietus Spike
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strixhaven Stadium
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Arm with AEther
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Ravenform
• 1x Stolen Identity
• 1x Stolen by the Fae

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Artifact (10)

• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Decimator Web
• 1x Druidic Satchel
• 1x Explorer's Scope
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Inquisitor's Flail
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte

Creature (8)

• 1x Cephalid Facetaker
• 1x Charix, the Raging Isle
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Guildpact Informant
• 1x Necropede
• 1x Scaretiller
• 1x Thrummingbird
• 1x Viral Drake

Land (4)

• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Terrain Generator
• 1x War Room

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Military Intelligence

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Fabricate

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Designed for mid-power games as defined by PlayEDH--very expensive cards and highly-efficient wincons are deliberately excluded.

My favorite commander is Yuriko. I've got two different Yuriko decks sleeved up and a few more saved as lists. One of my favorite things about Yuriko is her versatility--especially in mid-powered games, you have a lot of options for building a good Yuriko deck. Quietus Spike is a very good card in mid-powered Yuriko decks, but it gets outcompeted for card slots as you approach CEDH power levels. I wanted to build a deck that really goes all in with Quietus Spike; this is my first attempt.

Experience based on one night of play: For the pilot, this deck is similar to a Yuriko tempo deck but more straightforward. Tetsuko herself attracts less interference than I'd expected, which is probably largely a result of her cheap casting cost. There are much faster poison decks out there, but using poison at all draws a lot of attention; I suspect the deck needs either more or less of it. I haven't pulled out a win with it yet, but it can do a lot of damage very quickly. Quietus Spike, unfortunately, didn't come out once despite the deck's huge draw power, and I'm considering slotting in Fabricate.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 24 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.55
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 1/1 U, Bird 2/2 U, Boar 2/2 G, Copy Clone, Elemental 1/0 U, Elemental 4/4 UR, Faerie 1/1 U, Foretell, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Illusion 1/1 U w/ Illusion Tribal, Manifest 2/2 C, Morph 2/2 C, Treasure