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Commander / EDH Control Mono-Blue Multiplayer Wizards

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Instant (21)

• 1x Abjure
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Nexus of Fate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Perplexing Test
• 1x Swan Song

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Back to Basics
• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Dream Halls
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Mind Over Matter

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Capture of Jingzhou
• 1x Temporal Manipulation
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Time Warp

Creature (19)

• 1x Aphetto Alchemist
• 1x Archmage Emeritus
• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Emry, Lurker of the Loch
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Malevolent Hermit  ^Flip
• 1x Patron Wizard
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Stonybrook Banneret
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Thassa's Oracle
• 1x Timestream Navigator
• 1x Tribute Mage
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Triskaidekaphile
• 1x Vendilion Clique

Land (34)

• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Mutavault
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 24x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Treasure Vault
• 1x Urza's Saga

Commander (1)

Artifact (15)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Skyclave Relic
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel

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Maybeboard

Instant (2)

• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Intuition

Artifact (1)

• 1x Jeweled Lotus

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Walk the Aeons

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Hard control in commander, wins with Laboratory Maniac effects using Azami, Lady of Scrolls paired with either Intruder Alarm, Mind Over Matter, or stalling until Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal. Goal is to play wizards for card draw while using counter-spells to stay safe until the combo win. Earlier versions of this deck included a heavy bounce sub-theme and cards that prevented opponents from attacking. But eventually these were abandoned in favor of extra turns and mana rocks. This deck pumps out a pretty consistent turn 5 win (not including extra turns), even through moderate disruption.

If you draw a decent hand the only things you have to watch out for are cards like Pithing Needle, Linvala, Keeper of Silence, and Phyrexian Revoker as you can't win without Azami. This deck also isn't very good at protecting itself, so combat damage can definitely be a problem. Smart players will attack you whenever they can to prevent you from comboing off. This deck usually can't outspeed a good aggro deck like Krenko, Mob Boss or Edgar Markov if they focus you. Global burn and pingers can also be a serious problem, as almost every creature in the deck has low toughness.

I won't pretend this list is cheap. This is not a budget brew, even if you use the cheapest versions of all of the cards I am running this list will be at least 1500$. I was lucky enough to trade for most of the cards here before they got expensive, so i'm not running many proxies (proxies are marked with an A in the mainboard). If you were planning on building this then i'd recommend proxying, as a decent amount of cards here exceed the 50$ range.

If you feel like playing this list be warned, you won't make many friends doing so. And if you play with the same people all the time, they'll often gang up and focus you down when you play this list. Resolving their win-cons will be extremely hard with you at the table and you represent a constant "win out of nowhere" threat after turn 5.

If you end up playing this deck I hope you'll enjoy it, even if you're the only one at the table who is.

2/26/2018

Bounce out, time warps in.

11/16/2018

New cards

3/22/2019

Reprints

6/15/2019

Modern horizons, dramatic scepter combo

7/8/2019

RIP Paradox engine, you deserved better.

7/15/2020

CDH Upgrades/revisions

11/23/2021

Sea scryer > Triskaidekaphile

Easy swap, this card is absolutely insane in Azami, alternate wincon and no max hand size stapled to a wizard. Yes please.

Snow covered island > treasure vault

As much as I hate giving up a basic, this land is worth it.

Inventor's fair > Urza's saga

This land also searches for artifacts, but for free. Fun fact, this deck now has literally 0 ways to gain life.

Alhammarets archive > Malevolent hermit

I just don't need archive anymore, I draw enough. Malevolent hermit is the best cursecatcher, and is a wizard on both sides.

05/18/2022

Impulse > Fact or fiction (I got secret lair far out man)

Brainstorm > dig through time (I got the dog through time promo)

Date added	7 years
Last updated	2 years
Exclude colors	WBRG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.85
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, City's Blessing, Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Morph 2/2 C, Treasure