Noyan Dar - The Sea Itself

Commander / EDH* Awaken Counterspell Lands WU (Azorius)

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Lands (36)

• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Drownyard Temple
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Faerie Conclave
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 15x Island
• 9x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Razortide Bridge
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tolaria West

Targeted Removal (10)

• 1x Bovine Intervention
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Fateful Absence
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Revoke Existence
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Cantrips (7)

• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Experimental Augury
• 1x Opt
• 1x Shelter
• 1x Solve the Equation
• 1x View from Above

Counterspells (10)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Negate
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Scatter to the Winds
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Thassa's Intervention

Mana (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Gift of Estates
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Skyclave Relic
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Thought Vessel

Boardwipes (8)

• 1x Coastal Breach
• 1x Consuming Tide
• 1x Crush of Tentacles
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Displacement Wave
• 1x Hour of Revelation
• 1x Planar Outburst
• 1x Urza's Ruinous Blast

Commander (1)

Misc (10)

• 1x Emerge Unscathed
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Hopeful Initiate
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Part the Waterveil
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Terra Eternal
• 1x Tomik, Distinguished Advokist

Draw (8)

• 1x Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
• 1x Brainsurge
• 1x Lorien Revealed
• 1x Mental Journey
• 1x Precognitive Perception
• 1x Rain of Revelation
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation
• 1x Treasure Cruise

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Other (1)

• 1x Herald of Secret Streams

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Built for my table of four casual decks with unique approaches to the theme of "The High Seas":

• UW Noyan Dar - The Sea Itself
• UB Runo Stromkirk - From Below and Beyond
• UR(B) Beckett Brass - The Pirate Queen
• UG - TBD, open to suggestions

Gonna listen to sea shanties and have a good time on the high seas. As The Sea Itself, the thematic goal of this deck is to raise up the sea as elementals and control the tide of the game.

All of the boardwipes hit all "nonland" permanents (or creatures!), which becomes a wincon in this deck since it's then one-sided.

Personally a big fan of holding Gush back in my hand so that in the event my creature-lands are facing destruction, they can be returned to my hand with card advantage.

A typical strategy is:

1. Keep anyone else from winning the game
2. Build up a few big land creatures while staying under the radar
3. Wait for enough players to die that I can handle the rest by myself
4. Boardwipe
5. Swing out

Date added	1 year
Last updated	6 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 28 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.86
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Clue, Copy Clone, Elephant 3/3 G, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Octopus 8/8 U, Ox 2/2 W