Noyan Dar's wave pool of dubious safety

Commander / EDH* Lands WU (Azorius)

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Land (40)

• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Drownyard Temple
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 13x Island
• 1x Meandering River
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 8x Plains
• 1x Port Town
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sejiri Refuge
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Meadow

Creature (11)

• 1x Abzan Battle Priest
• 1x Ainok Bond-Kin
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Curious Homunculus  ^Flip
• 1x Flux Channeler
• 1x Grateful Apparition
• 1x Halimar Tidecaller
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Tomik, Distinguished Advokist
• 1x Wall of Resurgence

Instant (21)

• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Azorius Charm
• 1x Blink of an Eye
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Emerge Unscathed
• 1x Emergency Powers
• 1x Encircling Fissure
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Opt
• 1x Quicken
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Scatter to the Winds
• 1x Steady Progress
• 1x Supreme Will
• 1x Telling Time
• 1x Think Twice
• 1x To Arms!
• 1x Unwind

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Always Watching
• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x Equinox
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Sacred Ground
• 1x Terra Eternal
• 1x The Mirari Conjecture

Commander (1)

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Artful Dodge
• 1x Call to Mind
• 1x Chart a Course
• 1x Clutch of Currents
• 1x Contentious Plan
• 1x Distortion Strike
• 1x Flood of Recollection
• 1x Migratory Route
• 1x Ondu Rising
• 1x Planar Birth
• 1x Pull from the Deep
• 1x Roil Spout
• 1x Slip Through Space

Artifact (7)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Darksteel Garrison
• 1x Ghirapur Orrery
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist

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Sideboard

Artifact (5)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Marble Diamond
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Planar Bridge
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Instant (1)

• 1x Teferi's Response

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As a beginner project, I've decided to make Commander decks of all different color combinations (or at least mono-through-tri-color) before going into repeats. Noyan Dar seemed like an interesting take on Azorius.

This deck emphasizes Noyan Dar making lands into creatures. Most of the instants and sorceries that allow this to happen are card draw/pseudo-scrying and counterspells. (Hopefully the latter doesn't come across as obnoxious.) There's a few awaken sorceries to supplement the land-pumping as well. Enchantments and creatures are focused on either pumping other creatures on the board or protecting the lands from destruction effects. The latter is mostly a concern for the creature-fied lands, since creature destruction seems more common than land destruction, but it never hurts to be safe for all of them.

The main issue I'm having is that the deck starts slower than I'd like. Per a friend's suggestion, I switched out Teferi's Response with a Sky Diamond to give a bit of a mana boost. Other cards that have been suggested/considered are in the sideboard.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 1 Mythic Rares 21 - 1 Rares 31 - 1 Uncommons 25 - 3 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.53
Tokens	Bird 1/1 W