You vs. the World

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive Enchantment Multiplayer Pillow Fort WUB (Esper)

Enral

Disruption (17)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Helm of Obedience
• 1x Humility
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Mind's Dilation
• 1x Nether Void
• 1x Night of Souls' Betrayal
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Terminus
• 1x Torpor Orb

Draw (6)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
• 1x Throne of the High City
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Foundation (40)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Celestial Colonnade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 2x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Serra's Sanctum
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Throne of the High City
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Pillowfort (14)

• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Collective Restraint
• 1x Energy Field
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Leyline of Sanctity
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Penance
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Righteous Aura
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Web of Inertia

Protection (13)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Cloud Cover
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Leyline of Sanctity
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Nether Void
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Torpor Orb

Support (26)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Celestial Colonnade
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Penance
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Win Conditions (11)

• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Helm of Obedience
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Penance
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
• 1x Test of Endurance

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Other (12)

• 1x Capsize
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dream Tides
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Mindbreak Trap
• 1x Moat
• 1x Negate
• 1x Nevermore
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Supreme Verdict

Protection (1)

• 1x Forbid

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Disclaimer: Although this is not a stax deck, it can be extremely depressing to play against. This deck is probably one of the most EVIL and SADISTIC pillowfort-based strategies around and is extremely difficult to deal with without adequate focused hate. Please warn your friends in advance before playing this monster.

Why Play This?

Are you a sadist and like to see the world burn as you gloat over the walls of your pillowfort? Do you like to give your opponents a false sense of hope but is plagued with anxiety and despair as they look at your impregnable boardstate? If so, this pillowfort deck is for you. It's just you versus the world. This deck is designed to withstand the onslaught of hate without a sweat. Unless your opponent is playing a fast non-interactive combo deck (fortunately we run a number of permissions), most (if not all) EDH strategies involve at least some creatures (commanders included) which makes pillowforting such a powerful strategy. With no disruption, this deck can win fast and out of nowhere reliably (as early as turn 3 kill). You only have one goal, to build the ultimate pillowfort. Are you up for the challenge?

Pillowfort Construction

Once you establish your pillowfort lock and your opponents realized that they have no way to break your fort, they will mostly concede.

• Web of Inertia + Leyline of the Void/Rest in Peace = my go to ultimate pillowfort. Not only stops Annihilation/Narset attack triggers but also the fastest route to victory with Helm of Obedience.

• Energy Field + Rest in Peace = ultimate pillowfort

• Solitary Confinement (this card or Leyline of Sanctity counters discard or any combos targeting a player) + any extra draw artifacts or enchantments = ultimate pillowfort (don't forget that Oloro, Ageless Ascetic himself combos with this card)

• Sphere of Safety + bunch of enchantments = super tax dream team assembly (bonus points with Propaganda and Collective Restraint in play)

• Night of Souls' Betrayal + Humility = no need for pillowfort cos there aint' got no creatures left!

• Omniscience + Nether Void = All your spells cost 3 generic mana while your opponent's spells cost an extra 3 generic mana

• Moat = one man pillowfort that nullifies all ground assault. Bonus points with Luminarch Ascension in play (in sideboard)

• Righteous Aura = nullifies all voltron/fatties strategies

Win Conditions

Well, you're still not conceding? I'll go ahead and end your misery then.

• Helm of Obedience + Leyline of the Void/Rest in Peace = Kills an opponent a turn

• Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood (counters mass life loss infinite combos utilizing cards like Blood Artist) = Win (instant win with Leyline of Anticipation)

• Test of Endurance + 50 or more life = Win (instant win with Leyline of Anticipation)

• Sorin, Grim Nemesis + Penance (counters Heartless Hidetsugu strategies) + any high CMC cards like Mind's Dilation/Avacyn, Angel of Hope/Omniscience = Each opponent loses 7/8/10 lives per turn if you have your pillowfort lock established

• Luminarch Ascension + Serra's Sanctum = ever-growing massive angel army beatdown if you have your pillowfort lock established (bonus flavor points with Avacyn, Angel of Hope in play)

• Humility + manland beats = It is a slower win-con but can be a very effective plan the later the game is once your opponents have brought each others' health total down. Our animated manlands still retain their power and keywords due to a later timestamp and them being still lands (613.1d Layer 4: Type-changing effects i.e. manlands are applied. Humility affects layer 6 and 7b. See here for a more detailed explanation).

Cards to Consider

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 1 Mythic Rares 58 - 4 Rares 16 - 5 Uncommons 5 - 3 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.41
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Bird 2/2 U, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Monarch Emblem, Vampire Knight 1/1 B
Folders	Others