Our Allies Will Come When Needed (Budget - $59)

Commander / EDH Budget WU (Azorius)

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Creature (30)

• 1x AEther Adept
• 1x Angel of Salvation
• 1x Angel of Serenity
• 1x Arashin Cleric
• 1x Captain of the Watch
• 1x Cathedral Sanctifier
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Custodi Squire
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Evangel of Heliod
• 1x Jace's Mindseeker
• 1x Kor Cartographer
• 1x Kor Hookmaster
• 1x Lavinia of the Tenth
• 1x Lone Missionary
• 1x Meadowboon
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Musician
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Phyrexian Ingester
• 1x Resolute Archangel
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Riftwing Cloudskate
• 1x Rishadan Footpad
• 1x Sky Hussar
• 1x Stonehorn Dignitary
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Wingmate Roc

Land (48)

• 24x Island
• 23x Plains
• 1x Tranquil Cove

Enchantment (19)

• 1x Abduction
• 1x Act of Authority
• 1x Ancestral Knowledge
• 1x Angelic Chorus
• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Chosen by Heliod
• 1x Cloak of Mists
• 1x Cloudform
• 1x Faith's Fetters
• 1x Journey to Nowhere
• 1x Mana Chains
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Protective Bubble
• 1x Reality Acid
• 1x Singing Bell Strike
• 1x Traveler's Cloak
• 1x Treachery
• 1x Tricks of the Trade
• 1x Unquestioned Authority

Artifact (2)

• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Angel of Finality
• 1x Angel of Glory's Rise
• 1x Arbiter of Knollridge
• 1x Devout Lightcaster

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Maybeboard

Creature (22)

• 1x Aven Fogbringer
• 1x Aven Riftwatcher
• 1x Cloud of Faeries
• 1x Deceiver Exarch
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Frost Lynx
• 1x Geist-Honored Monk
• 1x Goldnight Redeemer
• 1x Jolting Merfolk
• 1x Kapsho Kitefins
• 1x Kithkin Zealot
• 1x Knight-Captain of Eos
• 1x Luminate Primordial
• 1x Mardu Hordechief
• 1x Mist Raven
• 1x Noggle Hedge-Mage
• 1x Radiant's Dragoons
• 1x Ranger of Eos
• 1x Sage of Epityr
• 1x Vigean Graftmage
• 1x Village Bell-Ringer
• 1x War Priest of Thune

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Celestial Mantle
• 1x Circle of Solace
• 1x Curse of Exhaustion
• 1x Equilibrium
• 1x Flight of Fancy
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Lashknife Barrier
• 1x Mantle of Leadership
• 1x Marshal's Anthem
• 1x Mirror Mockery
• 1x Security Blockade

Artifact (3)

• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Meteorite
• 1x Paradise Plume

Instant (1)

• 1x Cloudshift

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Main idea of the deck: Use Brago, King Eternal to blink "When enters the battlefield" cards, have fun screwing with people.

Issue: Brago, King Eternal may be blocked by a flying creature.
Direct Solution: Aqueous Form Cloak of Mists Protective Bubble Traveler's Cloak Tricks of the Trade Unquestioned Authority Whispersilk Cloak
Indirect solution: Use any of the cards that return cards to owners hand as soon as you see it come out, tap it before it blocks, or exile/chain it down. Faith's Fetters

"When enters the battlefield" cards of note:
Angel of Serenity (Brago attacks enough that this is basically a put into hand effect, but the "may and/or" language makes this card extremely versatile - you can even take cards out of your own graveyard and put them in your hand)
Jace's Mindseeker
Lavinia of the Tenth
Meadowboon +1/+1 counters on the house!
Peregrine Drake This always speeds up your game when you get it out.
Rishadan Footpad Tapping out not allowed
Stonehorn Dignitary If you're playing 1v1 commander, the other player just lost all their combat phases.
Strionic Resonator Whee, I get to copy whatever I want!
Suture Priest Ever thought this card couldn't be any more obnoxious than it is? Well, you were wrong. (This is also synergizes with the "return to hand effects", not just the repeated exiles.)
Wingmate Roc Raid applies every turn that it blinks, since Brago has to have attacked for it to blink.
Act of Authority Someone on r/badmtgcombos was pretty hyped when they figured out a way to blink it with Cloudstone Curio. Well, this deck does the same thing - except a bit more reliably. I would throw in Enchanted Evening, but it doesn't really scale with anything else.

Side note: each time an enchantment enters the battlefield, you CAN choose a new target. So if they have a more eligible target, do that.

If you're wondering, I ran the cart optimizer 3/30 (today) and got $59 for the deck.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 15 - 3 Rares 15 - 1 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.85
Tokens	Bird 3/4 W, Manifest 2/2 C, Soldier 1/1 W
Folders	Watch, bm