Paper - Jinnie Fay - 08/01/23

Commander / EDH Cats Living weapon RGW (Naya) Tokens

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Creature (22)

• 1x Black Market Tycoon
• 1x Kemba, Kha Enduring
• 1x Puresteel Paladin
• 1x Reyav, Master Smith
• 1x Sram, Senior Edificer
• 1x Stone Haven Outfitter
• 1x Akiri, Fearless Voyager
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Feline Sovereign
• 1x Kaheera, the Orphanguard
• 1x King of the Pride
• 1x Kodama of the West Tree
• 1x Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist
• 1x Monastery Mentor
• 1x Armored Skyhunter
• 1x Balan, Wandering Knight
• 1x Bruenor Battlehammer
• 1x Jetmir, Nexus of Revels
• 1x Marisi, Breaker of the Coil
• 1x Keeper of Fables
• 1x Regal Caracal
• 1x Stonehewer Giant

Instant (10)

• 1x Artifact Mutation
• 1x Aura Mutation
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x March of the Multitudes
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Obscuring Haze
• 1x Your Temple is Under Attack
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Comet, Stellar Pup
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Artifact (21)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Ancestral Blade
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Batterbone
• 1x Citizen's Crowbar
• 1x Glimmer Lens
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Marble Diamond
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus
• 1x Bladehold War-Whip
• 1x Nettlecyst
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Kemba's Banner
• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Hexplate Wallbreaker
• 1x Argentum Armor
• 1x Kaldra Compleat

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Intangible Virtue
• 1x Forging the Tyrite Sword
• 1x Inspiring Leader
• 1x Prosperous Partnership

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Secret Rendezvous
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Shamanic Revelation

Commander (1)

Land (34)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blossoming Sands
• 1x Boros Guildgate
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 5x Forest
• 1x Inspiring Vantage
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Needle Spires
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 7x Plains
• 1x Rugged Highlands
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Stone Quarry
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 1x Tranquil Expanse
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

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Creature (8)

• 1x Lion Sash
• 1x Kemba, Kha Regent
• 1x Prava of the Steel Legion
• 1x Halvar, God of Battle  ^Flip
• 1x Jazal Goldmane
• 1x Leonin Abunas
• 1x Nahiri, Forged in Fury
• 1x Nazahn, Revered Bladesmith

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Fighter Class
• 1x Nahiri's Resolve
• 1x Rabble Rousing

Artifact (2)

• 1x Masterwork of Ingenuity
• 1x Hexgold Hoverwings

Instant (3)

• 1x Dispatch
• 1x Rebel Salvo
• 1x Second Harvest

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Goldwardens' Gambit

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The successor to my first EDH deck: Cat Toys: Best Cat & Kitten Toys, Low Prices.

Gameplay and Strategy:

Built around the interaction between Jinnie Fay, Jetmir's Second and token generating equipment like Batterbone. Generally, the player wants to use the Jinnie's replacement effect to create a Cat 2/2 G w/ Haste to match with the typal subtheme. Haste is a keyword that forces the opponent to play conservative, proactive magic to defend themselves. This tends to be inefficient.

With Jinnie on the battlefield, the player's threats become more efficient. Batterbone now enters the battlefield as a 3/3 Cat with Haste, Vigilance, and Lifelink. More powerful equipment such as Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus, Hexplate Wallbreaker, or Kaldra Compleat provide ramp, problematic abilities, or difficult to deal with threats without deviating from the strategy. The cat tokens are then further improved by lords such as Regal Caracal, Keeper of Fables or Feline Sovereign in the midgame.

Touching upon support cards, the list currently has seven ways to protect Jinnie Fay. Given the low converted mana-cost of the commander, it is not important to always have one of these protection spells. However by the time you cast your commander on turn three, the player has a 57% chance of seeing at least one of these cards. Additionally, two of these protection spells - Boros Charm and Your Temple is Under Attack provide alternative modes to prevent them being dead in hand.

If plans go awry, the deck has several backup commanders. Cards Marisi, Breaker of the Coil, Jetmir, Nexus of Revels, Elspeth, Sun's Champion have the ability to take over casual games on their own. Following a boardwipe: Balan, Wandering Knight, Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist, and Champion of Lambholt pick up equipment well. Hence, the deck can stay flexible in its strategy throughout the early, middle, and endgame.

General Statistics:

Lands required:

f(Avg_CMC=3.15,Ramp=8,Card Draw=10) = 30 < x < 36

x=34 ∴ P(T3 Commander)= 85.41%

Best Card in Games Won:

7/09/23 - Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist

7/09/23 - Jetmir, Nexus of Revels

07/16/23 - Kaldra Compleat

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Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.15
Tokens	Cat 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Cat 2/2 G w/ Haste, Cat 2/2 W, Citizen 1/1 GW, Dog 3/1 G, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Gold, Monk 1/1 W, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Rebel 2/2 R, Saproling 1/1 G, Soldier 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Squirrel 1/1 G, Treasure