Paradox Ball [cEDH]

Commander / EDH*

jackeraya

Creature (33)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Birchlore Rangers
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Copperhorn Scout
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Harbinger
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Ezuri, Renegade Leader
• 1x Fyndhorn Elder
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Greenweaver Druid
• 1x Heritage Druid
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Karametra's Acolyte
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Lys Alana Huntmaster
• 1x Marwyn, the Nurturer
• 1x Nettle Sentinel
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Quirion Ranger
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Seeker of Skybreak
• 1x Wirewood Channeler
• 1x Wirewood Symbiote

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Glimpse of Nature
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Mind's Desire
• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Windfall

Land (29)

• 1x Bayou
• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Planar Void
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Sterling Grove
• 1x Stony Silence
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Training Grounds

Commanders (2)

Instant (15)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Benefactor's Draught
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x To Arms!
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Artifact (3)

• 1x Null Rod
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Winter Orb

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Play elves, make mana, play more elves make more mana, draw cards with thrasios to keep going. Goldfishes around turn 4, im looking to make it a little bit faster.

Advantages and disadvantages compared to a usual cEDH deck Advantages: + can win from a relatively small boardstate + can play all the good hate: Null Rod, Rest in Peace, Stony Silence,Planar Void and Winter Orb + can abuse Glimpse of Nature and Gaea's Cradle to their full potential

Disadvantages: - if you fizzle with a big boardstate, someone's gonna wipe you, and it's gonna hurt - Humility, Linvala and Cursed totem hurt - relatively low interaction level - if you loose big board into exile it's gonna be hard to win - if you miss your key cards you will not do much - very color hungry

Packages you could add and cut: Artifact (combo) package: + Isocron Scepter for easy infinite mana with To Arms!, Dramatic Reversal and Benefactor's Draught + Umbra Mantle for infinite mana, perhaps with Masters of the Stoneforge and Skullclamp + Sol Ring, Mana Crypt, Mox Diamond, Chrome Mox with adding this package you should probably cut: - Null Rod, Stony Silence

Value grind package: + Root Maze + Seedborn Muse + Quest for Renewal + Interaction and value like Mana Drain, Force of Will, rhystic studies , Rashmi, Eternities Crafter, nothion thief, Aven Mindcensor... If you wanna play more like a control deck while gaining value though thrasios and dorks. If you go this way you should probably get ready to get wiped some times, pack some recursion and maybe go light on the gravehate. I suggest: + Yawgmoth's Will + Return to the Ranks + Immortal Servitude this might be too cute - Rest in Peace - Planar Void

Additional wincons: + Angel's Grace combined with Ad Nauseam and probably a Laboratory Maniac or some other way to win with your deck in hand. Keep in mind that without rocks, the deck needs a haste outlet and some starting mana to produce more mana.

Flash Hulk pile package: (I have not found a pile that wins directly with flashhulk that exists in the deck, so you would either need to adjust the deck, or rely of drawing into some parts of the combo naturally) + Flash + Protean Hulk (tutor package for this specifically:) Fierce Empath Spellseeker for the combo you will need: + Temur Sabertooth and some way to produce infinite mana with, depending on the boardstate. This can either be a combination of a way to give haste to a priest of titania producing at least 5 mana, or involving some lines with wirewood symbiot. To work these lines into the deck I suggest looking at the momir hackball primer here: hackball primer That beeing said, this doesn't win at instant speed and is probably not worth it since other decks just do it better.

Looking forward to your feedback!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 54 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.06
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Morph 2/2 C