Pauper EDH MonoBlue Control

Pauper EDH* Control Mono-Blue Pauper

Bokamoso

Bounce (16)

• 1x AEther Adept
• 1x AEther Tradewinds
• 1x AEthersnipe
• 1x Call to Heel
• 1x Displace
• 1x Dream Stalker
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Icy Prison
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Keymaster Rogue
• 1x Repulse
• 1x Siren's Ruse
• 1x Snap
• 1x Storm Sculptor
• 1x Withdraw
• 1x Wormfang Drake

Other Control (10)

• 1x Encrust
• 1x Kinscaer Harpoonist
• 1x Leaden Fists
• 1x Merfolk Thaumaturgist
• 1x Piracy Charm
• 1x Prismwake Merrow
• 1x Slow Motion
• 1x Thornwind Faeries
• 1x Tidal Wave
• 1x Tightening Coils

Value (3)

• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Spire Golem
• 1x Stormbound Geist

Draw (16)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cephalid Sage
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Jhessian Thief
• 1x Looter il-Kor
• 1x Mental Discipline
• 1x Merfolk Looter
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Ninja of the Deep Hours
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Secrets of the Golden City
• 1x Tandem Lookout
• 1x Thought Courier
• 1x Treasure Cruise

Beaters (6)

• 1x Deep-Sea Terror
• 1x Eldrazi Devastator
• 1x River Serpent
• 1x Riverwheel Aerialists
• 1x Striped Riverwinder
• 1x Ulamog's Crusher

Sac Options (4)

• 1x Cartouche of Knowledge
• 1x Flight of Fancy
• 1x Trained Condor
• 1x Vivisection

Commander (1)

Counter (14)

• 1x Bone to Ash
• 1x Calculated Dismissal
• 1x Confound
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Countervailing Winds
• 1x Exclude
• 1x Faerie Trickery
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Negate
• 1x Psychic Barrier
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Spellstutter Sprite
• 1x Unwind

The Flood (30)

• 30x Island

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Maybeboard

Other (5)

• 1x Cloud of Faeries
• 1x Rescue
• 1x Sisay's Ingenuity
• 1x Tidal Visionary
• 1x Wretched Gryff

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Open the Floodgate !

Take a minute to consider the power and the flavor of the unique wall, Floodgate . It is probably unlike any blue creature you've seen and it can be a serious threat in a game of Pauper Commander.

The Strategy

1. Play Islands .
2. Control the game with Counterspells and unsummon spells. Try to eliminate threats that Floodgate would be unable to deal with later.
3. Play more Islands .
4. Put Floodgate onto the battlefield, wait until the time is right, then wipe your opponents creatures by removing Floodgate from the battlefield.
5. Play even more Islands .
6. Beat your opponents the old fashioned way, with serpents !

Board Wipe Combos

The deck runs a variety of cards that combo with Floodgate to trigger a limited board wipe. Below are a few examples:

• Bounce it with Call to Heel
• Flick it with Ghostly Flicker
• Sac it with Flight of Fancy

The strength (also weakness) of Floodgate is that it doesn't deal damage to blue creatures, therefore you'll never run the risk of wiping your own creatures!

Synergy

The deck is outlined in order to highlight the interactions between Floodgate and the 99 other cards, but I have tried to include enough synergy in the build so that it doesn't rely solely on the commander. Here are some fun combos:

• Snap + Spellstutter Sprite
• Peregrine Drake + Siren's Ruse
• Looter il-Kor + Tandem Lookout

I am looking for suggestions; please leave feedback! Particularly if you have ideas on how to deal with opponents creatures that are blue or have flying.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Key combos	Snap + Spellstutter Sprite Peregrine Drake + Siren's Ruse Looter il-Kor + Tandem Lookout
Legality	This deck is Pauper EDH legal.
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.39
Tokens	City's Blessing, Wall 5/5 U