Pelican Striker

Commander / EDH* Aggro Budget Control Midrange WU (Azorius)

George_Time

Land (34)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Homeward Path
• 8x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 4x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Zhalfirin Void

Instant (14)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Faerie Trickery
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Make a Stand
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tithe
• 1x Void Shatter

Creature (22)

• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Brago, King Eternal
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Drogskol Reaver
• 1x Identity Thief
• 1x Jubilant Skybonder
• 1x Keeper of Keys
• 1x Kefnet the Mindful
• 1x Magus of the Moat
• 1x Master of Predicaments
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Skycat Sovereign
• 1x Skyscanner
• 1x Spectral Sailor
• 1x Sphinx of Foresight
• 1x Sphinx of the Second Sun
• 1x Stonecloaker
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Thunderclap Wyvern

Artifact (14)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Commander (1)

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x As Foretold
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Kumena's Awakening
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Timely Ward

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Austere Command

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So, an attempt at an actual deck write-up:

Semi-straightforward azorius aggro/control mix. Three keys to success: ramping, evasion, protection. With those in mind, I try to ramp pretty solid, then layout protection, then drop Medomai and go to work. To a degree it's tribal fliers (if that can be considered a tribe) and I like to work that advantage.

In this deck's 3+ year history, it has been at its best in 1v1, because people fuss about extra turns (rightfully so). More recently, I've added exploitative things like Brago and Identity Thief to for the classic infinite turns you have to sorta work for, so it's "sort of fair"

Establishing combat locks is a key part of maintaining reins. Stuff like Moat Magus with Archetype of Imagination get us there.

I've made more changes and trying to not tweak this part too much because effort. Essentially some of the winmore junk like thada adel and daxos to ramp gooder, draw a bit better, and all around focus on fliers more.

Maybeboard is stuff I don't know why I haven't started running, but might one day. I could probably stand to redo the ramp package. It's respectable I think but surely could be better. Coastal Tower is a pet card because I love the art

Date added	9 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 33 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.11
Tokens	Cat Bird 1/1 W, City's Blessing, Elephant 3/3 G, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Monarch Emblem, Treasure
Folders	Commander