Phage "One Finger Death Punch" The Untouchable EDH

Commander / EDH Jank Mono-Black Voltron

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Artifact (18)

• 1x Bolas's CitadelGC
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana VaultGC
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sundial of the Infinite
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots
• 1x Umbral Mantle
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Cursed Flesh
• 1x Endless Whispers
• 1x Fear
• 1x Lethal Vapors
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Pestilence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Ashes to Ashes
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Disentomb
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x In Garruk's Wake *f-pre*
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Raise Dead
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Creature (10)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Platinum Angel
• 1x Thrull Wizard

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Liliana Vess
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited

Commander (1)

Land (37)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 26x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Instant (7)

• 1x Curtains' Call
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Withering Boon

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My prized Phage EDH deck. My main wincon is getting Phage out, but my backup plan is casting a huge X spell like Torment of Hailfire through making a ton of mana or from infinite mana by Magus of the Coffers and Umbral Mantle . This combo can also make magus as big as you want and can take someone out aided by the unblockable effects in the deck. Another way you can get a kill or two is playing Endless Whispers and having Phage die. An opponent of your choice will have Phage ETB under their control and subsequently die. A couple caveats to this way of killing an opponent is that: 1) Once the opponent dies, Phage will be exiled so you have to cast her again. Usually not a problem considering the amount of mana you can produce, but it can set you back a couple turns trying to get her on the field again. 2) This will not work if you have a Torpor Orb in play, which is unfortunate considering it is the best/easiest way of getting her on the field. This is the biggest setback, but the look on peoples' faces when they finally realize what Endless Whispers actually does when it's too late is priceless.

The main ways of getting Phage on the field without dying are: Torpor Orb . This is the best way to get her on the field because you don't need to jump through any hoops, and it is very effective on its own. Sundial of the Infinite . In response to her etb trigger, end the turn and it will exile the stack. This way isn't preferred because you don't have an opportunity to protect her at sorcery speed with things like lightning greaves or swiftfoot boots. Platinum Angel is pretty obvious, and getting to 7 mana is not difficult for this deck. Command Beacon is another obvious inclusion.

Apart from these cards, the backup plan for getting her on the field is by getting her in the graveyard from the stack, then returning her to hand by Disentomb , Raise Dead , Phyrexian Reclamation , Memorial to Folly , and Mortuary Mire . You can counter Phage yourself with either Withering Boon or Thrull Wizard . This also makes it so if your opponents kill/counter Phage, you can send her to the graveyard and easily recur her to your hand.

Once Phage is on the field, it's as easy as protecting her and making her as unblockable as possible. Unfortunately, my options for that in mono-black is limiting. The best card I have for the job is Whispersilk Cloak , followed by Trailblazer's Boots , Rogue's Passage , and Key to the City . I have some cards that grant fear, such as Shizo, Death's Storehouse , Fear , and Cursed Flesh . The other option of making her unblockable is to simply kill the opponent's creatures, so 2-for-1s like Ashes to Ashes and Curtains' Call Work nicely. A nice costed Black Sun's Zenith can also potentially clear the way for phage while keeping her alive, and In Garruk's Wake accomplishes the same thing. There has also been times where I was able to wipe the entire board and then cast Phage and give her haste all in the same turn due to the amount of mana I can produce.

My mana acceleration package is pretty standard. Extraplanar Lens , Crypt Ghast , Caged Sun , and Nirkana Revenant all give me an additional mana when I tap a (snow-covered) swamp. This paired with Magus of the Coffers , Cabal Coffers , Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx , and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth can net me all the mana I need. A Liliana of the Dark Realms ultimate can also just make things insane.

The rest of the deck is just ramp, tutors, and goodstuff. This deck is still fairly new so I haven't gotten sufficient time to test everything and see how the cards perform. One thing that tends to happen is I end up with a lot of mana, but nothing to do with it aside from killing myself with Erebos, God of the Dead 's draw ability. I am considering adding in a Staff of Domination or any other mana sink, preferably a repeatable draw engine.

This deck has been a TON of fun so far, and can be pretty explosive. It's always funny seeing how people react to reading Phage, especially if they've never seen the card before. The deck isn't super competitive but can win its fair share of games, and it plays unlike any deck I've played before. Definitely my favorite commander at the moment.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 years
Exclude colors	WURG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 29 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.43
Tokens	Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Zombie 2/2 B
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