Reyhan&Ishai | Where Unstoppable Meets Immovable!

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Battlecruiser Counters GWUB Multiplayer Partner Primer Sacrifice

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Land (35)

• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 4x Forest
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 2x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Raffine's Tower
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Spara's Headquarters
• 1x Strip Mine
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Misc. (5)

• 1x Doppelgang
• 1x Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
• 1x Mirror Mockery
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Phantasmal Image

Deck Spotlight (4)

• 1x Blade of Selves
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Walking Archive

+1/+1 Counter (12)

• 1x Animation Module
• 1x Basri's Lieutenant
• 1x Branching Evolution
• 1x Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Good-Fortune Unicorn
• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Railway Brawler
• 1x The Ozolith

Acceleration (11)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Crystalline Crawler
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Kami of Whispered Hopes
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Traverse the Outlands

Card Manipulation (8)

• 1x Breena, the Demagogue
• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x The Great Henge

Aristocrats (4)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Anthems (2)

• 1x Kodama of the West Tree
• 1x Zegana, Utopian Speaker

Commanders (2)

Removal (9)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Culling Ritual
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Find / Finality
• 1x Knight of Autumn
• 1x Stubborn Denial
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x The Meathook Massacre

Protection / Reanimation (8)

• 1x Back for Seconds
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Luminous Broodmoth
• 1x Ruthless Technomancer
• 1x Tayam, Luminous Enigma

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Maybeboard

Recently removed (10)

• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Inga and Esika
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Tanazir Quandrix
• 1x Tendershoot Dryad
• 1x Tragic Arrogance

Under the radar (9)

• 1x Body of Research
• 1x Brokers Ascendancy
• 1x Damning Verdict
• 1x Get Lost
• 1x Ochre Jelly
• 1x Quandrix Command
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Saw in Half
• 1x Sovereign Okinec Ahau

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When it comes to my deck collection, Reyhan, Last of the Abzan is my all time favorite. She's fun to play with and against, consistent and surprisingly high-power. And even over 7 years I still discover new ways to re-utilize and evolve the deck. So any suggestions, feedback and upvotes are always appreciated! You never know what hidden utility there still can be uncovered.

About Reyhan and Ishai: Show

It is the plane of Tarkir. Reyhan, Last of the Abzan, a gifted Dragonscale General, took a short lived lead to the remnants of Abzan by rallying her clan to a last resistance against the dragonlords. With a strength not from numbers but individuals!

But in the midst of a gathering between Khan, Reyhan had her final act by rescuing her allies from Dragonlord Ojutai and Sulimgar. Reyhan created a diversion for the Jeskai clans escape but this became intercepted by Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker, the personal attendant of Ojutai and former Jeskai Windscout.

Cornered & outnumbered each Khan surrendered to the Dragonlords ending the Khan period.

But here, in a parallel universe where Ishai sided with Reyhan rather than Ojutai, a duo rose no Dragonlord nor Khan stood a chance to!

**As this is where the unstoppable force meets the immovable object! **

Reference: No end and no beginning, Khanfall and The great teacher's student

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Introduction

"To suffer a defeat and yet lose none of your strength." That's what Abzan stands for. This piece of flavor translates beautifully into Reyhan's ability to keep power on board even if creatures fall.

A very fun and "fair" ability, but, I thirsted more! And to do so we look to break the 704.K rule, better known as the infamous legend rule.

legend rule Show

If a player controls two or more legendary permanents with the same name, that player chooses one of them, and the rest are put into their owners’ graveyards. This is called the “legend rule".

You should know this one very well, otherwise we'd only run clones in EDH. But have you considered using the rule to your benefits? Because Reyhan is a good example of one. As of yes! Even when we can't react to the rule, and even when sacrifice abilities will not trigger, she and her "clones" their ability do all trigger simultaneously if one dies.

This strategy inspired me to build an Aristocrats themed deck resolved around Counters. And a great aspect to this strategy is to clone Reyhan for allot of value.

Aristocrats Show

Aristocrats is a term born when creatures as Cartel Aristocrat and Falkenrath Aristocrat came to existence. It is a strategy where low costed creatures are sacrificed so greater effects can be made.

But as far as Golgari or even Abzan goes with +1 counters, this strategy wouldn't work without blue into the color pie, which is where Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker comes in. While looking like a somewhat underwhelming but flying Managorger Hydra, Ishai provides us blue for that simic synergy while also splashes white for cards like Basri's Lieutenant or Walking Archive .

Deck's key strengths:

So why Reyhan, Last of the Abzan with Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker instead of let’s say an Atraxa, Praetors' Voice, Kresh the Bloodbraided, Ghave, Guru of Spores or any other partner?

• Reyhan or Ishai are almost always a guaranteed turn 3 drop. And while four colours can be difficult to access, these two partners each only require two of the four.
• Is your magic group limited to no infinite's? Can't you play your Ghave to your fullest because of said rule? Ever made 90 counters with just your general and one other card? Well make way Ghave, because Reyhan can!
• The cost penalty upon commander-zoning a general is not shared between partners.
• And while commander-damage is not shared between partners, we will most likely be able to shift any power from one general to another by sacrificing.
• Reyhan is quite good one vs. one while Ishai is very good in multiplayer making this pair good to play in any edh game.
• "Partner" EDH decks start a game with "nine" instead of eight cards. We also care less about having a hand without creatures, I mean we already start with 2!
• A Reyhan or Ishai on the field does not look as scary as casting an Atraxa, so they won't be removed as quickly and it can be punishing too. And then when they do, it's often too late.

Deck's weaknesses:

This deck of course does not come without cons.:

• This deck is, like any +1/+1 counter deck, weak to blink, bounce and exile effects.
• we can "Make a Stand" if our boardstate gets partially removed, but full wipes can set us back.
• This deck does not fare well against super-fast aggro EDH's like Omnath, Locus of Mana, cruel control and the likes of Roon of the Hidden Realm.
• The likes of Solemnity, Vampire Hexmage or Suncleanser shut us down completely.
• Prime Speaker Zegana, I love her. But don't play her with a 90/90 Reyhan on the field. If only her ability said target player...
• I like fun and diverse games, which means some powerful options will be left out (i'll mention a few in the footnotes). So play your tutors and Thassa's Oracle combo elsewhere!

"Power level":

Following the command zone's guideline for power levels on edh decks I would grade this deck an 7,5/10. Certainly not cEdh, but it has the tools capable to remove players at the table turn 4 onward with usual wins at around turn 7 if not halted.

This deck lacks the reliable turn 4 win options to be fully competitive, reyhan or ishai can't obtain infinite resources with just one other card and in recent years Reyhan slowly has become powercrept by different options.

But! Reyhan, and this deck alike will constantly apply pressure to the board. A boardstate is quickly made and can be very difficult to remove. There are allot of toolbox options, different winning conditions and the 98 can even hold its self without commander. Friends are rightfully afraid whenever i whip out Reyhan and her trusty partner Ishai!

Power levels explained Show

power lv. 1/2:

jank decks. These are usually decks made out of scrap cards and random cards laying about. They have no winning strategy.

power lv. 3/4:

casual decks. Usually precon decks fall under the category. They have a theme but not everything is optimal towards reaching that goal. I like to think that decks in this category win reliably turn 10+.

power lv. 5/6:

focused decks. These decks have a clear focus and are lead by at least a decent general. But can be inconsistent. I like to think that decks in this category win reliably around turn 8-10.

power lv. 7/8:

optimized decks. Powerful generals leading consistent decks with allot of winning strategies. Consistent even without the use of tutors or land destruction. I like to think that decks in this category win reliably around turn 5-7.

power lv. 9/10:

competitive decks. We're talking any disgusting way in order to win or lockdown opponents as fast as turn 0.

The Strategy

Most people will build Reyhan solely on her counter aspect, but as said before, it is the Aristocrat path I walked down.

Acceleration (Our journey to turn three):

As new sets are being released, commander games become faster. So when holding a hand in this deck 2 things are important.

• Can I play cards with my available land? I can have all the green dorks in the world, but without a green mana source this gets me no-where.
• Can i be relevant on the table at turn 3? Turn 3 is the tipping point when people slowly move from ramping to building their strategies, if you cannot you're gonna be left behind.

So even if you start with a Sol Ring, Blade of Selves and 1 Swamp as your only land in your opening hand, consider to mulligan, because your not going to have a fun game if you cannot find that last green source for an explosive turn 3 play! (See Delete players as soon as turn three)

So how do we stay relevant?

Turn one:

• A Birds of Paradise or Sol Ring will enhance our 3rd turn.
• The Ozolith, Animation Module or Carrion Feeder are already parts of combo pieces.
• Esper Sentinel will grab allot of cards.
• Allot of our lands enter tapped, which makes us missing out on this 1st turn anyway.

Turn two:

• Incubation Druid, Bloom Tender, Three Wishes and Sakura-Tribe Elder will again enhance that 3rd turn.
• Bristly Bill, Spine Sower or Dreadhorde Invasion are great combo pieces to have around at this point.
• Lim-Dul's Vault can help us with a relevant 3rd turn. But take account that fetch-lands re-arrange our library.

Turn three:

• If we can start here with a Kalonian Hydra, Tendershoot Dryad, Basri's Lieutenant or Master Biomancer, then well done, were on to a great game! Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker, Chasm Skulker and Managorger Hydra are also fine turn three drops.
• Remember Animation Module? with Ashnod's Altar, Dreadhorde Invasion or Carrion Feeder we can already make allot of value from this turn onward.
• If you're holding on to the likes of Mirror Mockery, Hadana's Climb  , Spark Double or Blade of Selves, casting Reyhan, Last of the Abzan instead can be a great option.
• Anything ramp and card-draw related still are very relevant. Selvala, Heart of the Wilds, Kodama of the West Tree, Rhystic Study, Fathom Mage or a cheeky Walking Archive are good turn three options.
• And of-course be on the lookout for opponents. Saving up to use that Arcane Denial or Swan Song is never wrong.

From turn four onward we want to expand and if nothing holds us back, we can sometimes wrap things up around turn 5-6. How to achieve we will find in the next panels.

Some bottom acceleration notes however:

• Crystalline Crawler is a special case of mid to late-game ramp. Try to reserve a {B}{G}{U}{W} for it, and basically play this for free. I often even remove the counters on the same turn to cast additional spells. This guy gets especially good with the likes of Branching Evolution and sometimes people even forget that you have mana hidden away in the form of +1 counters.
• Tempt with Discovery again does not help us to that turn 3, but it often ramps you for 4 lands in the mid- to lategame. I recommend to fish a bit by starting easy on your opponents. Fetch a Mosswort Bridge and see if others take the bait, then fetch up a Field of the Dead/Vesuva and make 8 potential zombies as the spell resolves! Tempt with discovery is risky however, an opponent can also fetch a Gaea's Cradle, Bojuka Bog, Kessig Wolf Run or Maze of Ith and turn the table to your disadvantage. So i suggest to also reserve a Strip Mine in your deck if you want to try this.
• The Great Henge is great and it does everything! Just not early-game.

Counters & Clones:

Actually I can fork this section into 3 new categories as there are Counter Suppliers (e.g. Verdurous Gearhulk), Counter Anthems (e.g. Herald of Secret Streams) and Counter Modifiers (e.g. Corpsejack Menace). Each should be considered carefully when building a counter deck as Heralds and Modifiers are strong, but usually don't help the board on getting a +1 counter.

Counter suppliers are very self-explanatory. They bring counters to the table. Reyhan and Ishai do this both. Good-Fortune Unicorn and Master Biomancer do this, but also the likes of Managorger Hydra, Kalonian Hydra or Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest belongs to this list.

Counter anthems brings utility to your board state whenever a creature has a counter. There are a ton of these cards in the form of evolve Fathom Mage, in the form of outlast, adapt, or modified Abzan Battle Priest/Zegana, Utopian Speaker/Kodama of the West Tree. And to some extent even raw power Prime Speaker Zegana or upon death The Ozolith/Reyhan, Last of the Abzan.

But now to the interesting category!

Counter modifiers not add but double counters, and this stacks exponentially with other effects. Corpsejack Menace, Doubling Season, Branching Evolution and Solidarity of Heroes are the easiest examples. But also Mirror Mockery, Rite of Replication, Phantasmal Image, Double Major or Blade of Selves in combination with Reyhan count. Whenever a second Reyhan enters the battlefield, one will be sacrificed and this causes both of the Reyhan to trigger their abilities simultaneously.

Aristocrats and Recurrence:

Now the Aristocrats strategy works so well with this deck because Counter modifiers exist in Magic. While midst in our attack we can shift power from blocked to unblocked creatures and sacrificing creatures usually comes with benefits to our aristocrats.

Our aristocrats:

Yahenni, Undying Partisan is our mvp Aristocrat. Not only can he infinitely sacrifice to our hearts desire, he also shares that greedy Aristocrats undertone in the added indestructible ability. This is great as with boardwipes he even protects our counters!

Carrion Feeder can't block, but can however be played as early as turn one. It can enable some early game shenanigans with Basri's Lieutenant + Good-Fortune Unicorn, Dreadhorde Invasion or Animation Module.

Ashnod's Altar, Greater Good and Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim each fulfill different roles while doing the same thing.

Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord, if there is power on your board then you've won. This card is usually a 7 to 10 mana win and that can make Jarad very boring in the long run. Boring but incredibly stong.

But if we would only sacrifice, there would eventually be no creature left on the board right? Well good observation Timmy! But that is why we also recur. Tayam, Luminous Enigma, Nethroi, Apex of Death, Phyrexian Reclamation and Journey to Eternity   play the part here. And funnily they can in turn also recur Eternal Witness so any other card can be brought back!

It's a never ending cycle!

Protection & Removal:

There is actually allot of interesting options here. Allot of protective cards still bring our creatures in a short "dead" state (e.g. Gift of Immortality or Luminous Broodmoth). And this in turn triggers Reyhan's ability! So killing our boardstate can actually punish opponents.

Living Death(, Necromantic Selection or Phyrexian Rebirth) are boardwipes that protects our counters also. In case you need an educative reminder:

The Stack: Show

**When you cast spells you first put them on a imaginary stack, so someone else can respond to your spell by playing or triggering something and that effect too will be put on the stack on top. The stack can build up indefinitely and once everyone is done, these effects will resolve from the last effect to your first spell. Ofcource, new effects and responses can happen while the stack resolves like Reyhan's ability.

But when a card is in the middle of being resolved, any new effects cannot take place until that spell is done. So Reyhan's ability is on hold until Living death is resolved.

This means that in this case Reyhan's ability checks counters at a time creatures would die with a counter, but can choose creatures at a time when a new boardstate is made!**

!!Take in mind however that triggered abilities as with Abzan Ascendancy or Basri's Lieutenant do not work in that same fashion!!

Also Bestow like Nighthowler are good ideas for protecting counters. Would there be a boardwipe with Nighthowler enchanting something, Reyhan can legally target Nighthowler to copy your board states counters onto.

Achieving Victory

Winning Conditions:

Let's talk Shenanigans, what's wins us games?

• Kalonian Hydra: This thing alone should never be around for longer then one turn.
• Reyhan, Last of the Abzan + Blade of Selves: Put Reyhan sideways and swing for 21.

• Reyhan, Last of the Abzan + kicked Rite of Replication: put 90 counters on whatever is evasive and swing. These are 30 triggers of 3 +1/+1 counters.

• Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker: I might not have talked about Ishai enough, but this bird gives the word!

• Walking Archive: Possibly the most fun win-condition. Move a load of +1 counters to the archive and pass. See how people draw themselves to dead!

• Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord: Basically a 7-mana i win at the end-game.
• Basri's Lieutenant + Good-Fortune Unicorn/Master Biomancer + Ashnod's Altar for infinite power and mana!
• Animation Module: A worse basri, but does the same.

• Spark Double: Make a second Reyhan or Basri and do crazy stuff with sacrificing triggers. Make a second Prime Speaker Zegana or Kalonian Hydra. You can't really go wrong with this.

• Nethroi, Apex of Death: 10 power is allot. Just Reyhan and Kalonian Hydra alone already count for... 0! We only can't mutate Reyhan, but that's fine.

• Prime Speaker Zegana: This card is bonkers, but be careful it won't backfire when a creatures power is higher than that of your library...
• Yahenni, Undying Partisan: the underdog of games. Very tedious to get rid of and the protector of counters.

Notable Exclusions:

• Krav, the Unredeemed: Together with his partner Regna, the Redeemer they have been under my radar for quite a while. But I don't play the lifegain they thirst for.
• Pir, Imaginative Rascal: Together with his partner Toothy, Imaginary Friend are potent creatures, but they want different strategies. Think about Windfall followed by a Essence Flux. It doesn't belong here.
• Korozda Guildmage: Under performes to Ayli.
• Elenda, the Dusk Rose: possibly as strong as Chasm Skulker, but not nearly as reliable.

• Varolz, the Scar-Striped: A slightly worse Yahenni. His scavenge ability is a missed opportunity here, but regeneration still does the job!

• Sage of Hours: Ehh people do this, but why take all the playtime for yourself.

• Forgotten Ancient: Now I already thought I'd forgot something.. But I cannot have 101 cards. I suggest using him if you play more with outlast or adapt.
• Hardened Scales: Very good! But so is The Ozolith, Doubling Season, Branching Evolution, Corpsej... In the end you also need slots for creatures that provide the counters, so choose a few, not all.
• Conclave Mentor: Arguably as good or better then Winding Constrictor, I gave the snake a slot because he synergies a bit better with Tayam, Luminous Enigma and I find {B} more accessible than {W}.
• Death's Presence requires power and a death for its ability to function on top of 6 mana cost. There are better options!
• Vorel of the Hull Clade: Yes, but no. Amazing on paper, but awkward to use because of the {T}. Politically he's fine. People tend to remove him to fast so you can bait with Vorel and play better stuff later. But really, try Orzhov Advokist or Master Biomancer instead.
• Anything Outlast or Adept related make great Anthems to this deck. Think of Abzan Falconer, Tuskguard Captain or Herald of Secret Streams. My only concern is that they themselves add little to your board, their just weenies.
• Butcher of Malakir, Grave Pact or Dictate of Erebos are strong options in combination with sacrifice outlets, but very oppressive and sometimes difficult to utilize.
• Cauldron of Souls, after many years of service I benched the cauldron. Games get faster, and the cauldron just did not cut it anymore. It is however a very great card to consider!
• Pelt Collector/Servant of the Scale/Star Pupil: These have potential, but don't scale well into the lategame.
• Verdurous Gearhulk/Woodland Wanderer/Voracious Hydra: they're all great beaters for good value. And the Gearhulk can be especially good with the likes of Master Biomancer/Incubation Druid/Fathom Mage
• Vigor: it's fine, but it did not work for me. People only attack you for lethal or I get to pull him only after a wipe... Not really the 6 mana slot that i need.

Delete players as soon as turn three

I love 3 v 1 "archenemy" games. Be that Nicol Bolas player where at some point three opponents have to team up and stop me! A turn 3 player annihilation does not fit this picture, but this deck has a turn 5 win possible and apart from the correct land we only need a Sol Ring + Blade of Selves in our opening hand to set it in play! Easy huh?

Turn one:

• Play a Swamp or Forest + Sol Ring + Blade of Selves.

Turn two:

• Play land + Reyhan, Last of the Abzan.

Turn three:

• Equip Reyhan with blade of selves, attack and place 6 x 3 counters on Reyhan to deal 21 commander damage. When the two Reyhan copies enters the battlefield, two will be sacrificed and this causes all three of the Reyhan to trigger their abilities simultaneously.

Token and counter cheat sheet:

This deck can become a mathematical mess and whenever you make more Reyhan tokens, the more difficult the equation about placing counters becomes. But even if you're bad in math and don't know the way the stack works, then don't worry! I made a small cheat sheet.

How weird this might be Mirror Mockery, Blade of Selves and Rite of Replication are this decks base mass +1/+1 counter spells as tokens play the important aspect. The fist rule on placing counters with these cards are "Amount of Reyhan's (R) x Amount of Reyhan Token's (T) x amount of counters each dying creature has (C)". Let's start off easy:

Reyhan + Mirror mockery combo:

• Enchanted on Reyhan and attacking, Reyhan creates one copy of herself that dies instantly and both the copy as the original Reyhan their ability trigger. The amount of counters we can place are (2 x 1) x 3 = 6 +1/+1 counters.

Reyhan + Blade of Selves combo:

• Equiped on Reyhan and attacking Reyhan creates two copies (4man game) of herself that die instantly and both copies plus the original Reyhan their ability trigger over both copies. The amount of counters we can place are (3 x 2) x 3 = 18 +1/+1 counters.

Reyhan + Rite of Replication combo:

• Targeting Reyhan, she gets up to five copies of herself that die instantly and all the copies plus the original Reyhan their ability trigger over each copy! The amount of counters we can place are (6 x 5) x 3 = 90 +1/+1 counters.

Note that with Rite of Replication we place 18 x 3 counters! And not necessarily we need to place all 90 counters on one specific target creature. Now let's go over three piece combo's:

Bramblewood Paragon: This triggers on any copy it's enter the battlefield. Our fist rule will now be R x T x (C+1).

• Reyhan + Mirror mockery combo: 2 x 4 (8) +1/+1 counters
• Reyhan + Blade of Selves combo: 6 x 4 (24) +1/+1 counters
• Reyhan + Rite of Replication combo: 30 x 4 (120) +1/+1 counters

Hardened Scales: This triggers on any copy it's enter the battlefield and every time a ability places counters. Our fist rule will now be R x T x (C+2).

• Reyhan + Mirror mockery combo: 2 x 5 (10) +1/+1 counters
• Reyhan + Blade of Selves combo: 6 x 5 (30) +1/+1 counters
• Reyhan + Rite of Replication combo: 30 x 5 (150) +1/+1 counters

Master Biomancer: Our fist rule will now be R x T x (C + MB's power), C will be 3 + the power of Master Biomancer.

• Reyhan + Mirror mockery combo: 2 x C (10+) +1/+1 counters
• Reyhan + Blade of Selves combo: 6 x C (30+) +1/+1 counters
• Reyhan + Rite of Replication combo: 30 x C (150+) +1/+1 counters

Cathars' Crusade: Our fist rule will now be R x T x (C + T), don't forget to place a counter on all other non-Reyhan Token's for each copy also!

• Reyhan + Mirror mockery combo: 2 x 4 (8) +1/+1 counters
• Reyhan + Blade of Selves combo: 6 x 5 (30) +1/+1 counters
• Reyhan + Rite of Replication combo: 30 x 8 (240) +1/+1 counters

Corpsejack Menace: Double counters on any copy it's enter the battlefield and every time a ability places counters. Our fist rule will now be R x T x ((C x 2) x 2).

• Reyhan + Mirror mockery combo: 2 x 12 (24) +1/+1 counters
• Reyhan + Blade of Selves combo: 6 x 12 (72) +1/+1 counters
• Reyhan + Rite of Replication combo: 30 x 12 (360) +1/+1 counters

Doubling Season: Like corpsejack menace but also on tokens! Our fist rule will now be R x (T x 2) x ((C x 2) x 2).

• Reyhan + Mirror mockery combo: 6 x 12 (72) +1/+1 counters
• Reyhan + Blade of Selves combo: 20 x 12 (240) +1/+1 counters

• Reyhan + Rite of Replication combo: 110 x 12 (1320) +1/+1 counters

Wanna go even harder:

Make people never wanna play with you again with these strategies!

Infinite power + tokens: Animation Module + Crystalline Crawler + Cathars' Crusade

Lethal power + Decking yourself: Reyhan, Last of the Abzan + Phyrexian Devourer (+ Laboratory Maniac

Infinite card draw: Nadir Kraken + Mentor of the Meek + Ashnod's Altar

Infinite power: Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest + Ghave, Guru of Spores + Ashnod's Altar

Infinite pinging triggers: Get a Defense of the Heart/Tooth and Nail and seek a Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Walking Ballista/Triskelion.

Infinite life: Spike Feeder + Heliod, Sun-Crowned

Simic Ascendancy: No infinite, but it explains itself.

Footnote and special thanks:

Thank you for your interest in my take on Reyhan and Ishai! I hope it inspired you in your own commander brews. Lastly I'd like to include a special thanks for the following people who helped building the deck:

• Feyamius: For some solid suggestions.
• Weepet: For correcting my story on the way the stack works.
• noshadowkick: Brought Greater Good up.
• ZendikariWol: Turned my idea of the deck into the aristocrat direction it is today!
• KibaAlpha & Last_Laugh: If you've gotten inspired by my page, definitely also check out Reyhan and Ishai's Counterattack & Little Rey of Ishine (Reyhan/Ishai)

Top Ranked	Achieved #4 position overall 7 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aristocrats 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Primer 5 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 months
Exclude colors	R
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 64 - 0 Rares 9 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.23
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Plot, Servo 1/1 C, Snake 1/1 B, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Army 0/0 B
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