Saskia - ETB Abuse

Commander / EDH

TRavenous

Creature (36)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Angel of Finality
• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Elvish Visionary
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Flickerwisp
• 1x Geist-Honored Monk
• 1x Glimmerpoint Stag
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Iroas, God of Victory *list*
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Luminate Primordial
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Phyrexian Gargantua
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Regal Behemoth
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Siege Rhino
• 1x Skinrender
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sower of Discord
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Stonecloaker
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Stonehorn Dignitary
• 1x Swift Warkite
• 1x Sylvan Ranger
• 1x Taj-Nar Swordsmith
• 1x Thragtusk
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Whitemane Lion

Land (37)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 5x Forest
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 2x Plains
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Skarrg, the Rage Pits
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Vivid Meadow
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Instant (3)

• 1x Cauldron Dance
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Windgrace's Judgment

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Abundance
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Blade of Selves
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Far Wanderings
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Spoils of Victory
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift
• 1x Terminus

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This is a toolbox blink deck with Saskia at the helm. The deck is full of ETBs capable of clearing the way for Saskia or other creatures to get in for a few hits. This deck started with my desire to manipulate life totals with Saskia the Unyielding and Sower of Discord, and when I realized Blade of Selves and Helm of the Host could turn that idea into a Magical Christmas, I leaned hard into it with other useful ETBs. The win-conditions are things like Warstorm Surge, Gray Merchant of Asphodel/Siege Rhino, and bouncing Acidic Slime over and over. Acidic Slime and Warstorm Surge pair excellently because the damage from Warstorm Surge comes from the creature, not the enchantment. Acidic Slime can deal some deathtouch damage to a creature in addition to his other removal effect. Fiend Hunter is a great tool to protect a vulnerable creature. Fiend Hunter exiles what you actually want to keep, so when you start bouncing Fiend Hunter, you actually get the better effect.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.10
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Myr 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Monarch Emblem, Zombie 2/2 B