Sol'kanar evasion control

Commander / EDH* Casual Control Discard Jank UBR (Grixis)

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Land (40)

• 1x Akoum Refuge
• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crosis's Catacombs
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Crypt of the Eternals
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 4x Island
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Tainted Peak
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Cruel Ultimatum
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Dark Intimations
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Wheel of Fate

Creature (21)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Blazing Specter
• 1x Broodbirth Viper
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Crosis, the Purger
• 1x Filth
• 1x Kederekt Creeper
• 1x Marchesa, the Black Rose
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Nicol Bolas
• 1x Nightscape Familiar
• 1x Prince of Thralls
• 1x Sedraxis Specter
• 1x Shadowmage Infiltrator
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Vela the Night-Clad
• 1x Wrexial, the Risen Deep

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Blanket of Night
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Dauthi Embrace
• 1x Goblin War Drums
• 1x Intimidation
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Waste Not

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
• 1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
• 1x Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Gem of Becoming
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Smuggler's Copter
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots
• 1x Whip of Erebos
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Instant (7)

• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Crosis's Charm
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Terminate

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Dragon Mage

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Rite of Replication

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Have you ever seen cartoons from the 80s and 90s? Thundercats, He-Man, Street Sharks, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Pirates of Dark Water, hell Power Rangers!? No? Then you're most likely woefully underprepared for the ridiculously daft nefarious elaborate plans from the evil villain badguy Sol'kanar the Swamp King contained in this deck.

This is a work in progress build of Sol'kanar the Swamp King focused on evasion, card draw and discard. I had the idea recently after seeing Vela the Night-Clad I love the link between art, flavour and gameplay mechanics on that card and started to build around her as a commander. Something seemed like it was missing and Dimir didn't seem to lend itself as a colour identity to really punish through combat as much as I would have liked, so I decided on Grixis to give a bit more options. Nicol Bolas or Sol'kanar the Swamp King seemed pretty similar interchangeable commanders, and I went with the even jankier option. I managed to pick up both of them in a retro game store's bargain card bin when I was on holiday in Copenhagen and I'm looking forward to trying to figure out an affordable build for each of these cards.

Main themes for the deck

• Evasion (Swampwalk, Fear, Intimidate, Menace or straight up unblockable )

• Punishing for hitting a player (either discarding cards, drawing cards with Coastal Piracy or finishing with Commander damage )

• Lifegain this is only a minor theme, but playing off Sol'Kanar's ability, I have included some lifelands)

Definitely open to suggestions on some cards that would work well, as I'm really new to both Commander and Grixis as a colour combination.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 34 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.92
Tokens	Copy Clone, Zombie 2/2 B