Some Light Theft (Thada Adel, Acquisitor)

Commander / EDH Aggro Artifact Equip Mono-Blue Multiplayer Voltron

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Draw (20)

• 1x Archmage's Charm
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Opt
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Scrying Sheets
• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Shimmer Dragon
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable
• 1x Urza, Lord High Artificer
• 1x Vedalken Archmage
• 1x Windfall

Evasion (10)

• 1x Commander's Plate
• 1x Quicksilver Fountain
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Spreading Seas
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow
• 1x Sword of Sinew and Steel
• 1x Sword of War and Peace
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea

Protection (6)

• 1x Champion's Helm
• 1x Commander's Plate
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Control (3)

• 1x Back to Basics
• 1x Quicksilver Fountain
• 1x Silent Arbiter

Steal (3)

• 1x Archmage's Charm
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Vedalken Shackles

Equipment (16)

• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Champion's Helm
• 1x Commander's Plate
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow
• 1x Sword of Sinew and Steel
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Sword of War and Peace

Ramp (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable
• 1x Urza, Lord High Artificer
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Counterspell (7)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Archmage's Charm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Swan Song

Recursion (5)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Junk Diver
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow

Utility (1)

• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph

Commander (1)

Land (33)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Cryptic Caves
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Glasspool Mimic  ^Flip
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Scrying Sheets
• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip
• 20x Snow-Covered Island

Removal (9)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Resculpt
• 1x Sword of Sinew and Steel
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable

Tutor (6)

• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1x Tribute Mage
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Whir of Invention

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Other (8)

• 1x Crystal Shard
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Slip Through Space
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Sword of Truth and Justice
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots

Clone (2)

• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Mechanized Production

Evasion (2)

• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Draw (1)

• 1x Midnight Clock

Ramp (1)

• 1x Midnight Clock

Tutor (1)

• 1x Fabricate

Equipment (2)

• 1x Bloodforged Battle-Axe
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Protection (2)

• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Steal (1)

• 1x Knowledge Exploitation

WinCon (1)

• 1x Mechanized Production

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MONO BLUE AGGRO deck because Talrand is overplayed and Azami is too linear.

Alternative title for this deck: Look At This stuff, Isn't It Neat? or SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT

A quick rundown of the deck..

1. You get an Island! You get and Island! Yes, even You! You'll get an Island too!

To best utilize our commander, everyone needs islands. In case you're playing against a table of mardu, abzan and other non-blue decks, we have a few helpful cards like Quicksilver Fountain , Spreading Seas and Aquitect's Will (the latter two even cantrip!) Bonus tip: Play these on lands that your opponents desperately need the colors from, you can very easily mana-screw your opponents out of a color if you pick the right land.

2. Look at this stuff. Isn't it neat?

It's just so great to cast Thada, and either take our opponents rampy artifacts to get us further in the game, grab some good artifact creatures or just exile all their combo-artifacts.

(Btw, everyone will think your stuff is neat, since it's well, ya know, their stuff)

3. Control and build up a boardstate.

So, at this point you probably have some nice card advantage (being in mono-blue and all) and you've ramped considerably. Start bringing the hate: Multi-colored decks got you down? Back to Basics , pesky spells? Counterspell , commanders making you sad? Blatant Thievery them all!

4. So how do we win?

So, whenever I build a mono-colored commander deck I strive for it to do something atypical of the color. So I ask myself, what's the most anti-blue thing imaginable? After considering the strengths of our commander: evasion, ramp, low-costed and synergy with artifacts, aggro seemed like the obvious choice.

This deck is now packed with all the useful equipment I could find. If we can't have our izzet artifact commander, I'll just go ahead and make my own!

So why insert equipment name here?

Strata Scythe and Fireshrieker are both wincons with commander damage (remember, opponent's lands count too!) Other than that, this build revolves around artifacts, stealing and copying effects. It's very fun and can go a lot of different ways!

Sword of Fire and Ice and friends provide us with evasion and other useful abilities.

Champion's Helm , Hammer of Nazahn , Swiftfoot Boots and Lightning Greaves provide nice protection for our commander or some of our other creatures -- Armory Automaton is another great choice.

Conqueror's Flail gives us a nice Grand Abolisher -esque effect.

And finally Dowsing Dagger   and Sword of the Animist gives us some extra ramp for cheap.

Backup win conditions are usually achieved with a nicely-timed Rite of Replication or Memnarch .

Suggestions, comments and +1's are always appreciated!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.81
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Construct 0/0 C, Elemental 4/4 UR, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Manifest 2/2 C, Plant 0/2 G, Spirit 2/2 C
Folders	Commander, TTS