Spell Scourge (Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge)

Commander / EDH Aggro Casual Control Multiplayer Stax UBR (Grixis)

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Creature (7)

• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Crafty Pathmage
• 1x Echo Mage
• 1x Goblin Tunneler
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Young Pyromancer

Land (37)

• 1x Akoum Refuge
• 1x Auntie's Hovel
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crosis's Catacombs
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 3x Island
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Shimmering Grotto
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Strip Mine
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Transguild Promenade
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Possibility Storm

Artifact (15)

• 1x Armillary Sphere
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Crystal Shard
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mirari
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Tawnos's Wand
• 1x Wanderer's Twig
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Instant (14)

• 1x Beacon of Destruction
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Crimson Wisps
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Expedite
• 1x Inferno
• 1x Insidious Dreams
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Savage Beating
• 1x Searing Wind
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Terminate

Sorcery (25)

• 1x Alpha Brawl
• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Beacon of Tomorrows
• 1x Blatant Thievery
• 1x Call the Skybreaker
• 1x Cruel Ultimatum
• 1x Curse of the Cabal
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Eternal Dominion
• 1x Icefall
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Mizzium Mortars
• 1x Plague Wind
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Rite of Ruin
• 1x Sleep
• 1x Spelltwine
• 1x Stolen Identity
• 1x Temporal Trespass
• 1x Time Stretch
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Void
• 1x Whelming Wave
• 1x World at War

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Creature (3)

• 1x Jace's Mindseeker
• 1x Nightveil Specter
• 1x Nivix Guildmage

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Eyes of the Watcher

Instant (1)

• 1x Supplant Form

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Incendiary Command
• 1x Portent

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This deck was based, for a very large part, on my Izzet themed deck, featuring Melek, Izzet Paragon: Izzet Real (Melek, Izzet Paragon). Then Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge came out and I updated my old deck to this new general. Obviously she 'operates' very differently than Melek: not only does she have a colour more, but the spells are also exiled. Moreover, her ability allows you to chose whether you pay casting cost for the spell or not (so yes, you can pay alternative castings costs such as kicker, but not spells with an ). Also, her ability exiles cards from each player's library: so the Melek deck needed a major revision.

Haste and evasion

While Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge has evasion, it is even more important to protect here than in a Melek deck since she exiles the cards and when she leaves play those cards will be gone forever. Thus you want her to 'die' only on your terms (i.e. when you need new spells). So you want her attacking quickly after she comes into play, and you want her protected.

• Swiftfoot Boots, and Lightning Greaves add both protection and haste

• Expedite, and Crimson Wisps give haste and an extra card

• Archetype of Imagination grounds all your opponents' flyers, so Jeleva can soar overhead.

Casting Spells

This deck aims to be disrupting, and winning because your opponents can't find their flow. Therefore, I included major creature removal spells especially those that leave my sparse creatures on the playing field, such as Decree of Pain and Plague Wind. Other removal includes: Blatant Thievery which removes the creatures (or other permanents) from their rightful owners which is good enough, Evacuation which removes all creatures from the battlefield and additionally allows you to recast Jeleva, and Inferno .

Memory Lapse, Griptide , Eternal Dominion and Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge + Possibility Storm deserve special mention. Memory Lapse places the countered spell back on the opponents library: after which you can exile it with Jeleva (and even play it yourself). Griptide does the same but for creatures on the battlefield. Eternal Dominion: just cast spells to infinity and beyond. And Possibility Storm hugely disrupts your opponents play, while you can still play spells via Jeleva.

Listed among the land cards is Maze of Ith, but that card is so powerful in this deck. It does not only keep particularly nasty creatures at bay, it also is combo: Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge + Maze of Ith attack with Jeleva, and then tap the maze to return Jeleva while she still allows you to cast a spell.

Stacking

Deck stacking is important in this deck, since there is a big chance that spells you have on your hand will just be sitting there for a long time: Lim-Dul's Vault, Insidious Dreams, Brainstorm, Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge + Scroll Rack solve this problem for you.

Cards that have synergy with spells being played include:

• Young Pyromancer and Talrand, Sky Summoner which create tokens

• Mirari and Echo Mage copy spells

• Crystal Shard + Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge which allows you to recast Jeleva.

• Eternal Dominion + Possibility Storm : Your opponents cannot cast spells the way they want to? Well, you can (cast theirs)

Spells that copy sorceries or instants have no additional value to this deck, and have been excluded.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	8 years
Key combos	Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge + Possibility Storm Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge + Maze of Ith Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge + Scroll Rack Crystal Shard + Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge Eternal Dominion + Possibility Storm
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 4 Rares 20 - 2 Uncommons 20 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.45
Tokens	Copy Clone, Drake 2/2 U, Elemental 1/1 R, Elemental 5/5 UR, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	EDH - Jevela, Commander, Jelvala