Sticky Fingers

Commander / EDH Budget Casual Control WUB (Esper)

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Creature (30)

• 1x Adarkar Valkyrie
• 1x Aegis of the Gods
• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Bastion Protector
• 1x Blinding Angel
• 1x Cemetery Puca
• 1x Chronomaton
• 1x Daxos of Meletis
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Evil Twin
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Iona, Shield of Emeria
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Lavinia of the Tenth
• 1x Ludevic's Test Subject  ^Flip
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Nephalia Smuggler
• 1x Niblis of the Breath
• 1x Puppeteer
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Sea Gate Oracle
• 1x Sire of Stagnation
• 1x Stonehorn Dignitary
• 1x Tideforce Elemental
• 1x Tidehollow Sculler
• 1x Trinket Mage

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant

Land (30)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 6x Island
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 6x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Vivid Meadow

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Pemmin's Aura

Artifact (16)

• 1x Amulet of Vigor
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Dolmen Gate
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Icy Manipulator
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Unbender Tine
• 1x Voltaic Key

Instant (12)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cerulean Wisps
• 1x Cloudshift
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Esper Charm
• 1x Gather Specimens
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Redirect
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Cannibalize
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dust to Dust
• 1x Hidden Strings
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Revoke Existence
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Sleep

Commander (1)

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Creature (6)

• 1x Djinn Illuminatus
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Sen Triplets
• 1x Sphinx of the Steel Wind
• 1x Tidewater Minion
• 1x Zur the Enchanter *f-etch*

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Crab Umbra
• 1x Debtors' Knell

Artifact (2)

• 1x Manalith
• 1x Scythe of the Wretched

Instant (2)

• 1x Roar of the Kha
• 1x Triton Tactics

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Memory Sluice

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I was introduced to Magic about a month ago, so this is my first shot at a Commander deck.

Merieke Ri Berit doesn't offer a lot of combat help. However, you can abuse her ability and steal an opponent's hard-earned creatures. Since she is about as weak as a creature can get, unless we have protection for her, it's safe to assume she'll only last a turn or so. It's ideal to have either some protective enchantments or equipment on the board first. Despite this, her cost is great - 3 separate colors gives you a lot to work with in your deck.

Lots of tap effects are thrown in here for obvious reasons. We want to put as much pressure on the opponent as we can, and by untapping her, we get just that. If we want, she can tap and untap to destroy a creature straight away. We can also steal a controlled creature from the opponent for good using cojurer's closet .

A concept that could work well here is going heavier with black cards and utilizing "sacrifice a creature you control" abilities. I decided to go a different direction and focus more on control just based on preference.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated! Thanks for checking this deck out!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Exclude colors	RG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 0 Rares 34 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.07
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Manifest 2/2 C, Soldier 1/1 W
Folders	Commander