Such Zegana, much draw wow

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Creature (38)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x AEther Adept
• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1x Harbinger of the Tides
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Mystic Snake
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Palinchron
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Primeval Titan
• 1x Prophet of Kruphix
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Sylvan Primordial
• 1x Thragtusk
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Vendilion Clique
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Woodland Bellower
• 1x Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker
• 1x Kiora, Master of the Depths

Land (38)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 10x Forest
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 8x Island
• 1x Lumbering Falls
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Tree of Tales
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Utopia Sprawl

Artifact (4)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Skullclamp

Instant (8)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Farseek
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Tooth and Nail

Commander (1)

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Creature (6)

• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer  ^Flip
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Plaxmanta
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Opposition

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The deck has originally been designed to be a multiplayer edh. It is now in transition to become more of a duel commander deck. It is quite solid as it is, and really cool to play, with a lot of interactions between the cards, and a lot of decisions to take (especially since it uses a lot of tutor effects).

The most basic principle of the deck is to try to make use of the ability of Zegana to draw cards and generate incremental card advantage enough to win. As a consequence, it appears as a creature-based ramp/control/combo deck, which makes absolutely no sense.

The Combo

• Deadeye Navigator + Palinchron or Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake to generate an (in)finite amount of mana. Palinchron comes into play, associates with navigator and untaps some lands. Tap all your mana, blink the palinchron, untap all and associate, etc...

• At some point you don't want the Palinchron to be associated anymore. You play Prime Speaker Zegana, which comes into play with at least 5 counters (from the navigator), associate with Navigator, blink Zegana any number of time with your infinite mana to draw the deck (or at least be able to fetch Laboratory Maniac).

• Play the maniac, mill yourself with Zegana's draw, win.

• Alternatively, play Reality Shift on an oppo's creature, return the shift with Eternal Witness, replay the shift on the manifested creature... Mill your opponent out. This is way better than with the maniac and this version of the combo has replaced the previous one.

Card discussion

• Birthing Pod: can easily fetch pieces of the combo. More generally, use this to grab Prophet of Kruphix.

• Chord of Calling: Nothing cooler than tapping creatures to bring an unexpected Mystic Snake from nowhere. Also works with Alchemist's Refuge + Green Sun's Zenith.

• Tooth and Nail: One-card combo. Or just Avenger of Zendikar + Sylvan Primordial?? Expensive and stoopid.

• Yisan, the Wanderer Bard: Awesome with Kiora, Master of the Depths, Kiora's Follower, Prophet of Kurphix...

• Fauna Shaman: has almost the same synergies as Yisan. Similar to Survival of the Fittest, but I find the card broken (and too expensive...), so I only play this one. Also really good with counterspell-creatures.

• Riptide Laboratory: this one has originally been included to abuse of Zegana's draw. In fact, this card is better than that. Allow you to "soft-lock" (really really soft, but still...) with Venser, Shaper Savant, AEther Adept or Glen Elendra Archmage, protect Prophet of Kruphix (because people are mean and always want to kill it)... Quite mana intensive though.

• Prophet of Kruphix: the best card in the deck. Playing this against multiple opponents is just cheating...

• Deadeye Navigator: the second key-card of the deck after Zegana. With a deck full of etb triggers, this guy is crazy. With enough mana it can soft-lock with a Mystic Snake, mana-screw people, draw more cards, ramp, bounce things and make the combo... Costs a lot of mana to use it properly, but has the advantage to make magic with a lot of the other creatures of the deck. Good beater too.

In the list of things to work on, I want to add some utility lands and upgrade the mana-base in general (some number of wasteland-like lands are probably worth trying even if the creatures can often handle it), and make some room for more countermagic.The deck is in perpetual evolution so I gladly accept any suggestion.

Thanks for reading!

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Key combos	Deadeye Navigator + Palinchron Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake
Legality	This deck is Duel Commander legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.06
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Emblem Kiora, Master of the Depths, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Manifest 2/2 C, Octopus 8/8 U, Plant 0/1 G
Folders	Duel Commander