Taigam, copypasta mastah

Commander / EDH Multiplayer Storm Tokens Voltron WU (Azorius)

18ths

Sorcery (18)

• 1x Baral's Expertise
• 1x Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
• 1x Call to Mind
• 1x Clone Legion
• 1x Compulsive Research
• 1x Expropriate
• 1x Fractured Identity
• 1x Increasing Devotion
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Regna's Sanction
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Saheeli's Artistry
• 1x Sleep
• 1x Slip Through Space
• 1x Stolen Identity
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Treasure Cruise

Instant (13)

• 1x Cackling Counterpart
• 1x Crush Contraband
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Hindering Light
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Rootborn Defenses
• 1x Supplant Form
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Valorous Stance

Creature (16)

• 1x Angel of Finality
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Clone
• 1x Cloudblazer
• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Ephara, God of the Polis
• 1x Faerie Artisans
• 1x Gigantoplasm
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Niblis of Frost
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Stunt Double
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Tidespout Tyrant
• 1x Vesuvan Shapeshifter
• 1x Vizier of Many Faces

Artifact (13)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Runechanter's Pike
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Will Kenrith

Commander (1)

Land (34)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 12x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Mirrorpool
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 8x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thespian's Stage

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Dovescape
• 1x Metallurgic Summonings
• 1x Unquestioned Authority

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Echo Storm
• 1x Quasiduplicate

Artifact (1)

• 1x Helm of the Host

Creature (1)

• 1x Willbreaker

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Reconnaissance

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This is my attempt at building the deck that will be playable at basically every table possible, so it won't be very much behind high powered decks and won't be crushing everyone every single game at lower level tables. So how do we build something like this? The answer is always clone tribal.

I've always been a fan of spellslinger decks. I didn't want to build another Mizzix of the Izmagnus or Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge , I wanted something fresh. Taigam went pretty much unnoticed since his introduction in C17, but he is basically what you would need from a spellslinging commander. Most of your stuff cannot be countered and you get to recast your stuff if already Taigam attacked. If you manage to protect him every turn, which is not that hard actually, things can get out of hand quickly.

So first of all, our plan is to continuously copy the best permanent on board, which is in most cases a creature. Our instants or sorceries usually target only a creature we control, so we either have to gain control of it or clone it. There are plenty of ways to do that, but my favourites are Stunt Double , Clever Impersonator and Vesuvan Shapeshifter . Once you do that, attack with Taigam and cast Cackling Counterpart , Saheeli's Artistry or Rite of Replication on your cloned creature and in your next upkeep you get another one for free!

Think about it, if you get to untap with three Avenger of Zendikar , Utvara Hellkite or Crested Sunmare , you are very much ahead and possibly going for the win. Of course you wont always will be able to pull that off and probably end with something like three Zulaport Cutthroat or Phantom General . But then again, you can try again and keep copying them (believe me, games with 12 Zulaport Cutthroat end quickly) or get other creature that will get better with your clone army. Basically, you'll end up with mimicking someone else's strategy, but with several copies of key tools, you can be much better at it their. You'll get to love to play against tribal decks and copy their lords several times. You'll have to improvise a lot and this way, every game will be different and fun. You'll hate the legend rule too.

Of course, if there are no good creatures on your opponents board, you'll have to get your own. There are not many of them, but every one of them duplicated will be great. Cloudblazer will help you to stabilize, you'll make sure no one ever untaps with Niblis of Frost or make sure there isn't even anything to untap with Tidespout Tyrant . And oh, producing gigantic flying threats with transformed Docent of Perfection  

But there will be games when you wont draw any of this, but thankfully, you can also win voltron-style with Runechanter's Pike or flood them with bird tokens from Dovescape (remember that your stuff cannot be countered. you still get to get tokens!) or Metallurgic Summonings or Increasing Devotion .

Of course, rebound shenanigans wont start if you cant keep your commander on board, especially if you have to attack every turn, no matter what. You can make Taigam protected from creatures, or unblockable or indestructible with several ways, my favourite being Valorous Stance because it's so versatile or Aqueous Form because it smooths your next draw too. Spot removal might be dangerous but you probably wont get into counter war over some removal spell with someone, as your counters cannot be countered too.

One thing to remember playing this deck is all edge cases of rebound. No, you wont get another Expropriate or Stolen Identity . Yes, you can play kicked Rite of Replication for or get all three modes of Collective Effort by tapping two tokens on your upkeep. No, rebound does not stack, so including Cast Through Time or Narset Transcendent is not a good idea. Rebound only works when a spell is cast from your hand, so you wont copy flashbacked spells. Transmuting Muddle the Mixture is not casting a spell at all. Rebounded spell is casted too, so it will trigger Talrand, Sky Summoner and Primal Amulet  .

Oh, and play Treasure Cruise . Getting 6 cards for one blue mana is a wonderful feeling.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.76
Tokens	1/1 WU Token Creature Bird, Bird 2/2 U, Construct */* C, Copy Clone, Drake 2/2 U, Emblem Will Kenrith, Human 1/1 W, Human Wizard 1/1 U, Manifest 2/2 C, Morph 2/2 C, Vizier of Many Faces 0/0 W