The Ascetic King of Hugs

Commander / EDH*

MacAttack228

Creature (23)

• 1x Ajani's Pridemate
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Brago, King Eternal
• 1x Council Guardian
• 1x Custodi Lich
• 1x Custodi Squire
• 1x Kami of the Crescent Moon
• 1x Keeper of Keys
• 1x Knights of the Black Rose
• 1x Lieutenants of the Guard
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Lionheart Maverick
• 1x Magister of Worth
• 1x Maralen of the Mornsong
• 1x Noble Benefactor
• 1x Protector of the Crown
• 1x Rhox Faithmender
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Seizan, Perverter of Truth
• 1x Serra Angel
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Throne Warden
• 1x Triad of Fates

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
• 1x Jace Beleren
• 1x Kaya, Ghost Assassin
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis

Land (29)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Celestial Colonnade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 6x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 6x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Sejiri Refuge
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Throne of the High City

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Arcane Melee
• 1x Collective Restraint
• 1x Control Magic
• 1x Declaration of Naught
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Infernal Genesis
• 1x Marchesa's Decree
• 1x Mind Control
• 1x Oath of Lieges
• 1x Propaganda

Artifact (11)

• 1x Azorius Keyrune
• 1x Coercive Portal
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Font of Mythos
• 1x Horn of Greed
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Otherworld Atlas
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spectral Searchlight
• 1x Tablet of the Guilds
• 1x Temple Bell

Instant (7)

• 1x Esper Charm
• 1x Illusion of Choice
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Split Decision
• 1x Time Stop
• 1x Words of Wisdom

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Alliance of Arms
• 1x Bite of the Black Rose
• 1x Capital Punishment
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Expropriate
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Minds Aglow
• 1x Plea for Power
• 1x Prosperity
• 1x Skyscribing
• 1x Tempt with Glory
• 1x Tempt with Immortality
• 1x Tempt with Reflections
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Tyrant's Choice

Commander (1)

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I really really loved the will of the council cards, and I really want to make one for commander that would just bring about a lot of shenanigans to the table. More so, I also want to throw in group hug cards in order to make the player feel like a "King" who has command over others within the game. For example, the "King" would focus on making pacts with others by giving them items, buffs, draw, etc, so that you can secure votes and allies.

By no means is this deck built for winning, but it should still have the possibility too.

Thus far I have played the deck about 4 times, one of those games being a 1 on 1 EDH (Crazy I know). The deck does well, even in 1v1 I can hold on for a long time. The only downside is that, once it gets down to 1v1 and your opponent has little to no artifact/enchantment removal it makes the game slow to a crawl for them, ultimately making it less fun.

The deck, overall, is very fun to play with a group of 3 or more, as it does do a good job of keeping you alive, keeping people off you, and accelerating the game at an alarming rate. If you don't have your security out, aka anything that prevents people from attacking you a shit load, you could go down. The few monsters that are there do their work perfectly, and you draw just enough vote cards to make the game flip every now and then. I want to add more Parley cards next, but I am having trouble on deciding what to cut. Most people might point out my higher cost items, like Time Stretch, but I've actually ben able to play that card twice after I tutored it.

Please feel free to give me any feedback!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.58
Tokens	1/1 B Creature Minion, Copy Clone, Emblem Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 C, The Monarch, Vampire Knight 1/1 B