Teferi's Gifted Child

Commander / EDH Managem

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Scope mine out if you'd like. I do give partial credit and inspiration to your deck, and I was aware of many cards myself, and did some research and came across some interesting inclusion of my own, especially with a few more enchantments.

Managem: Scrivener doesn't hit sorcery which is a huge downside for me. Your deck looks pretty solid and I do like the inclusion of Iona, Shield of Emeria with the ability to blink it as the game adapts. Cataclysmic Gearhulk is an interesting inclusion...have you tested it out yet?

I think Cataclysmic Gearhulk is not worth to be played. If you play against voltron decks, they'll be fine if you play it.

Omega505 actually I think that is best against voltron decks, it stops them from getting 20 artifacts/enchantments on their commander.

SynergyBuild I think that depends on your meta. I run Prossh voltron and don't really care about my board. There is also Sigarda, Host of Herons, I hate har so much, but she also have protection from Gearhulk. So... I think that depends on your meta if this gearhulk is worth it or not...

Omega505,

You aren't wrong... but I have never heard of Prossh Voltron, I have heard of Food Chain, aristocrats, dragon tribal, and token swarm, but not voltron, and while Sigarda Voltron isn't rare as it is what Sigarda is known for, for voltron I often see Uril, Sram, Kemba, or Rafiq, stuff like that.

It does depend on meta, but I didn't claim that gearhulk is always good, I was the one saying I didn't think it was bad in a voltron matchup, you were the one who said that it was definitively bad and voltron decks will always be perfectly fine against it.

The meta argument works much better against you than me.

SynergyBuild You're right, that's on me, I was too quick.

Btw, there is another sweet combo that really fit in this deck. Naru Meha, Master Wizard works really well with Ghostly Flicker or Illusionist's Stratagem. That combo can make infinite mana and draw. I just include this combo in my deck, so we'll see.

Are those cards good in this deck as is?

I am not sure if you can -1 aminatou to copy something. Wouldn't that need to be at instant speed?

This combo doesn't need Aminatou. You can just draw as much card as you want etc. Also, you can bounce Naru Meha in response to play any of your spells

Wait, you can? I though aminatou's abilities were at sorcery speed.

Naru Meha, Master Wizard seems too situational for me to warrant an inclusion and the fact that he doesn't synergize with Aminatou is another negative. I think he belongs to deck like Inalla, Archmage Ritualist that can abuse cards like this more.

Sorry for spaming, but I really like messing around with Aminatou Another idea. I know your deck focus on blinking, but I think that top deck manipulation is worth consider too, even a little. A lot of creature with etb have high mana cost, so I added card like Cloudform and Primordial Mist so I can manifest some big creature like Emeria Shepherd or just make land I don't need into 2/2. Then you could transform this usless 2/2 into samothing good with Proteus Staff, what do you think?

Omega505: There's no harm experimenting with a little top deck manipulation. I think that primordial mist is a fun card to try out in Aminatou to cheat out fatties.

Haha, yes I overlooked the Scrivener card. I had a moment of dyslexia and I think my mind put the word sorcery in its text >.>

I would then change it in my deck as well. I think Cataclysmic Gearhulk is a solid inclusion. It is a somewhat pseudo-boardwipe that brings hate to the table, but not TOO much hate in that everyone gets to keep a few things of their choice in play. As someone mentioned though Sigarda, Host of Herons doesn't care if you play Cataclysmic Gearhulk. But that is very situational mainly on that deck alone.

Ancestral Knowledge to me is a great 2 drop. Being able to essentially Dig Through Time with 3 additional cards mind you, is incredibly powerful to set up a game plan. Not to mention you can choose "0" as a number so you're not exiling anything away. Just blink it as need be, and to knock off the age counters.

Primordial Mist is an interesting approach. As said this can easily cheat you into free fatties, and a 2/2 usually flies under the radar, no one is usually too concerned about 2/2 manifested creatures I feel like. However the only problematic thing with it is if other players start dropping bomb cards and someone decides to board wipe, it is risky in that aspect. But I feel there may be some potential in that build tbh.

Parallax Wave is one of my favorite cards in my list. I never though of putting the ability on the stack in response to Felidar Guardian. All this time i’ve been using them with Aminatou to make the loop work. Thanks!

I mention [Parallax Wave] a few months ago. It's amazing enchantment, not only can help with blinking your creatures but also can protect a few important one from mass removall.

Omega505: You did mention it indeed. I didn't realize how broken it was in Aminatou till I tested it out personally. Great card with versatility especially when it can be used to protect Aminatou. Now the problem is which card to cut for this...

Emeria Shepherd? I've never used her, because her ability is too slow and her cost is too high.

Omega505: She's mostly there as a late game clutch. I might just replace her with it but cut lim's vault for Elixir of Immortality. Recursion and inevitability is very important for this deck.

Enral, what do you think about Rite of Replication? I like the idea of having for example 6 copy of Ashen Rider or Cloudblazer

Omega505: I think it's a win more card and doesn't move the deck forward. By the time we have RoR mana we should already be winning or have the board on lock down by that point.

Would it be time to reconsider restoration angel for the deck, seeing as you are now utilizing altar of the brood? It's also nice to have blink at instant speed because it can really throw opponents off sometimes. In your Parallax Wave update you mentioned Felidar Guardian and 4 other creatures to go infinite with Parallax Wave. You would have infinite permanents entering the battlefield with just Felidar Guardian seeing as you can just target Felidar Guardian 5 times each time in response to putting the previous targeting on the stack; Unless you mean to get infinite etbs with up to 4 other creatures, in which case you would of course be right.

With a card like Rune-Scarred Demon, have you considered the obvious Nexus of Fate combo to take infinite turns (or as many turns as Aminatou has counters)?

You'd probably want some other cards like RSD before you decide, but I would imagine it can be a powerful effect. Archaeomancer and any non-shuffle, non-exile extra turn effect can do the same thing, like Time Warp btw

coolmaster82: I'm still not sold on restoration angel due to it's limited applicability to creatures only. You are right about parallax wave in both instances. It all depends on what's in play at that time. If Altar of the Brood is in play, guardian and wave is all I need. If Gonti, Lord of Luxury is in play, then I would need the full suite to win.

SynergyBuild: Nexus of Fate is intriguing because it has a pretty steep CMC but it does increases the number of ways the deck can win. I might test it out just to see how it goes.

Oftentimes extra turn spells, while not easy to resolve, do win games, like a free Explore in some cases, with perhaps a combat step and walker activation involved here. I could imagine an Aminatou turns deck doing some really explosive things, but it would probably be another deck.