Any reason other than cost to not run Grim Monolith? I'm also testing Simian Spirit Guide as I don't own a Mox Opal atm. It seems to work well with the firestorm combo.

+1 Pretty sweet deck and write up. I have two questions;

1) Why is Pyramid of the Pantheon in the deck? It seems really slow given how fast you're trying to be and bad in every scenario that doesn't involve Paradox Engine.

2) Also how often does Mindbreak Trap work for you? If you're concerned about countering uncounterable spells would Summary Dismissal be more useful?

Sivartus: Primarily cost, to be honest, but I also don't like it as a general mana rock. Since I almost never play to untap, it's like a worse Mana Vault (that costs 3 times as much $$$). I might include it if I owned one, but I'm not extremely motivated to find it.

PartialPride: Thanks for the kind words! I agree that Pyramid of the Pantheon does seem bad at first glance, but honestly it's proven to be surprisingly good. I often end up with 1 extra mana during my turns of setup, which I can use to get brick counters, and have it "fully armed and operational" during the combo turn (without having to invest significant mana in a single turn - compare Gilded Lotus).

And with regards to Mindbreak Trap - you've kinda hit upon something I've needed to change for a while. You see, I misread Mindbreak Trap as letting me cast it for zero if I had cast 3 spells in a turn. I wanted to use it as a defensive counterspell, but instead it 'only' stops Storm decks. I still prefer it over Summary Dismissal, because it lets me counter Prossh decks in my meta while holding up 0 mana, but it might get the axe regardless.

Thank you both for your thoughts! :)

Library of Leng might help with drawing dead by preventing your discarded cards from hitting the gy

This deck is quite interesting... I love that your deck has such a toolbox feel to it, anything you need it to do you can pull out of it.

The only real suggestion I could add is Psychosis Crawler. You have plenty of ways to generate infinite colorless mana so playing him would be easy and it would be an alternate win con that is quite viable in multiplayer games. "Stroke of Genius myself for 50, you all lose 50 life to Crawler."

PS I'm a huge fan of Isochron Scepter/Elite Arcanist I just built a Jhoira deck with that as a sub theme! If you get a chance take a look and gimme some suggestions.

The Shadow Of Time

Hey! Fellow worshipper of the God Pharaoh! Praise his horsemen of Amonkhet's apocalypse! I have my own cEDH The Locust God list (can be found here Locust God's Swarm!)

I don't as good of formatting skills as your primer has, but I did my best. My play group is full of T1 cEDH builds, so I had to give up on a lot of the more 'cute' cards I loved from my initial The Locust God Prototype casual list.

Anyway, quick few suggestions; more mana rocks are better. Lot of the good ones get pricey, so that's obviously feelbads. Dack Fayden solves a lot of these issues by letting you steal your opponent's best rocks or win-cons! Furthermore, As Foretold consistently over-performs for me. People totally underestimate it the first time they play against it, and with my stax package, so clutch.

Anyway, I love the list, definitely a +1 from me. Let me know if there are any suggestions for my lists!

Sorry it's taken so long for me to get back to you all; these last few weeks have been super busy.

hookedonkronix: I've definitely been considering it! I just need to find a slot...

DrkNinja: I'll definitely consider him, thank you! Have you considered adding Paradox Engine to your list to make Scepter/Arcanist go infinite?

filkinsmark: Thank you for your comment! I'll take a look at your deck as soon as I have some time. Are there any major mana rocks I'm missing, other than Grim Monolith?

Daedalus19876, I have Grim Monolith + Power Artifact, Mana Vault and Dack Fayden to steal those I don't have already!! lol

I simply love this deck. it's super fun and I am working on my own build right now, I will barrow many ideas from you and your very amazing deck. I also play teir 1 decks and really love this and your whole page was very cool.

Shane.Allen: Thank you, sir! I appreciate the kind words!

chadsansing: I'll take a look at your list when I have a chance! :) You're welcome to upvote this deck if you like it!

chadsansing: Thanks! :) Anything major that you see I'm missing?

So I know that this deck is supposed to be uber competitive, but have you ever considered making an ultra budget version of this deck? It could still be tonnes of fun to play, though at a more casual level. After all, EDH is primarily a casual format.

chadsansing: Those were in the initial draft, actually :) They were super fun, and there were some amazing plays off of them, but either half alone was disappointing so I ended up cutting them :(

cheeftnx97: As it turns out, I already have an budget version of the list! :)

$125 Budget Locust God EDH

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My trouble is that I live in Australia, so $3 on TappedOut becomes $4 out of my wallet. Budgeting is pretty much the only way I can magic. That being said, there are still plenty of hilariously fun combos to pull off with el-cheapo cards and it's totally worth it. If I find cheeky combos that might work in that deck, I'll be sure to let you know.

After all, if you can win with a deck that costs less than a tank of fuel, that's worth more than any Mox.

Is there a particular reason you use Pyramid of the Pantheon over Jeweled Amulet? Pyramid makes mana once every four turns and, if you don't have it turn 1, is pretty useless from the play testing I've done with this deck (it's a dead draw if drawn after turn 4). Jeweled Amulet looks less pretty, but your window for using it is much larger: You just need to have it any time before the turn you go off which is a lot more reasonable than the faux-Lotus Bloom that is Pyramid. I playtested mine real quick with the card added and didn't like it, then I play tested yours and still didn't like it.

Anyway, that's my recommendation: Remove Pyramid for Jeweled Amulet. Holding a mana over for the next turn is better than paying 4 to get 3 on the fourth turn.

After finding out that Day's Undoing doesn't net you any Locusts, I'm seeing less reasons to play it. Does it still work well for you?

Sivartus, Day's Undoing still fills your hand if u cast it when u have only a couple cards in hand. Doesnt matter if it doesnt make any locusts

THE ART ALONE ON STORM THE VAULT OMG

MAKE SOME ROOM HERES SOME CONSIDERATIONS PYRAMID OF THE PANTHEON, FAITHLESS LOOTING, PONDER, IZZET CHARM

I'm afraid I do need my 1-or-2-mana card selection tools for the deck to function XD

I might cut Alhammarret's Archive, but honestly I am not sure I have enough artifacts to make it work reliably...

Bident of Thassa and Coastal Piracy are power houses in this deck.

Amyas: I used to run them, but they didn't pull their weight, I'm afraid. They were just too slow for the deck, because they required me to have Locusts on the field. By the time I had enough creatures for it to matter, I usually win that turn.

Crazy =P

how about Voltaic Key ?Voltaic Key is good for Mana Vault Grim Monolith i like your decklist very much :D

You could add a "thing in the ice" or two if you wanted a boardwipe. Just a suggestion. I am pretty new at magic so I am sorry if this is not the best advice.

@AstroPlayz Welcome to MTG! In the Commander format, you can only have exactly 99 different cards that can't repeat, except basic lands. In Standard and Modern format, your deck has to have at least 60 cards but can have more, and you can only have a maximum of 4 repeating cards in the deck.

There's also many websites that can help with MTG deckbuilding, like gatherer that's owned by the MTG company, and edhrec. There's also less popular websites like manabasecrafter, smileylich, and metamox.

Hope this helps!