The Transcendent Lich

Commander / EDH* WUB (Esper)

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Land (34)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 4x Island
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhova, the Church of Deals
• 1x Piranha Marsh
• 5x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thriving Heath
• 1x Thriving Isle
• 1x Thriving Moor
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Cruel Tutor
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Expropriate
• 1x Fractured Identity
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Karn's Temporal Sundering
• 1x Temporal Extortion

Enchantment (17)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Archmage Ascension
• 1x As Foretold
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Curator's Ward
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Intangible Virtue
• 1x Lich
• 1x Lich's Mastery
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Open the Graves
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Soul Echo
• 1x Transcendence
• 1x Warlock Class

Creature (13)

• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Bishop of Wings
• 1x Josu Vess, Lich Knight
• 1x Krovikan Vampire
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Lighthouse Chronologist
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Platinum Angel
• 1x Requiem Angel
• 1x Teysa Karlov
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Wight

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Elspeth Tirel
• 1x Kaya, Bane of the Dead
• 1x Teyo, the Shieldmage

Commander (1)

Artifact (17)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Crystal Shard
• 1x Erratic Portal
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Lich's Mirror
• 1x Lich's Tomb
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Obelisk of Esper
• 1x Parhelion II
• 1x Planar Portal
• 1x Smokestack
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Book of Exalted Deeds
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Instant (5)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Interdict
• 1x Lazotep Plating
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Shallow Grave

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So this deck started as a way to abuse Lich's Mastery in edh. It's gotten... more than that. Now it's Esper Build-a-Combo Workshop; from the initial Lich's Mastery + Transcendence + Laboratory Maniac that it started as, you've also got unending angel tokens from Divine Visitation + Bishop of Wings , repeatable turns via Lighthouse Chronologist or more aggressively by Temporal Extortion + Archaeomancer + Crystal Shard , you have a pretty consistent win in Transcendence + Fractured Identity + any of your "can't lose the game" effects, and probably other combos in here that I'm not thinking about at the moment.

Looking for suggestions to help get me there or get me there safer. I've also not touched mana base yet, waiting until I have about 60-65 cards already picked for the deck. Though if there are any particular lands that would be good in this deck, I'm open to suggestions.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.91
Tokens	Angel 3/3 W, Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Copy Clone, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Snake 1/1 B, Soldier 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Spirit 1/1 W, Wall 0/3 W, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Army 0/0 B, Zombie Knight 2/2 B