Tivit for President

Commander / EDH* Artifact Bracket 2 Pillow Fort Theme/Gimmick WUB (Esper)

Knuckleberry

Lands (35)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Contaminated Landscape
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Havengul Laboratory  ^Flip
• 1x Hydroelectric Laboratory  ^Flip
• 3x Island
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Orderly Plaza  ^Flip
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 5x Plains
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Soporific Springs  ^Flip
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Watery Grave

Flicker (5)

• 1x Soulherder
• 1x Sword of Hearth and Home
• 1x Teleportation Circle
• 1x Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
• 1x Conjurer's Closet

Draw (4)

• 1x Maeve, Insidious Singer
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Plea for Power
• 1x Marneus Calgar

Redirection (10)

• 1x Dulcet Sirens
• 1x Ghoulish Impetus
• 1x Martial Impetus
• 1x Misleading Signpost
• 1x Portal Mage
• 1x Redemption Arc
• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Illusionist's Gambit
• 1x Mocking Doppelganger
• 1x Portal Manipulator

Artifact / Enchantment Synergy (8)

• 1x All That Glitters
• 1x Idolized
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Academy Manufactor
• 1x Nettlecyst
• 1x Thousand Moons Smithy  ^Flip
• 1x Tamiyo's Journal
• 1x Kappa Cannoneer

Damage (7)

• 1x Grudge Keeper
• 1x Marionette Apprentice
• 1x Agent of the Iron Throne
• 1x Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
• 1x Nadier's Nightblade
• 1x Court of Ambition
• 1x Mirkwood Bats

Utility (6)

• 1x Telepathy
• 1x Split Decision
• 1x Time Sieve
• 1x Rise of the Dread Marn
• 1x Court of Ardenvale
• 1x Court of Vantress

Manaboost (4)

• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Inspiring Statuary
• 1x Opposition AgentGC

Commander (1)

Protection (8)

• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Polymorphist's Jest
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Collective Restraint
• 1x Koskun Falls
• 1x Sphere of Safety

Politics (7)

• 1x Galadriel's Dismissal
• 1x Illusion of Choice
• 1x Ballot Broker
• 1x Brago's Representative
• 1x Dauthi Embrace
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Vodalian Illusionist

Removal (5)

• 1x Damn
• 1x Council's Judgment
• 1x Nevermore
• 1x Arcbound Condor
• 1x Promise of Loyalty

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Other (13)

• 1x Shifting Grift
• 1x Cunning Rhetoric
• 1x Exchange of Words
• 1x Lumengrid Sentinel
• 1x Ringsight
• 1x Stridehangar Automaton
• 1x Tainted Remedy
• 1x Aura Thief
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Zur the Enchanter *f-etch*
• 1x Gandalf the White
• 1x Thrilling Encore
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core AugurGC

Ensure Damage (7)

• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Prowler's Helm
• 1x Spirit Mantle
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots
• 1x Unquestioned Authority
• 1x Whirler Rogue

Removal (3)

• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Demonic Junker

Flicker (2)

• 1x Abuelo, Ancestral Echo
• 1x Deadeye Navigator

Vote (2)

• 1x Trial of a Time Lord
• 1x Council Guardian

Damage (12)

• 1x Glaze Fiend
• 1x Breena, the Demagogue
• 1x Brotherhood Vertibird
• 1x Garrulous Sycophant
• 1x Arcbound Crusher
• 1x Necrosquito
• 1x Bronze Guardian
• 1x Glassdust Hulk
• 1x Keeper of Keys
• 1x Starfield of Nyx
• 1x Calculating Lich
• 1x Tangletrove Kelp

Manaboost (11)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Tempting Contract
• 1x Omniscience

Goad (2)

• 1x Immortal Obligation
• 1x Sly Instigator

Redirect (1)

• 1x Windshaper Planetar

Protection / Denial (12)

• 1x Devoted Caretaker
• 1x Giver of Runes
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Declaration of Naught
• 1x Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Pippin, Guard of the Citadel
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Archangel of Tithes
• 1x Elgaud Shieldmate
• 1x Windborn Muse
• 1x Champions of Minas Tirith

Non-Budget (10)

• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC
• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Court of Locthwain
• 1x Displacer Kitten
• 1x Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• 1x Smothering TitheGC
• 1x Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
• 1x Inkshield
• 1x ExpropriateGC

Double Strike (2)

• 1x Battle Mastery
• 1x Fireshrieker

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"When the President does it, that means it's not illegal." ― Richard Nixon

Disclaimer

My decks are non-competitive kitchen table EDH decks, which are designed to primarily play against 2 to 5 enemies. My playgroup is a bunch of mid-30s who want to meet, chill, drink and have fun at a Saturday night, so in general we don't play decks which are just frustrating for the opponents or practically exclude them from the game for the next 2 hours. We got some rules like no massive landhate or poison and we got a small internal banlist. Personally, I only build mid-budget decks. So no fancy cEDH stuff to be seen here. Sorry, not sorry. ;)

General Gameplan

Basically just pillowfort and stack artifact tokens via commander ability and enchantments. Help opponents kill other opponents and finish the last one with pumped commander or passive damage.

Rules of Interest

In this section I try to collect interesting mechanics, weird interactions and cards that are often mistaken. If I got something wrong here, please feel free to correct me. It is supposed to work as a reminder for myself if needed and it might help other people who stumble across similar issues.

Opposition Agent:
You'll still pay all costs for a spell cast this way, including additional costs. You may also pay alternative costs if any are available.
If more than one player controls an Opposition Agent, and another player searches their library, the controller of the Opposition Agent that most recently entered the battlefield controls that player during the search. Because the last ability of each Opposition Agent is trying to exile the card and give permission to play it, the owner of the exiled card chooses which effect wins. However, that owner will be under another player's control, so that player controlling that owner actually makes the decision. In other words, the player who controls the Opposition Agent whose effect applies (and thus controls the opponent) can choose to give themselves all the play permissions unless they're feeling very generous.

718.4. If information about an object in the game would be visible to the player being controlled, it’s visible to both that player and the controller of the player. If information about cards outside the game would be visible to the player being controlled, it’s visible only to that player, not the controller of the player. Example: The controller of a player can see that player’s hand and the face of any face-down creatures they control.

Tivit, Seller of Secrets:
There seem to be different interpretations about if Tivit's second ability, respectively the investigate-part triggers simultaneously or sequentially. This is interesting for cards like Kambal, Profiteering Mayor or Marneus Calgar. The only consensus appears to be that no matter how many bribery votes there are, you will only get one trigger, since all the treasure tokens are created simultaneously and since Tivit's ability having a period between telling you to make some clues and make some treasures means you aren't making the clues and treasures simultaneously. But then there are people who argue that all investigations are separate, sequential actions of creating one clue at a time and therefore you will get a seperate trigger for each of the evidence votes because that's how investigate usually works. Others state that if a card tells you "for each [object/count], do [action]" then it is simultaneous if it is possible to perform simultaneously according to rule 608.2f. See this thread which sums up the discussion pretty well.

Combo Overview

Tivit, Seller of Secrets + Time Sieve + Academy Manufactor = Infinite turns

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Requires: All permanents on the battlefield. Tivit does not have summoning sickness. Tivit cannot be blocked and killed by an opponent.

Steps: (1) Deal combat damage to an opponent with Tivit. (2) Tivit triggers, creating at least three Food, three Clue, and three Treasure tokens. (3) Activate Time Sieve by tapping it and sacrificing five artifacts, causing you to take an extra turn after this one. (4) Repeat.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 days
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.23
Tokens	Astartes Warrior 2/2 W, Clue, Copy Clone, Food, Foretell, Gnome Soldier X/X C, Morph 2/2 C, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Servo 1/1 C, Monarch Emblem, Treasure, Zombie Berserker 2/2 B
Folders	Paper Decks