Triple Six, Five, Forked Tongue [Retired]

Commander / EDH BR (Rakdos) Casual Control Exile Primer Theft Theme/Gimmick Tokens

Crow_Umbra

Creature (29)

• 1x Disciple of the Vault
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Magda, Brazen Outlaw
• 1x Reckless Fireweaver
• 1x Valki, God of Lies  ^Flip
• 1x Academy Manufactor
• 1x Birgi, God of Storytelling  ^Flip
• 1x Breeches, Eager Pillager
• 1x Kellogg, Dangerous Mind
• 1x Laelia, the Blade Reforged
• 1x Mayhem Devil
• 1x Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Professional Face-Breaker
• 1x Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
• 1x Xorn
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Decadent Dragon
• 1x Draugr Necromancer
• 1x Mirkwood Bats
• 1x Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1x Bonehoard Dracosaur
• 1x Goldspan Dragon
• 1x Mezzio Mugger
• 1x Mindleecher
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Keeper of Secrets
• 1x Marionette Master

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Sticky Fingers
• 1x Passionate Archaeologist
• 1x Descent into Avernus
• 1x Valakut Exploration
• 1x Wild Wasteland
• 1x The Flux
• 1x Revel in Riches

Land (35)

• 1x Blackcleave Cliffs
• 1x Blightstep Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Demolition Field
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 11x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 7x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volatile Fault

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Reckless Impulse
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Dead of Winter
• 1x Impending Flux
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Volcanic Torrent

Commander (1)

Artifact (10)

• 1x Sensei's Divining Top HP
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Uba Mask
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Chimil, the Inner Sun

Instant (8)

• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Infernal Grasp
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Tibalt's Trickery
• 1x You Find Some Prisoners
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Big Score

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Maybeboard

Creature (34)

• 1x Forsworn Paladin
• 1x Conspiracy Theorist
• 1x Dream Devourer
• 1x Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
• 1x Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
• 1x Juri, Master of the Revue
• 1x Kalain, Reclusive Painter
• 1x Ornithopter of Paradise
• 1x Bonecrusher Giant
• 1x Captain Lannery Storm
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Florian, Voldaren Scion
• 1x Gloin, Dwarf Emissary
• 1x Ingenious Artillerist
• 1x Kheru Mind-Eater
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Nadier's Nightblade
• 1x Sedgemoor Witch
• 1x Forge, Neverwinter Charlatan
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Grim Hireling
• 1x Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos
• 1x Intellect Devourer
• 1x Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Tectonic Giant
• 1x Wild-Magic Sorcerer
• 1x Author of Shadows
• 1x Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
• 1x Wandering Archaic  ^Flip
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Nalfeshnee
• 1x Sire Of Insanity
• 1x Arvinox, the Mind Flail

Sorcery (18)

• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Chain of Smog
• 1x Crackle with Power
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Tormenting Voice
• 1x Twinflame
• 1x Act on Impulse
• 1x Galvanic Relay
• 1x Heat Shimmer
• 1x Light Up the Stage
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Cut / Ribbons
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Ignite the Future
• 1x Brass's Bounty
• 1x Fevered Suspicion
• 1x Apex of Power

Artifact (3)

• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Inspiring Statuary

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Chandra, Fire Artisan
• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Land (1)

• 1x Emergence Zone

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Dead Man's Chest
• 1x Share the Spoils
• 1x Underworld Breach
• 1x Agent of the Iron Throne
• 1x Cunning Rhetoric
• 1x Curse of Hospitality
• 1x Fires of Mount Doom
• 1x Theater of Horrors
• 1x Elkin Lair
• 1x The Ruinous Powers
• 1x Vance's Blasting Cannons  ^Flip
• 1x Possibility Storm
• 1x Rain of Riches
• 1x Stolen Strategy

Instant (13)

• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Commune with Lava
• 1x Dual Strike
• 1x Faithless Salvaging
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Thrill of Possibility
• 1x Withering Boon
• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Hellish Rebuke
• 1x Rise of the Dread Marn
• 1x Hurl Through Hell

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We thank Glasya for her gifts and dark blessings.

The Overall Idea

Utilize a variety of effects that allow us to "Impulse Draw" (eg Act on Impulse), play our own cards from exile, or steal from opponents and play their cards from exile. The riches and treasure bestowed up on us by Glasya are a helpful resource for playing the spells she grants us. Through Glasya's patronage, we have a few possible routes to triumph:

"Baseline" Options

This is what Prosper likes to normally do without necessarily utilizing combos, and should be a byproduct of playing as usual.

• Burn opponents to death with treasure production and ping effects from Disciple of the Vault, Reckless Fireweaver, Mayhem Devil, or finish them off with a Marionette Master.

• Utilize stolen resources to fill in the gaps of our own strategy or further enhance its value.

Obvious additions to the deck that could improve it

• Diabolic Intent
• Demonic Tutor - Finally picked one up!

The tutors would be incredibly flavorful, as well as helpful for grabbing combo pieces and X spells.

Ramp

My catch-all for "traditional ramp" in the form of Mana Rocks, as well as mana acceleration from Crypt Ghast, Rituals, and Treasure support.

Evil Vibes

This deck currently runs 10 total lands with the Swamp type (8 basics, Blood Crypt, & Canyon Slough), so Crypt Ghast should have enough to work with even without Urborg. Having both on board at the same time is Magic Christmas Nightmare land.

• Crypt Ghast Gives some extra juice to all of our Swamp-typed lands, and can also utilize all of our bonus Mana to Extort the table.
• Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Steroids for Crypt Ghast.

The Rocks

• Sol Ring
• Arcane Signet
• Fellwar Stone This replaced Ornithopter of Paradise. I wanted the additional velocity of having the mana immediately available, and wanted my ramp to be slightly less vulnerable to removal. I'll reconsider Ornithopter if I need more flying defense.
• Liquimetal Torque Upside of turning something into an artifact for those Overloaded Vandalblasts, or if an opponent drops something like a Bane of Progress
• Mind Stone Additional cantrip effect if needed.
• Talisman of Indulgence

Rituals

More may be added as play-testing progresses.

• Birgi, God of Storytelling   Great and versatile card for this deck. Her front side keeps some mana up on the turns that we want to cast multiple spells, and her Harnfel, Horn of Bounty   side is helpful for mid-late game when we would prefer to impulse draw and dump less than useful cards.
• Jeska's Will Slam dunk of a card for this deck. Keeps our engine humming with its impulse draw and ritual mana for playing those spells.
• Chandra, Torch of Defiance Nice variety of options that work well with what the deck wants to do. Her +1s are useful for impulse drawing or ritual ramp.

Treasure

This deck wants to make and support Træsures. Maybe not technically ramp, but it will hopefully help us stay ahead of the curve and play plenty of spells from the Mystic Arcanum.

• Deadly Dispute It makes a treasure and draws 2 cards at instant speed. Very nice.
• Academy Manufactor Adds an extra kick to Træsure production. The Food tokens can be used for life stabilization if needed, and Clues for additional draw. All these tokens being pumped out & sac'd also synergize well with Storm-Kiln Artist, Mayhem Devil, Reckless Fireweaver. and Disciple of the Vault.
• Xorn More Træsure please
• Storm-Kiln Artist Although this isn't a decicated Spellslinger deck, the current iteration of the deck has about 21 total Instants and Sorceries for Træsure producing opportunities.
• Goldspan Dragon Gives some extra kick to each Træsure, and can make some more each time it swings away or gets targeted for removal.
• Revel in Riches Goofy alt win-con and slight insulation against board wipes.

Mystic Arcanum

There are a variety of means to draw on power from beyond this mortal plane. This deck runs on Impulse Draw & playing from exile, so it is ideal to have a variety of effects that make that possible.

Cantrips, Drawing, and Top deck shenanigans

To round out and support the Impulse Draw and Mystic Arcanum, I wanted a few effects that could help me get cards in hand a bit more.... "traditionally"

• Sensei's Diving Top YKWTFGO, fix the top decks, and get your Adventure, Cascade, Rebound, and X spells into your hand. Help Prosper get the right spells into Exile.

• Mind Stone Early game ramp and a cantrip if needed when the ramp is less relevant because of treasures.

• Night's Whisper

• Academy Manufactor In the draw category? Treasures will come stapled with Clue tokens, and also Food tokens I guess.

• Phyrexian Arena Maybe not the best draw effect these days, but can be helpful and give some additional fuel to Uba Mask.

• Bolas's Citadel Additional method of peaking ahead at top of deck without having to reveal it. Playing off the top of the deck helps conserve Treasures for use with the Treasure Burn Creatures, as well as Citadel's tap ability. Playing off the top deck also helps get around Possibility Storm and Uba Mask. To no surprise, gets even more bonkers with Sensei's Divining Top.

Foretell

• Dream Devourer Protects pieces from wheels and discard effects, and can help us tuck away anything we might want to Foretell later for a slightly cheaper cost.

Infernal and Impulsive Plays

• Jeska's Will
• Light Up the Stage
• Florian, Voldaren Scion
• Laelia, the Blade Reforged
• Valakut Exploration
• Reckless Impulse
• Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• Outpost Siege
• Uba Mask

Infernal Theft

• Dauthi Voidwalker
• Valki, God of Lies   // Tibalt, Cosmic Impostor  
• You Find Some Prisoners
• Cunning Rhetoric
• Opposition Agent
• Praetor's Grasp
• Draugr Necromancer
• Hurl Through Hell
• Mindleecher
• Stolen Strategy
• Wandering Archaic   Doesn't steal things from exile like the other effects here, but it taxes opponents to not give us a copy of their instant or sorcery.
• Etali, Primal Storm

Interaction and Removal

A Warlock must always be armed to handle a multitude of threats. A Warlock utilizes Removal to destroy single or multiple adversaries simultaneously. Warlocks also utilize disruptive magic to Interact with their adversaries, and slow their advances.

Interaction

• Disciple of the Vault
• Pyroblast
• Scheming Symmetry
• Dauthi Voidwalker
• Liquimetal Torque
• Reckless Fireweaver
• Tibalt's Trickery
• Withering Boon
• Cunning Rhetoric
• Dualcaster Mage Basically a Reverberate with a body.
• Opposition Agent
• Xantcha, Sleeper Agent Give it to someone and give your opponents an opportunity to draw and hit someone other than you. Can also be used as an outlet for extra mana from treasures if needed.
• Draugr Necromancer
• Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• Uba Mask
• Stolen Strategy
• Bolas's Citadel
• Etali, Primal Storm
• Possibility Storm

Removal

Aside from Vandal Blast, this deck is fairly light on Wipes. I opted to have more spot removal that can be played at Instant speed with Mystic Arcanum. I'll probably add in a Blasphemous Act if I feel it's needed since my meta can be creature heavy. The times Blasphemous Act was played in past games, it usually came down close to 1 mana.

• Bojuka Bog
• Field of Ruin
• Vandalblast
• Feed the Swarm
• Rakdos Charm
• Terminate
• Valki, God of Lies  
• You Find Some Prisoners
• Bedevil
• Dead of Winter
• Fire Covenant
• Mayhem Devil
• Hurl Through Hell

Inspiration from outside of MtG

Although the deck title is a line of lyrics from Takyon by Death Grips, for me the overall theme/vibes of this deck were more inspired by Beware, also off Death Grips' Ex-Military mix-tape.

"...Work for what, money? I got all the money in the world! I'm the king, man, I run the underworld, guy! I decide whose does, what and where they do it at!... I make the money man, I roll the nickels, the game is mine! I deal the cards"

Warlock-y vibes on the Beware lyrics

Although a Warlock ultimately draws their powers from a dark patron, the Warlock ultimately worships themself and their own ambitions, and the powers from their patron are a fulfillment of that worship.

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position overall 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	8 months
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.98
Tokens	Clue, Dinosaur 3/1 R, Emblem Tibalt, Cosmic Impostor, Food, On an Adventure, Servo 1/1 C, Treasure
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