(TURN 3 WIN) TimeTwister ($250 BUDGET!)

Commander / EDH* Budget Combo Counters GU (Simic) Infinite Combo Weenie

VraskaTheCursed

Creature (35)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Blighted Agent
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Cold-Eyed Selkie
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Den Protector
• 1x Duskwatch Recruiter  ^Flip
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Faerie Artisans
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mausoleum Wanderer
• 1x Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Sage of Hours
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Simic Manipulator
• 1x Siren Stormtamer
• 1x Stratus Dancer
• 1x Thrummingbird
• 1x Trygon Predator
• 1x Viridian Corrupter
• 1x Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Land (36)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 10x Forest
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 9x Island
• 1x Lumbering Falls
• 1x Mirrorpool
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Artifact (9)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon

Commander (1)

Instant (11)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Delay
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Swan Song

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Bring to Light
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Uncage the Menagerie

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Walking Ballista

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Intruder Alarm

Instant (1)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Ancestral Vision
• 1x Tooth and Nail

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Here's the Reddit post for Version 1 of this deck, in case y'all are interested: https://www.reddit.com/r/EDH/comments/7dwnb5/new_brew_sub200_combomidrange_ezuri_claw_of/

CounterPunch is a reactive and adaptive combo deck with a midrange backup plan, utilizing the ability of Ezuri, Claw of Progress to generate mana, card advantage, extra turns, damage, and eventually victory.

A brief overview of the main synergies and win conditions of the deck:

Ezuri, Claw of Progress + Sage of Hours = Infinite turns with 5+ experience counters (which is not difficult to get). This is how we win most of our games, and it's all thanks to a seemingly measly 2-drop. For those of you skeptics, yes we can take infinite turns despite a limited library size because we can repeatedly shuffle Green Sun's Zenith back into our deck so we don't deck ourselves as well kill our opponents. If you really want, you can even add in Seasons Past as an infinite draw engine, but I don't love the card in the deck due to its high CMC. There are better draw options.

Ezuri, Claw of Progress + Gyre Sage = Huge amounts of green mana. No, seriously, this guy becomes insane when left on the field for 2+ turns. Can easily fuel repeated digs with Duskwatch Recruiter  , facilitates use of Mirrorpool's activated abilities, and has a whole other host of functions. A+ ramp.

Ezuri, Claw of Progress + Blighted Agent = A fast clock. Players who can't find an answer to this dude will cripple in 1-2 turns. Very good backup win con.

Ezuri, Claw of Progress + Fathom Mage = An amazing draw engine. The mage is bonkers with Ezuri and will help you dig deep into your library to find answers and win conditions if not removed immediately.

A Turn 5 win is not uncommon, and the deck packs a damage backup plan in case Sage of Hours is rendered unplayable via removal and the like. Turn 3 is possible, albeit very unlikely.

Turn 4 Win I came across while testing:

Kept hand with: Forest, Island, Rogue's Passage, Sol Ring, Arbor Elf, Burgeoning, Eldritch Evolution

Turn 1: Forest, Burgeoning (Put down Island on opponent's turn)

Turn 2: Land, Sol Ring, Ezuri.

Turn 3: Dryad Arbor, Bring to Light into Gyre Sage (2 counters on Sage by end of turn)

Turn 4: Float 1 green with Dryad Arbor, Skullclamp it. Draw into Duskwatch Recruiter  . Tap out, casting Arbor Elf, recruiter, and Eldritch Evolution into Sage of Hours.

Turn 3 Win I came across while testing:

Starting hand: 5 lands (one of them was Gemstone Caverns), Sol Ring, and Managorger Hydra.

Start with Caverns on the field, exiling a land.

Turn 1: Land, Sol ring, Managorger

Turn 2: Ezuri, land

Turn 3: Peregrine drake, floating a mana. Eldritch Evolution saccing Ezuri, find Deadeye Navigator. Make infinite mana by flickering Drake. Recast ezuri and do the same. Move to combat and put infinite +1/+1 counters on Hydra, swinging for lethal (it has trample).

Note that the Maybeboard includes more expensive cards which will most likely increase the competitiveness of the deck. For the sake of my $200 budget goal, I've opted not to include those cards in this build, although players may feel free to add them in as appropriate to their wallet and playgroup.

The $200 budget is pretty cheap for many players, and the deck functions effectively for its cost (from my experience, at least). Note that the $200 does not include the extra cost of the foils/special version of cards which I opted to add to the deck.

Finally, enjoy the build, and any feedback is met with utmost appreciation and regard.

Thanks, as always.

Vraska

Top Ranked	Achieved #28 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.55
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Experience Token, Manifest 2/2 C, Morph 2/2 C, Squid 1/1 U
Folders	Cool decks, Favorite Decks, Budget, interesting decks, Cool, Commander/EDH, Ezuri