A Vadrok Never Forgets

Commander / EDH Jank RUW (Jeskai, America) Voltron

Paeldroth

Creature (20)

• 1x Birgi, God of Storytelling  ^Flip
• 1x Cloud of Faeries
• 1x Cubwarden
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Dreadhorde Arcanist
• 1x Fae of Wishes
• 1x Glasspool Mimic  ^Flip
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Lore Drakkis
• 1x Markov Blademaster
• 1x Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
• 1x Pollywog Symbiote
• 1x River Kelpie
• 1x Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
• 1x Sea-Dasher Octopus
• 1x Sprite Dragon
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Tidal Barracuda
• 1x Vega, the Watcher
• 1x Vulpikeet

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Expropriate
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1x Strategic Planning
• 1x Time Wipe

Land (35)

• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 10x Island
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 8x Mountain
• 5x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Raugrin Triome
• 1x Sanctum of Eternity
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 1x Training Center

Instant (12)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Snap
• 1x String of Disappearances
• 1x Temur Battle Rage
• 1x Thrill of Possibility
• 1x Turn / Burn
• 1x Unsummon
• 1x Wear / Tear

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Jace, Mirror Mage
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler

Commander (1)

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Burning Vengeance
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Jeskai Ascendancy
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Seal of Removal
• 1x Secrets of the Dead
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Underworld Breach
• 1x Valakut Exploration
• 1x Whirlwind of Thought
• 1x Wild Research

Artifact (5)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Crystal Shard
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity

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Vadrok, Apex of Thunder presents an interesting deckbuilding challenge: fine tuning a balance of creatures for the purpose of mutating with a graveyard full of spells that Vadrok can recast from the graveyard via mutation.

This deck has... mutated, since it's inception.

I've ditched the artifact wincons, and stepped away from swinging with Vadrok (although that is still totally viable!)

Through playing the deck, it has proven to be quite effective to bounce Vadrok and a couple simple mutate targets (including ol buddy Rograkh, Son of Rohgahhh!) back to my hand and recasting the stack to recycle the 3 mana value cards in my graveyard. So cards like Sanctum of Eternity , String of Disappearances , and Unsummon .

Kaldheim also brought to the table Birgi, God of Storytelling   which presents some intriguing opportunities! By utilizing untap spells like Frantic Search and Snap , I can utilize Vadrok's mutate trigger to cast multiple spells in my turn, triggering Birgi to generate in influx of mana. Currently I don't have an amazing outlet for that mana, so if you can think of one let me know!

This has been an amazing deck to play!

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position overall 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.80
Tokens	Cat 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Drake 2/2 U, Elephant 3/3 G, On an Adventure, Treasure
Folders	EDH Gauntlet, neat, Commander Decks I liiikkeee..., Deck Primers