As a fellow bant tishana player I really like your deck style, especially Trophy Mage.

I built mine a bit differently but am really intrigued about approach in the sideboard. I may have to try that in my own, thanks for the idea.

Cheers to playing commander in standard!

Oketra! It won't die to a sweeper so you can always have a Tishana who draws more than 1 card. And since the game is already about having lots of creatures, it should be easy to have a live 3/6 doublestriker.

In what matches do you go for the Approach plan, and what do you take out for it?

jubale I bring in Approach in all non-interactive games, in terms of counterspells. In essence, its brought in against almost all non-control non-aggro builds, such as Sultai Energy, Temur Energy, Esper GFG, etc.

I want to try this, only lacking 2 Angels and Approaoch. I'm thinking about other cards: Overwhelming Splendor, Anointer Priest. Or maybe more removal.

Have you looked at running a few copies of Paradoxical Outcome? With all the ETB creatures and the ability to play it for one U with statuary, it seems like a really good option. Other options would be Cartouche of Knowledge (give Tishana flying, +1/+1, and drawing a card) or Prophetic Prism (more card draw, emergency mana fixing, and taps for innovate).

vortical42 Good thinking! I'll test out those three soon, at next FNM. Thanks for the ideas!

This is madness. Hilarious madness.

If going for big handsize, why not throw in Kefnet?

Eyeknifeyou Good idea; I feel he may be a bit slow at times. But it doesn't hurt to try it out!

very cool deck +1. May i ask How you handle decks like various energy decks without Removal in main Board?

By blocking! 4x Servo Exhibition, 4x Sram's Expertise

Fit in 2 Walking Bal to get around stalled boards and smack someone for 10 damage.

I built a deck based on this one, tempered by cards I actually own. Feedback appreciated. One thing I neglected was Merfolk explorers.

Servo Ramp

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Im playing my own take on this engine and gotta day I love it. I added one mirage mirror and one cultivators caravan to liven up the trophy mage. Also an hour of eternity, one dusk // dawn and 3 countervailing winds to give some responses.

My version was semi-successful. Lots of fun but it needs work if it's really going to compete. Basically it was sometimes really powerful and sometimes fizzled. OP, please share what your good and bad matchups are with your list.

This is what Im playing in mine its less creature heavy more response based.

• 4 angel of invention
• 2 ixalis diviner
• 4 tishana, voice of thunder
• 2 trophy mage
• 3 inspiring statuary
• 2 servo exhibition
• 4 srams expertise
• 2 growing rites of itlimoc
• 3 counterwailing winds
• 2 dive down
• 2 chart a course
• 2 pull from tomorrow
• 1 mirror mirage
• 1 cultivators caravan
• 1 hour of eternity
• 1 dusk // dawn
• 4 sheet dunes
• 4 glacial fortress
• 4 sunpetal groves
• 4 scattered groves
• 4 irrigated farmland
• 3 island
• 1 forest
• Sideboard
• 2 appetite for the unnatural
• 1 dusk//dawn
• 2 blossoming defense
• 3 negate
• 3 settle the wreckage
• 2 approach/ mechanized
• 2 heroic intervention

lost_one, jubale, I have been playing this deck for a while but with Dev's list (from Strictly better Mtg youtube channel) and It has been working pretty well. Haven't tested vs control though, which I think it would struggle a bit.

What I wanted to point out is that this deck shines when you get your ''combo'' out. Which is Sram's Expertise into Growing Rites of Itlimoc . So the think is: let's try to do that asap, play Channeler Initiate and Legion's Landing which can give you the 4th mana by turn 3. If you Sram into Rites in turn 3 it's win, that's for sure.

Then, Walking Ballista is too good for this deck, you are always flooded, Balista is the best way to use that mana.

And about your list lost_one I think that 4xShefet Dunes is too much taking into account that we are playing a lot of friend lands.

Thoughts on toolcraft exemplar for the early game?

Lost_0ne It is a possibility, but I usually prefer to use my taplands on turn 1- Having white mana untapped t1 is difficult, which is why I may even swap out the Authorities in the sideboard to Inspiring Cleric or the like.

Ive added in 3 spite of industry and 2 herald of anguish for an alternate win condition. Have plenty of sources for blacks between channeler, spire, caravan, and the mirage mirror to copy one so isnt to cast and provides constant threat because of the discard and flying 5/5

do you think that Azor, The Lawbringer from rivals could fit into this?

BlizzardBeast Not too much, but there is a lot from Rivals that I've been brewing. New Huatli, some of the Elder Dinos, among others look great.

THoughts on nezahal, primal tide as alternate win con? Cant be countered protects hand size Incase tishana dies after draw and after her draw you have plenty of cards to blink. Im going to try two