War of Intelligence (Battle of Wits V. 2.0)

Commander / EDH* Combo Cumulative upkeep Enchantment Group Hug Infinite Combo Multiplayer Theme/Gimmick

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Land (37)

• 1x Branchloft Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Cragcrown Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Darkbore Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 2x Forest
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 3x Island
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Lotus Vale
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Mistgate Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Pillar of the Paruns
• 2x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Searstep Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Tidechannel Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Watery Grave

Instant (19)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Autumn's Veil
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Disrupt
• 1x Dizzy Spell
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Manamorphose
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Nexus of Fate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Vision Skeins
• 1x Words of Wisdom

Creature (12)

• 1x Bringer of the Black Dawn
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Dimir Infiltrator
• 1x Izzet Guildmage
• 1x Kami of the Crescent Moon
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Noble Benefactor
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Spawnsire of Ulamog
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Vexing Shusher

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Battle of Wits
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Phyrexian Unlife
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Solemnity
• 1x Training Grounds

Commander (1)

 ^Flip

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Flux
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Overmaster
• 1x Prosperity
• 1x Supply / Demand
• 1x Temporary Truce
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Time Wipe

Artifact (9)

• 1x Anvil of Bogardan
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coercive Portal
• 1x Decanter of Endless Water
• 1x Font of Mythos
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel

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Sideboard

Creature (205)

• 205x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope

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Version 2.0 of my attempt at building a Battle of Wits deck playable in commander.

Win Conditions: This deck wants to win the game using Battle of Wits as plan A. In order to do this you will need to assemble Training Grounds + Izzet Guildmage + Manamorphose which will Draw your entire deck and create an amount of any combination of colored mana mana equal to 2x cards drawn this way, however you will only really require Blue. Once this has been accomplished you will play out Spawnsire of Ulamog + Battle of Wits and any extra turn spell. (This list will be using Time Warp or Nexus of Fate) and then use Spawnsire’s ability to put all copies of Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre from Sideboard to Battlefield, triggering Legend Rule and shuffling them all back into your library. Mission Complete

Should you be rendered unable to perform the Plan A combo for some reason, do not fret, it’s still possible to make a comeback.

plan B: This deck uses Prismatic Bridge as a Commander in order to use its low creature count to its advantage, making it extremely easy to put your eldrazi titans onto the battlefield if necessary and keep them coming back. Especially if used in concert with Isochron Scepter + Mystical Tutor to infinitely search out Nexus of Fate.

Plan C: If you still have access to draw your deck but find yourself without Spawnsire you can win usingPsychosis Crawler to cause loss of life equal to the cards drawn to all players (or if that doesn’t work, attack with it while it’s the size of your deck)

Pros: If you get the perfect opening 7 cards you can win the game by turn 3 and even have room in hand for a free counterspell to protect it with. (2 blue mana, 1 red mana, training grounds, guildmage, and manamorphose, with room for pact, or force) the deck tends to be a low priority target since it’s a bit of a group hug strategy. The deck is also quite resilient and hard to hit due to running cards such as Glacial Chasm, Phyrexian Unlife, and Solemnity as well as boasting the ability to win out of nowhere in a single turn.

Cons: Very Low creature count means you either need to go fast or divert damage from players who know what you’re up to, you will be drawing a lot of cards, but so will your opponents, so it’s important to choose your moment and save those protection spells for when your win con is at an immediate and irreversible risk. The deck also leans heavily on a handful of specific cards, which, if interfered with, can easily render this deck completely incapable of winning at all.

Finally, the ultimate “Con” to this deck is the fact that it is not “technically” legal to play in CEDH due to the need for a sideboard, so ask your local commander league if you can play this deck first or build it for Kitchen Table with friends.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 205 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.25
Tokens	Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Saproling 1/1 G
Folders	Oooh Nice, Cool Decks