Wizard's Maelstrom

Commander / EDH*

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Creature (26)

• 1x Altered Ego
• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1x Bloodline Necromancer
• 1x Body Double
• 1x Brutalizer Exarch
• 1x Courtly Provocateur
• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Galecaster Colossus
• 1x Goblin Flectomancer
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
• 1x Kaseto, Orochi Archmage
• 1x Maelstrom Wanderer
• 1x Mairsil, the Pretender
• 1x Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1x Progenitor Mimic
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Quicksilver Gargantuan
• 1x Taigam, Sidisi's Hand
• 1x Vedalken Mastermind

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Blood Mist
• 1x Fertile Ground
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Storm the Vault  ^Flip

Artifact (21)

• 1x Argentum Armor
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Demonspine Whip
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip
• 1x Grappling Hook
• 1x Hedron Matrix
• 1x Heirloom Blade
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Prowler's Helm
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots
• 1x Whip of Erebos
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Artful Dodge
• 1x Baral's Expertise
• 1x Distortion Strike
• 1x Karn's Temporal Sundering
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Sorin's Vengeance

Commander (1)

Land (37)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 8x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 7x Island
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Vivid Creek

Instant (2)

• 1x Cauldron Dance
• 1x Destructive Revelry

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Wizards are here and they want to D E S T R O Y. This deck is loosely based on the recently released Arcane Wizardry commander deck, but with three big differences. The first is switching out the commander for one that was much more aggressive and gave me access to green. The second was adding a bunch of equipment to power up the naturally weak wizards and make them a threat. The third was adding a bunch of mana ramp and moving the curve upward, making each spell more impactful.

The strategy of Arcane Wizardry was to use a ton of draw and graveyard retrieval to keep casting lots of wizards with powerful effects. They tend to combo in some interesting ways (my favorite weird thing to do is to use Mairsil, the Pretender as a Nevinyrral's Disk). This deck keeps the original's strategy, but this time the wizards are strong enough to pose a threat. Here are some of the combos:

• Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder is a strong commander. Making him unblockable can help you in two ways: it lets you give your spells cascade and it deals commander damage. An interesting card interaction you can use is giving him double strike gives your spells cascade twice. This deck gives you many ways of giving him unblockable and double strike, with cards like Whispersilk Cloak and Grappling Hook. Double strike is one of my favorite keyword abilities to give, since it gives both double power and first strike damage, which counters deathtouch and high-power creatures.

• bloodline necromancer , Havengul Lich, and the many other spells that pull from your graveyard (and others) mean that no creature is truly lost. In fact, letting your creatures die lets you bring them back so you can repeat their many enter-the-battlefield effects (Puppeteer Clique is a personal favorite).

• Hedron Matrix + Blood Mist + Aqueous Form + Quicksilver Gargantuan. This one has a lot of cards that can be switched out, and can usually two or three shot anyone in commander.

• Progenitor Mimic in a deck with so many legendary cards may seem limited, but it can be really useful even when copying a legendary. For example, try using it on Maelstrom Wanderer, always sacrificing the token, for 2 free random spells per turn.

• Galecaster Colossus is a key card. Use Brutalizer Exarch or Momir Vig, Simic Visionary to search for it.

• Strionic Resonator can be used to copy enter the battlefield effects, as well as Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder's effect. OP

• Make sure to use Rogue's Passage or something to transform Elbrus, the Binding Blade   and Dowsing Dagger the first turn you cast them. It's easy, and these cards are strong once transformed.

• Mairsil, the Pretender should be used to copy Havengul Lich, Galecaster Colossus, and Nevinyrral's Disk more often than anything else. Other options are Apprentice Necromancer and Kaseto, Orochi Archmage.

• Basilisk Collar combined with Grappling Hook can be a combo to kill any of your opponent's untapped creatures. Since double strike does first strike damage, you can use it on someone weak like card:Courtley Provocateur and it will still kill.

I personally love having Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder as a commander because I think he personifies the chaotic nature of wizards. I made this deck to have fun, but to also be good. If you have any feedback on which cards I should add or remove, please tell me. I don't have a sideboard yet, and I haven't run into any problems with this deck so far.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 32 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.08
Tokens	Copy Clone, Human Wizard 1/1 U, Plant 0/2 G, Treasure