After a few weeks of playing mono white rebels, and losing mostly only to ridiculous "draw your entire deck in one turn" combos, I decided to build a deck to regulate the current frustration level in my local shop (for everyone else NOT trying to "go infinite"). Below is the deck list that has done just that.
This is the epitome of the "draw go" EDH play style. With no infinite combos and strong synergies, this deck has proven to provide a fun play experience while actually being quite competitive.
Almost every card in this deck has seen competitive play at one point or another. A lot these cards (Dream Halls, Mind Over Matter, Intuition) give this deck the edge it needs to control the board state until it gets a boardlock online (Teferi + Knowledge Pool or Mindslaver + Academy Ruins). I know some of you are saying, "How is this any better than infinite mana?" It's not. But most of the time (90%) Mindslaver fills that slot. And that is a little less ridiculous than Enter the Infinite + Omniscience. And even with either of the hard locks, it doesn't just say "I win".
Some of the strong synergies are:
Intuition, fetching:
Relearn + Snapcaster Mage + Any spell
Intuition, fetching:
Body Double + Any 2 creatures
Tezzeret the Seeker + Mana Vault/Grim Monolith/Mana Crypt
Snapcaster Mage + Riptide Laboratory
Teferi + Knowledge Pool
Mindslaver + Academy Ruins
Counterbalance + Sensei's Divining Top
There are probably a lot I'm missing.
Teferi is such a powerful commander to me. He's been a blast to play, and I hope everyone else starts to look at him as the next best thing. Dust him off, forget "going infinite" and lets enjoy this great game!
General 1
1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
Creatures 11
1 Body Double
1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Duplicant
1 Keiga, the Tide Star
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Sphinx of Magosi
1 Treasure Mage
1 Trinket Mage
1 Vendilion Clique
Instants 20
1 Brainstorm
1 Counterspell
1 Cryptic Command
1 Daze
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Forbid
1 Force of Will
1 Hinder
1 Intuition
1 Mana Drain
1 Mana Leak
1 Mental Misstep
1 Misdirection
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Relearn
1 Remand
1 Spell Crumble
1 Stifle
1 Stroke of Genius
1 Tolarian Winds
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Personal Tutor
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Serum Visions
1 Time Spiral
1 Timetwister
1 Windfall
Artifacts 15
1 Expedition Map
1 Extraplanar Lens
1 Grim Monolith
1 Knowledge Pool
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Pithing Needle
1 Powder Keg
1 Scroll Rack
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
1 Tormods Crypt
1 Vedalken Shackles
Enchantments 5
1 Control Magic
1 Counterbalance
1 Dream Halls
1 Future Sight
1 Mind over Matter
1 Jace Beleren
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
Lands 38
1 Academy Ruins
1 Cephalid Coliseum
1 Maze of Ith
1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
1 Riptide Laboratory
1 Seat of Synod
28 Snow-Covered Island
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolaria
This is the epitome of the "draw go" EDH play style. With no infinite combos and strong synergies, this deck has proven to provide a fun play experience while actually being quite competitive.
Almost every card in this deck has seen competitive play at one point or another. A lot these cards (Dream Halls, Mind Over Matter, Intuition) give this deck the edge it needs to control the board state until it gets a boardlock online (Teferi + Knowledge Pool or Mindslaver + Academy Ruins). I know some of you are saying, "How is this any better than infinite mana?" It's not. But most of the time (90%) Mindslaver fills that slot. And that is a little less ridiculous than Enter the Infinite + Omniscience. And even with either of the hard locks, it doesn't just say "I win".
Some of the strong synergies are:
Intuition, fetching:
Relearn + Snapcaster Mage + Any spell
Intuition, fetching:
Body Double + Any 2 creatures
Tezzeret the Seeker + Mana Vault/Grim Monolith/Mana Crypt
Snapcaster Mage + Riptide Laboratory
Teferi + Knowledge Pool
Mindslaver + Academy Ruins
Counterbalance + Sensei's Divining Top
There are probably a lot I'm missing.
Teferi is such a powerful commander to me. He's been a blast to play, and I hope everyone else starts to look at him as the next best thing. Dust him off, forget "going infinite" and lets enjoy this great game!
Thank you. To be honest, I didn't know there was more than one ban list. I'm still relatively new to EDH.
Ummm... how should I fix this post? Move it to Multiplayer?