The printing of Thassa prompted me to finally build a Commander deck. I'd always wanted one, but I could never figure out where to start. Being restricted to one color wasn't so much of a drawback, as it actually has made deck construction dicisions easier. And I figure over time, I can assemble more complicated or color-intensive ones later.
This is the list as I'm currently running it in my local circle.
Will add reasons for card choices a little bit later. For now... any suggestions? Budget-friendly, though. I may have spendy stuff in here, but outside of Thassa, I traded for everything.
Lastly, Nimbus Naiad -> Thassa. For flavor, irony, and killing in 3 hits instead of 5. (Yes, it will probably SoLaS at some point.)
If you care about flavor, try Thassa's Emissary. Fits right into what you are trying to do too.
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Gauntlet of Power[/CARD], Caged Sun, Extraplanar Lens are always good in mono color decks.
Sol Ring is a must and Solemn Simulacrum is a card that every deck should consider.
Druidic Satchel is a really fun card that works well with Thassa.
Thass'a scry and draw power makes Long Term Plan almost a Vampiric Tutor, an effect that mono blue lacks.
I've built a version that runs 0 instants and sorceries, and only a small handful of artifacts (Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, Gauntlet of Power, Caged Sun, Eldrazi Monument, Akroma's Memorial). This way roughly 60% of the deck provides devotion to blue, which gives me pretty good odds of turning Thassa on with any three cards.
Master of Waves is a must-have here. I know he's a little pricy, but he's way worth it.
Some other random suggestions: Treachery is strictly better than Mind Control and does stupid things with Nykthos out. Again, a little expensive. Control Magic works as an alternate strictly better Mind Control. Coastal Piracy is another Bident of Thassa Mystic Remora and Rhystic Study are great card drawing enchantments Opposition + Master of Waves is by far my favorite thing to do in Magic. Homarid Spawning Bed provides another way to shoot out tokens for Opposition Sunken City is mostly just cute, but pumps your tokens while giving you two devotion to blue. Dance of Many is a Clone effect that can give you double duty devotion (both it and the token which will have the mana cost of the thing it is cloning)
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This is the list as I'm currently running it in my local circle.
1 Thassa, God of the Sea
Planeswalkers (2)
1 Jace Beleren
1 Jace, Architect of Thought
Creatures (27)
1 Arcanis the Omnipotent
1 Artisan of Kozilek
1 Augury Owl
1 Deadeye Navigator
1 Diluvian Primordial
1 Dungeon Geists
1 Enclave Cryptologist
1 Fog Bank
1 Frost Titan
1 Grand Architect
1 Mnemonic Wall
1 Mulldrifter
1 Nimbus Naiad
1 Phyrexian Ingester
1 Prognostic Sphinx
1 Shipbreaker Kraken
1 Silver Myr
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Sphinx of Uthuun
1 Thieving Magpie
1 Tidebinder Mage
1 Trinket Mage
1 Vedalken Mastermind
1 Void Stalker
1 Wall of Frost
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Armillary Sphere
1 Coldsteel Heart
1 Elixir of Immortality
1 Expedition Map
1 Everflowing Chalice
1 Mimic Vat
1 Mycosynth Wellspring
1 Pristine Talisman
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
1 Worn Powerstone
Enchantments (6)
1 Bident of Thassa
1 Halcyon Glaze
1 Mind Control
1 Rhystic Study
1 Seal of Removal
1 Volition Reins
Instants (10)
1 AEtherize
1 Brainstorm
1 Capsize
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Impulse
1 Into the Roil
1 Opportunity
1 Rapid Hybridization
1 Ray of Command
1 Repulse
1 Argivian Restoration
1 Curse of the Swine
1 Fabricate
1 Mind Spring
1 Preordain
1 Sleep
Non-Basic Land (7)
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Seat of the Synod
1 Thespian's Stage
1 Temple of the False God
1 Terramorphic Expanse
Basic Land (29)
29 Island
Will add reasons for card choices a little bit later. For now... any suggestions? Budget-friendly, though. I may have spendy stuff in here, but outside of Thassa, I traded for everything.
Lastly, Nimbus Naiad -> Thassa. For flavor, irony, and killing in 3 hits instead of 5. (Yes, it will probably SoLaS at some point.)
Cards on the way I need to slot into the deck:
1 Legacy's Allure
1 Conundrum Sphinx
1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Spin Into Myth
1 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
1 Faerie Conclave
1 Opal Palace
1 Tolaria West
[CARD]
Gauntlet of Power[/CARD], Caged Sun, Extraplanar Lens are always good in mono color decks.
Sol Ring is a must and Solemn Simulacrum is a card that every deck should consider.
Druidic Satchel is a really fun card that works well with Thassa.
Thass'a scry and draw power makes Long Term Plan almost a Vampiric Tutor, an effect that mono blue lacks.
I've built a version that runs 0 instants and sorceries, and only a small handful of artifacts (Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, Gauntlet of Power, Caged Sun, Eldrazi Monument, Akroma's Memorial). This way roughly 60% of the deck provides devotion to blue, which gives me pretty good odds of turning Thassa on with any three cards.
Master of Waves is a must-have here. I know he's a little pricy, but he's way worth it.
Some other random suggestions:
Treachery is strictly better than Mind Control and does stupid things with Nykthos out. Again, a little expensive. Control Magic works as an alternate strictly better Mind Control.
Coastal Piracy is another Bident of Thassa
Mystic Remora and Rhystic Study are great card drawing enchantments
Opposition + Master of Waves is by far my favorite thing to do in Magic.
Homarid Spawning Bed provides another way to shoot out tokens for Opposition
Sunken City is mostly just cute, but pumps your tokens while giving you two devotion to blue.
Dance of Many is a Clone effect that can give you double duty devotion (both it and the token which will have the mana cost of the thing it is cloning)
Currently Playing:
Legacy: Something U/W Controlish
EDH Cube
Hypercube! A New EDH Deck Every Week(ish)!
1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
1x Archetype of Imagination
1x Argent Sphinx
1x Chasm Skulker
1x Conundrum Sphinx
1x Drift of Phantasms
1x Dungeon Geists
1x Ethereal Usher
1x Graceful Adept
1x Kederekt Leviathan
1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
1x Lu Xun, Scholar General
1x Master of Predicaments
1x Psychosis Crawler
1x Shapesharer
1x Soramaro, First to Dream
1x Sphinx of Magosi
1x Sturmgeist
1x Thassa's Emissary
1x Thieving Magpie
1x Thought Devourer
1x Trinket Mage
1x Confiscate
1x Corrupted Conscience
1x Future Sight
1x Mind Unbound
1x Propaganda
1x Rhystic Study
1x Volition Reins
1x Crucible of Worlds
1x Expedition Map
1x Grafdigger's Cage
1x Journeyer's Kite
1x Library of Leng
1x Pithing Needle
1x Prowler's Helm
1x Quietus Spike
1x Spellbook
1x Trailblazer's Boots
1x Venser's Journal
1x Whispersilk Cloak
1x Bone to Ash
1x Cancel
1x Counterspell
1x Cyclonic Rift
1x Dismiss
1x Dizzy Spell
1x Exclude
1x Muddle the Mixture
1x Negate
1x Overwhelming Intellect
1x Scatter Arc
1x Sunder
1x Curse of the Swine
1x Devastation Tide
1x Fabricate
1x Inundate
1x Stolen Identity
1x Wash Out
1x Whelming Wave
1x Academy Ruins
1x Cavern of Souls
1x Faerie Conclave
1x Ghost Quarter
1x Halimar Depths
23x Island
1x Lonely Sandbar
1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
1x Reliquary Tower
1x Remote Isle
1x Seat of the Synod
1x Strip Mine
1x Tectonic Edge
1x Tolaria West
I started with 40 land, and here I am at 37. I won't know how much I actually need until I play it a lot. Other cards I might consider include true-name nemesis (duh), Brine Elemental, Ark of Blight, wasteland and clever impersonator. slithermuse might go well in some lists.