I finally got around to physically constructing this thematic idea after obtaining the family's hard-to-find celebrity. While the creature package is complete, I'm now trying to help make the deck function better.
Below is the original decklist I started with when collecting cards, although I found after sleeving that I didn't have a patriarch's biddings to add. I have an outdated video of the original list here (apologies in advance for my horrendous Appalachian accent, I'm currently sick and couldn't mask it very well).
The deck has been in storage for some time since I had pillaged the original "good" grixis lands out of it to rebuild sedris, the traitor king again. I've assembled a highly budget manabase to keep the deck playable.
Since the original decklist the following cards have also been removed, replaced, or relocated to other decks;
The deck is abysmally slow. As a thematic deck I don't really have any goal to race towards. Most of the draw effects here are designed to help dump excess into the graveyard for a possible patriarch's bidding/rise of the dark realms push. This deck plays out like a bad midrange aggro design, tossing out the Djinn to the red zone as fast as possible.
Functionality vs theme is the hardship this deck faces. I had originally considered adaptive automaton/brass herald/mutavault/mistform ultimus/changlings, but in the end these inclusions felt like breaking theme. I was about to put in a eldrazi monument, since I don't mind sac'ing some of my Djinn, but the creature production is too limited to rely on it. Coat of Arms is another idea, but I have yet to get more than 8 Djinn out, and in those games the board is usually equally flooded with the opponents creatures.
I know that this deck really needs some acceleration. I've been thinking about the diamond cycle (sky diamond/charcoal diamond/fire diamond), as a good flavor fit as these are average acceleration and the "gem/treasure" aspect of them might be thematic enough for a Djinn/genie to give.
Well, if you want to stay on theme, then the signets make pretty good acceleration, and in some myths, genies come from rings (signets can be a type of ring).
Below is the original decklist I started with when collecting cards, although I found after sleeving that I didn't have a patriarch's biddings to add. I have an outdated video of the original list here (apologies in advance for my horrendous Appalachian accent, I'm currently sick and couldn't mask it very well).
1x Gwendlyn Di Corci
Creature (36)
1x Aku Djinn
1x Benthic Djinn
1x Breezekeeper
1x Cloud Djinn
1x Djinn Illuminatus
1x Djinn of Infinite Deceits
1x Djinn of the Lamp
1x Djinn of Wishes
1x Drifting Djinn
1x Emberwilde Caliph
1x Emberwilde Djinn
1x Fledgling Djinn
1x Goham Djinn
1x Halam Djinn
1x Indentured Djinn
1x Juzám Djinn
1x Kookus
1x Lotus Path Djinn
1x Maelstrom Djinn
1x Mahamoti Djinn
1x Mijae Djinn
1x Mistfire Weaver
1x Monastery Loremaster
1x Old Man of the Sea
1x Riverwheel Aerialists
1x Sage-Eye Avengers
1x Serendib Djinn
1x Silumgar Butcher
1x Soulblade Djinn
1x Stormcloud Djinn
1x Stratus Dancer
1x Tidespout Tyrant
1x Vaporous Djinn
1x Waterspout Djinn
1x Whirlwind Adept
1x Zanam Djinn
1x Cunning Wish
1x Cyclonic Rift
1x Epiphany at the Drownyard
1x Fact or Fiction
1x Forbidden Alchemy
1x Fortune's Favor
1x Frantic Search
1x Steam Augury
1x Three Wishes
Sorcery (8)
1x Bribery
1x Burning Wish
1x Death Wish
1x Decree of Pain
1x Patriarch's Bidding
1x Recurring Insight
1x Rise of the Dark Realms
1x Rite of Replication
Artifact (8)
1x Akroma's Memorial
1x Bottle of Suleiman
1x Door of Destinies
1x Obelisk of Urd
1x Ring of Three Wishes
1x Sol Ring
1x Wayfarer's Bauble
1x Whip of Erebos
Land (38)
1x Bad River
1x City of Brass
1x Command Tower
1x Crosis's Catacombs
1x Crumbling Necropolis
1x Evolving Wilds
1x Grand Coliseum
1x Grixis Panorama
10x Island
1x Mana Confluence
1x Miren, the Moaning Well
4x Mountain
1x Myriad Landscape
1x Reflecting Pool
1x Rocky Tar Pit
1x Rupture Spire
6x Swamp
1x Tarnished Citadel
1x Temple of the False God
1x Terramorphic Expanse
1x Transguild Promenade
Per the 3x wish cards, the meta that I play this at allows me to use them as in-deck tutors. For example death wish is just a grim tutor that takes half of my life, while burning wish and cunning wish act as a variant merchant scroll.
The deck has been in storage for some time since I had pillaged the original "good" grixis lands out of it to rebuild sedris, the traitor king again. I've assembled a highly budget manabase to keep the deck playable.
Since the original decklist the following cards have also been removed, replaced, or relocated to other decks;
1x Evacuation
1x Grixis Charm
1x Ancestral Vision
1x Ojutai's Summons
1x Toxic Deluge
1x Phyrexian Arena
1x Skywise Teachings
1x Elixir of Immortality
1x Spectral Searchlight
And replaced with;
1x Forbidden Alchemy
1x Fortune's Favor
1x Frantic Search
1x Decree of Pain
1x Burning Wish
1x Cunning Wish
1x Death Wish
1x Ring of Three Wishes
1x Door of Destinies
The deck is abysmally slow. As a thematic deck I don't really have any goal to race towards. Most of the draw effects here are designed to help dump excess into the graveyard for a possible patriarch's bidding/rise of the dark realms push. This deck plays out like a bad midrange aggro design, tossing out the Djinn to the red zone as fast as possible.
Functionality vs theme is the hardship this deck faces. I had originally considered adaptive automaton/brass herald/mutavault/mistform ultimus/changlings, but in the end these inclusions felt like breaking theme. I was about to put in a eldrazi monument, since I don't mind sac'ing some of my Djinn, but the creature production is too limited to rely on it. Coat of Arms is another idea, but I have yet to get more than 8 Djinn out, and in those games the board is usually equally flooded with the opponents creatures.
I know that this deck really needs some acceleration. I've been thinking about the diamond cycle (sky diamond/charcoal diamond/fire diamond), as a good flavor fit as these are average acceleration and the "gem/treasure" aspect of them might be thematic enough for a Djinn/genie to give.
Links to my most current deck lists;
Primary EDH; Rakka Mar Token Perfection, Crosis Mnemonic Betrayal, Cromat Villainous, Judith Gravestorm, Rakdos Empty Storm, Exava Artifacts, Bant Trash, & Fumiko Voltron!
EDH kept at home; Ruzzian Isset & Rakdos LoR!
EDH (nostalgic/pimp/retired) in storage;
Latulla Burns, Akroma Smash, Jeska Voltron, Rakdos Storm, Bladewing Darghans, Lyzolda Worldgorger, Xantcha Steals your Heart, Jori Storm, Wydwen Permission, Gwendlyn Paradox, Jeleva Warps, & Sigarda Brick!
Legacy Showanimator and High Tide!
Credit to DolZero for this awesome sig!
Other than that: Congratulations for building the best tribal deck ever!