Howdy everyone! I don't post decklists all to often but I feel like sharing this one with people to see where we can take it.
As you may know with the current roster of available Commanders, some color combinations are unavailable to us, such as Abzan or Bant. However we do have access to Jodah, Archmage Eternal as a five-color commander, meaning he can act as a placeholder for us. In this case I've built a Jeskai variant which fits better with Jodah because he's actually more easily castable. I'm not sure if this is Midrange or Control in terms of archetype, but the deck was basically born out of wanting to play Sram, Senior Edificier and Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain in the same deck, since there's a fair amount of overlap between the two. Unfortunately Felidar Guardian is still banned or it would be an amazing card for this deck.
Not sure if I'm a fan of Protean Raider. If I wanted a clone effect, I'd probably go for Vizier of Many Faces because it's not restricted to attacking and can be used twice.
I'm keen on keeping as much decent card draw as I can, but I might swap out Illumination with Secrets of the Golden City instead?
I do really like Vizer of Many Faces since it lets you, essentially, play your own HOD gods without slotting them in the deck.
Release to the Wind seems really, really bad and should probably be Settle the Wreckage. I also think Fumigate is your best available board wipe and should be considered. I think Urza's Ruinous Blast sounds good. "Kill your stuff, keep my legends", but I think you're really going to want your board wipe to kill your opponents commanders...
I'm not sure about Sram, Senior Edificer. I think there are only 6 cards in the deck that let you draw. You have to play 2 cards to get value (first card to replace himself as a card), so that only leaves 5 additional cards that you can get actual value off him.
The thing with Jodah, Archmage Eternal in standard/brawl is that there just isn't a lot of expensive spells outside of Dinosaurs. So his casting for WUBRG doesn't provide much to work around.
Honestly there's very little Jodah is doing here that couldn't be accomplished by moving to Azorius with Teferi or Azor in the command slot - you can always run Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage or Teferi, Timebender to keep your 'walker count up.
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As you may know with the current roster of available Commanders, some color combinations are unavailable to us, such as Abzan or Bant. However we do have access to Jodah, Archmage Eternal as a five-color commander, meaning he can act as a placeholder for us. In this case I've built a Jeskai variant which fits better with Jodah because he's actually more easily castable. I'm not sure if this is Midrange or Control in terms of archetype, but the deck was basically born out of wanting to play Sram, Senior Edificier and Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain in the same deck, since there's a fair amount of overlap between the two. Unfortunately Felidar Guardian is still banned or it would be an amazing card for this deck.
The main goal of the deck is to control the boardstate until you can drop a Blackblade Reforged and go to town on your opponents with your multitude of flyers like Azor, the Lawbringer and Zahid, Djinn of the Lamp.
What am I missing? I feel like I need a bit more interaction but I'm not sure what to get rid of. Any help is appreciated!
1x Jodah, Archmage Eternal
Artifact (7)
1x Azor's Gateway
1x Blackblade Reforged
1x Cultivator's Caravan
1x Manalith
1x Mox Amber
1x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
1x Treasure Map
Creature (9)
1x Azor, the Lawbringer
1x Cloudblazer
1x Glorybringer
1x Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
1x Kefnet the Mindful
1x Nimble Obstructionist
1x Sram, Senior Edificer
1x Walking Ballista
1x Zahid, Djinn of the Lamp
1x Cast Out
1x Lay Claim
1x Oath of Teferi
1x On Serra's Wings
1x Overwhelming Splendor
1x Search for Azcanta
Instant (7)
1x Disallow
1x Expel from Orazca
1x Glimmer of Genius
1x Hieroglyphic Illumination
1x Negate
1x Release to the Wind
1x Spell Swindle
Planeswalker (4)
1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
1x Dovin Baan
1x Karn, Scion of Urza
1x Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
1x Aether Hub
1x Clifftop Retreat
1x Field of Ruin
1x Glacial Fortress
1x Highland Lake
1x Inspiring Vantage
1x Irrigated Farmland
5x Island
1x Meandering River
3x Mountain
4x Plains
1x Spire of Industry
1x Spirebluff Canal
1x Stone Quarry
1x Sulfur Falls
Sorcery (2)
1x Karn's Temporal Sundering
1x Urza's Ruinous Blast
-1 Hieroglyphic Illumination
+1 Protean Raider
I'm keen on keeping as much decent card draw as I can, but I might swap out Illumination with Secrets of the Golden City instead?
Release to the Wind seems really, really bad and should probably be Settle the Wreckage. I also think Fumigate is your best available board wipe and should be considered. I think Urza's Ruinous Blast sounds good. "Kill your stuff, keep my legends", but I think you're really going to want your board wipe to kill your opponents commanders...
R Norin the Wary: I've Got a Bad Feeling About This
UG Thrasios & Kydele: Knowledge is Power
RG Borborygmos Enraged: The Breaking of the World
BG The Gitrog Monster: All Glory to the Hypnotoad
WUR Zedruu the Greathearted: Endless Possibilities, One Outcome
WBG Karador, Ghost Chieftain: What's Dead May Never Die
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The thing with Jodah, Archmage Eternal in standard/brawl is that there just isn't a lot of expensive spells outside of Dinosaurs. So his casting for WUBRG doesn't provide much to work around.
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Honestly there's very little Jodah is doing here that couldn't be accomplished by moving to Azorius with Teferi or Azor in the command slot - you can always run Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage or Teferi, Timebender to keep your 'walker count up.
RCRDaretti: Superfriends Forever RCR
WGBDoran: Ent-mootWBG
GGGMultani: Group Bear HugGGG
GB(B/G)The Gitrog Monster: Dredgefall DurdleGB(B/G)
RGWGahiji, the Honored Group Hug MonsterRGW
UB(U/B)Yuriko, Ninja Trinket AggroUB(U/B)
WUBRGAtogatog: Assembling a OHKOWUBRG