MTG Salvation

Yannett is the card from Commander 2018 I am most excited for. Lots of interesting interactions and that's great but the real reason is-

EMRAKUL!!!!!
Time to cheat in some overpowered crap and nuke lands


















































































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Isochron Scepter with Mystical tutor search for Nexus of fate to take infinite turns

Looking for ideas on cuts and potential adds. Looking forward to lots of future abuse...and Emrakul

This is almost the exact same pile of cards I was brewing. Excellent decklist, as per usual.

One card that I think could be useful so that you can recur either Time Walks or tutors to continually take advantage of Yennett's trigger.

Blightsteel Colossus seems like another great choice to make people die quickly. Although I wholeheartedly agree with its banning, too bad the old Emrakul, the Aeons Torn is banned. Yennett would be absolutely broken with the old Emrakul. EDIT: The Colossus has 12 CMC. Duh.

EDIT: You seem to have an unhealthy obsession with destroying people's lands. May I suggest counseling or the MLD Anonymous Group? 3/4 of the decks you have in your sig have LD cards.

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One card that I think could be useful so that you can recur either Time Walks or tutors to continually take advantage of Yennett's trigger.

Which card is that? I would love something for infinite turns

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EDIT: You seem to have an unhealthy obsession with destroying people's lands. May I suggest counseling or the MLD Anonymous Group? 3/4 of the decks you have in your sig have LD cards.

I agree, I should add LD to my 4th deck as well.

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One card that I think could be useful so that you can recur either Time Walks or tutors to continually take advantage of Yennett's trigger.

Which card is that? I would love something for infinite turns

The new Salvager of Secrets has an odd CMC and recurs instants and sorceries to hand. I haven't found a way to loop it yet so that you can take infinite turns, but I'm confident there's something that will allow you to put an instant or sorcery from your 'yard on top of your library. Probably an old card most likely. I initially put it in my list to take advantage of the top of deck tutors repeatedly.

I think there's something with Volrath's stronghold and maybe a sac outlet but am uncertain.

So with Nexus of fate you can take an extra turn
Use something like Demonic Consultation or Tainted pact to exile your library and cast Nexus (By putting it back or just casting it) and then you have infinite turns.

This works but is very sloppy and I feel like there are better options.







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Isochron secpter with Mystical tutor finds Nexus of fate every turn.

Awesome. That's a nice clean infinite win condition with pieces that are really good by themselves.

EDIT: The Emeria Shepherd is a pretty cool way to recur any pieces that get countered. Good look.

What about Phage the Untouchable for extra-super-janky awesome saltiness? Haha.

As much as I love Phage she kills me on the spot since I don't cast her from hand.

Still trying to find a way to make Phage viable and today is not that day.
Just need to find a cut for Scepter and then the building starts

Gah. I should RTFC more often. Knowledge Exploitation might be useful to keep grabbing top of deck tutors from other people's decks. Other than that, I think you've got all the best cards at odd CMC's for Esper colors.

Perhaps one of the MLD effects can go for Scepter?

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Perhaps one of the MLD effects can go for Scepter?

No way.

Likely cutting down a few extra turn spells. Thinking nexus, expropriate, and time warp are a good start. 6 is likely too much but not sure.

The Time spells make sense for cuts. I was mostly curious as to your reaction about cutting an MLD effect, haha. 5 is probably the ideal number of Walks. My Edric plays 5-7 depending on what I'm testing.

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The Time spells make sense for cuts. I was mostly curious as to your reaction about cutting an MLD effect, haha. 5 is probably the ideal number of Walks. My Edric plays 5-7 depending on what I'm testing.

Fair enough. I cut Capture for now (Only cause I don't own one). Likely to be added if I like the deck and want to keep going

Love this. Have you tested it out yet?

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Love this. Have you tested it out yet?

Yeah I've played it for two weeks.
Found that Exproprate often wins the game, along with Ulamog if done early.

Scepter also wins the game if you have seal, vamp, or mystical since losing two life a turn isn't a big deal with I can karn away my cards and restart the game.

If you did own Capture (I do, so that's why I ask) what would you cut? Looking to build this deck with your list as a starting point. I was building Jodah with a similar approach of cheating in fatties, but Yennett just seems way more fun.

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If you did own Capture (I do, so that's why I ask) what would you cut? Looking to build this deck with your list as a starting point. I was building Jodah with a similar approach of cheating in fatties, but Yennett just seems way more fun.

Right now I'm not super impressed with Emeria Shepard (There have been moments when she's insane but inconsistent)

Reanimate has been eh, probably will be cut for something like Siren Stormtamer.
I think I could also reduce the amount of lands by one for another time walk spell.