Master List of Decks

Because no one asked for it, here’s the Master List of all 102 decks that I currently have built.

Commander	Deck Name	Colors	Style	Tribal?	Era Built	# of Colors
Karn, Silver Golem	Karn’s Machine		Combo		2012.2	0
Ashling the Extinguisher	The Blackness	B	Aggro		2013.1	1
Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief	Team Edward	B	Tribal	Vampires	2010	1
Lim-dul, the Necromancer		B	Creatureless , Reanimator	Zombie	2012.3	1
Marrow-Gnawer	RATS!	B	Tribal , Aggro	Rats	2012.3	1
Mikeaus, the Unhallowed	The Shade	B	Combo		2012.1	1
Jedit Ojanen of Efrava	The Zoo	G	Tribal , Aggro	Animals	2012.3	1
Rhys the Redeemed	Rhys Tokens	G	Tokens		2011.2	1
Thrun, The Last Troll	The Thrunisher	G	Voltron, creaturless		2012.3	1
Ashling the Pilgrim	Ashling and the terrible twos	R	CMC=2		2012.2	1
Heartless Hidetsugu	Everyone Loses	R	Grief, Artifact		2011.2	1
Marton Stromgald		R	Aggro		2012.1	1
Squee, Goblin Nabob	Unstoppable Squee	R	Voltron		2013.1	1
Azami, Lady of Scrolls	Azami and Friends	U	Tribal , AllCreature	Wizards	2012.1	1
Blind Seer	Rainbow	U	Random		2012.3	1
Mistform Ultimus	Use your illusion	U	Tribal	Illusion	2012.3	1
Patron of the Moon	Moon Landing	U	Tribal , Combo, Landfall	Moonfolk	2012.1	1
Talrand, Sky Summoner	Make a Drake	U	Spell , Token		2012.2	1
Thada Adel, Acquisitor	Thieving Merfolk	U	Tribal , Theft	Merfolk	2010	1
Avacyn, Angel of Hope *	Purity	W	Tribal	Cleric	2012.2	1
Brigid, Hero of Kinsbaile	Kithkin Can’t Fight for $#!+	W	Tribal	Ktihkin	2012.1	1
Isamaru, Hound of Konda	IsamarUno	W	CMC=1		2012.3	1
Khemba, Kha Regent	Kitties	W	Tribal	Cats	2010	1
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord	GOLGARI swarm	B G	GuildWar		2012.3	2
Rhys the Exiled	Dark Elves and Spiders	B G	Tribal	Elves / Spider	2012.2	2
Sisters of Stone Death	SnakeLand	B G	Tribal , Landfall	Snakes	2011.3	2
Skullbriar, The Walking Grave	Dornenschadel plus one	B G	Aggro		2012.3	2
Olivia Voldaren	True Blood	B R	Tribal	Vampire	2011.3	2
Rakdos, Lord of Riots	Rakdos Run Riot	B R	Aggro		2012.3	2
Rakdos, Lord of Riots	cult of RAKDOS	B R	GuildWar		2012.3	2
Wort / Bladewing	DraGoblin	B R	Tribal	Goblin / Dragon	2012.1	2
Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts	Teysa, My One and Only	B W	Creatureless		2013.1	2
Edric, Spymaster of Trest	Edric Flash Gordon	G U	Control		2013.1	2
Experiment Kraj	Kraj Elves	G U	Combo Tribal Counters	Elves	2010	2
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary	SIMIC combine	G U	GuildWar		2013.1	2
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary	GraftLiferate	G U	Combo		2010	2
Jasmine Boreal	Knights and Fair Maiden	G W	Tribal	Knight	2011.2	2
Lady Caleria	Arrowed	G W	Tribal	Archer	2013.1	2
Trostani	SELESNYA conclave	G W	GuildWar		2012.3	2
Borborygmos	GRUUL Clans	R G	GuildWar		2013.1	2
Lady of the Mountain	Pauper Giants	R G	Pauper	Giant	2011.2	2
Thromok the Insatiable	Thromok eats on $35 a day	R G	Aggro , Budget		2012.3	2
Aurelia, the Warleader	BOROS legion	R W	GuildWar		2013.1	2
Aurelia, The War leader	AttackAttack	R W	Aggro combo		2013.1	2
Brion Stoutarm	Giant Fling	R W	Tribal, Fling	Giants	2012.1	2
Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer	Jor’s Army	R W	Aggro	Soldier	2011.1	2
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind	house DIMIR	U B	GuildWar		2013.1	2
Oona, Queen of the Fae	Oona Mill	U B	Grief , Mill		2010	2
Ramses Overdark	Assassinate	U B	Control	Assassin	2013.1	2
Vela, the Night Clad		U B	Combo		2012.3	2
Nin, The pain Artist	NinInchNails	U R	Burn		2012.3	2
Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius	IZZET leauge	U R	GuildWar		2012.3	2
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind	Niv Alone	U R	Creatureless		2010	2
Obzedat, Ghost Council	ORZHOV syndicate	W B	GuildWar		2013.1	2
Teysa, Orzhov Scion	Teysa Token Craziness	W B	Combo Tokens Reanimator		2010	2
Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter	Vishing for a good life	W B	Lifegain		2011.2	2
Bruna, Light of Alabaster	Enchantress	W U	Enchantress		2012.1	2
Isperia, Supreme Judge	AZORIUS senate	W U	GuildWar		2012.3	2
Isperia, Supreme Judge	BlueBop	W U	Aggro		2012.3	2
Kangee, Aerie Keeper	The Birds	W U	Token Control	Bird	2010	2
Rasputin Dreamweaver	Rasputina	W U	Blink		2012.3	2
Sygg, River Guide	Tappy Fish	W U	Tribal , control	Merfolk	2012.2	2
Doran, the Siege Tower	Big Dumb Treefolk	B G W	Tribal	Treefolk	2012.1	3
Ghave, Guru of Spores	Fungicide	B G W	Token , Combo		2011.3	3
Karador, Ghost Chieftain	3 is the Magic Number	B G W	Combo, CMC=3		2013.1	3
Kresh, The Bloodbraided		B R G	Aggro		2012.3	3
Sek’Kuar, Deathkeeper	Ice Age of Death	B R G	Block		2012.2	3
Xira Arien	Eldrazi	B R G	Tribal	Eldrazi	2010	3
Damia, Sage of Stone	Damia’s Faeries	G U B	Combo, Tribal	Faeries	2012.3	3
The Mimeoplasm	My-meoplasm	G U B	Reanimator		2011.2	3
Vorosh, the Hunter	Mind Evolve	G U B	Combo		2013.1	3
Angus Mackenzie	Angus Land	G W U	Landfall		2012.3	3
Rafiq of the Many		G W U	Voltron		2010	3
Johan	JohannaMana	R G W	Aggro		2012.3	3
Uril, The Mist Stalker		R G W	Voltron , Enchantress		2010	3
Gwafa / Norin	The Humanity	R W U	Tag-Team , Tribal	Human	2012.2	3
Ruhan of the Fomori	Ruhan Flip	R W U	Voltron , Chaos		2011.2	3
Gwendlyn di Corci		U B R	Discard		2013.1	3
Lord of Tresserhorn	The Boss	U B R	Tribal	Zombie	2012.1	3
Sol’kanar the Swamp King		U B R	Aggro		2013.1	3
Animar, Soul of Elements	AniMoprh	U R G	Aggro	Morphs	2103.1	3
Animar, Soul of Elements		U R G	Aggro , Combo	Slivers*	2011.2	3
Intet, the Dreamer	CrazyTop	U R G	Combo		2013.1	3
Riku of Two Reflections	Riku ukiR	U R G	Theft		2011.2	3
Oros, the Avenger	Oros hates Balthor	W B R	Grief		2012.1	3
Tariel, Reckoner of Souls	7 Samurai	W B R	Tribal	Samurai	2013.1	3
Chromium	Mecha-Godzilla	W U B	Voltron		2012.1	3
Sharuum, The Hegemon	regular sharuum	W U B	Combo		2010	3
Zur the Enchanter	Zur Just Wants to Love You	W U B	Group Hug		2013.1	3
Thraximundar / Skullbriar	Zombie Force	U B R G	Tag-Team	Zombie	2010	4
Kresh / Hazezon	TagTeamTokens	W B R G	Tag-Team , Token		2010	4
Zur / Sisay	Legendary	W U B G	Tag-Team , Combo	Legend	2011.3	4
Zedruu / Sygg	Alternate Universe	W U B R	Tag-Team , AltWin		2011.3	4
Razia / Jenara	Flight	W U R G	Tag-Team		2011.3	4
AtogAtog	AtogAtogAtogAtog	W U B R G	Tribal	atog	2013.1	5
Child of Alara	Maze, Run	W U B R G	AltWin		2013	5
Child of Alara	Bring Zubera Shrine	W U B R G	Miscellaneous	Bringer/Zubera	2011.3	5
Cromat	Random Stuff	W U B R G	Random Pulls		2012.2	5
Horde of Notions	Captain Planet	W U B R G	Tribal, Theme	elemental	2012.3	5
Karona, False God	KaronAllies	W U B R G	Tribal	Allies	2010	5
Progenitus	Stairway to Progenitus	W U B R G	Rainbow Stairwell		2012.2	5
Reaper King	ChangeLords	W U B R G	Tribal	Lords	2011.3	5

On Summer Vacation

–Becomes–>

One of the great benefits of working in a school is having summer break.*

Why am I telling you this?

I went to my local (in Maryland) game shop last night, only to find out that they had closed early, which cancelled the regularly scheduled EDH/Commander night. Next Wednesday I have an all-day field trip, so no EDH next week. Then I leave Maryland for the summer to go to Portland, OR, (maybe Honolulu, HI) and Duluth, MN.**

I have friends in MN who play, but I no longer have a regular game-time set up for EDH there, which means that it will be harder to get in quality games to keep momentum going on this project.***  I’m going to do my very best to get in a few game days, but I can’t promise regular game updates.

I will, however, still write some things here. Let’s be very honest, judging from the comments, the only person that reads this is my friend Ted, but I still feel like I should keep things going here. (If you do read this, please do leave a comment), so I’ll probably write some deck updates or deck features.  I wrote a lot of lists in a previous blogging life, so I may do that here as well.

In conclusion:  If you do read this blog, please don’t stop (add it to whatever aggregator you use now that Google are being d*cks and are closing down Reader), and if you know any Fun groups in Portland that would want to get a game in near the end of June, let me know.

* A well earned break: working in education is a high-stress/high-intensity/high-reward, and the vacation time is pretty inflexible.

** The summers in Maryland are inhumane and inhospitable. Heat+Humidity=Hell.  Maryland also lacks lakes, but Minnesota has myriad.

*** My very first EDH experiences were back in 2010, when my brother and I just decided to take up Magic again. We played one-on-one (not French) EDH for hours every morning and evening, to the chagrin

 

of our sister.  Unfortunately, my brother moved to the Twin Cities and isn’t around to play on a daily basis anymore.

Game #25: Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts

Game #25: Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
Date: 2013-05-22
Location: Family Game Store, Savage, MD
vs: Sapling of Colfenor; Karador (all creature); Damia (good stuff)
Result: Fun Loss*

VSI have a big land hand, and I draw a bunch of lands early on also. Sapling is ramping. Damia Fauna Shamans a Genesis to the graveyard, and Karador drops a Braids, Cabal Minion (we all lose lands, but Braids dies on Sapling’s turn).

Sapling plays a Reiver Demon that kills a Frost Titan that has been controlling the board, and keeping a very large Sapling tapped down.

I build up a wall of enchantments: Blood Reckoning, Mark of Asylum, Farsight Mask, Aurification. Which keeps everyone from attacking me, so I am mostly ignored.  I held off on casting Teysa because I mistook Karador’s pile of “not in the deck anymore” cards as the graveyard, and a Fleshbag Marauder was staring it me from it.   My only major aggressive play is to Revoke the Existence of a Sword of Feast and Famine.

Karador tries to do tricks with a Triskelion, but Sapling is even tricksier and gets it discarded and then Bojuka Bogs.  I cast Debt to the Deathless and go up to 82, and the other players start to pick away at my enchantments.  Lots of stealing, copying and reanimating coming from Damia.   I’ve played Teysa by this point and have been getting attacks in on Sapling and Damia.

Damia uses multiple clone effects on a stolen Massacre Wurm to kill off the other two players. I have no creatures besides Teysa, who goes to the Command Zone, so I lose no life, and then recast Teysa. Open the Vaults gets back most of my enchantments, and I look poised to hold on for victory as it is getting close to closing time at the store.

I repel some attacks, but Damia is able to establish a Mystic Snake lock. For sake of time I concede.  It was a good first run for this brand new deck. Though I didn’t draw into many of the fun cards, it worked the way I wanted it too.

About the Deck (http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/teysa-stands-alone/)

This decklist is still a work in progress, and it doesn’t quite match what is on TappedOut.  I had considered a mild discard theme, but decided against it.  The basic plan is Teysa Voltron.  There are a number of Token generating spells and artifacts, but Teysa is the sole creature in the deck.  Original Teysa is my favorite general, but I really think I’m going to like this one as well.

Game #24 : Heartless Hidetsugu

Game #24 : Heartless Hidetsugu
Date: 2013-05-22
Location: Family Game Store, Savage, MD
vs: Karador, Ghost Chieftain (all creature); Damia, Sage of Stone (good stuff)
Result: Medium fun Loss

VS.

After a mulligan, I started with a hand full  of land including an Urza’s Mine and a Ghitu Encampment, plus an Expedition Map and Swiftfoot Boots. Thinking possible Urzatron, I keep it. Karador plays an early Hermit Druid to load up his graveyard and also an Oracle of Muldaya.  Geth and a Mindslicer also join his side.  Damia copies the Oracle with a Phantasmal Image and Bojuka Bogs Karador. My boots die to a Sylvan Primordial.  I’m trying to figure a way to cast Heartless and use him on the same turn.  Karador and Damia continue to steal and kill each other’s stuff.  Rakka Mar is mostly useless on my side.

I get Gratuitous Violence in to play, which is mostly ignored. Damia plays a Living Death that puts a ton of stuff on everyone’s board but mine.  I Godo up a Lightning Greaves, but then Mindslicer is sac’ed and it causes me to discard the Glacial Chasm that I had mapped for.  At this point Karador has a 29/29 Lord of Extinction.  I draw 8 cards, none of which are good, off of Farsight Mask.

A fourth player has arrived, so I decide to end the game. I play Heartless, equip the Greaves and deal half-life-times-two damage to everyone. Unfortunately, Gratuitous Violence prevents me from getting Damia off of an Odd life total, so he wins.

Since this deck is all about doing tons of damage to everyone (and sometimes not me), it was pretty fun even though I didn’t win.

About the Deck ( tappedout coming soon)

The goal, of course, is to do massive damage to everyone at the table, and maybe prevent it to myself. Giving Heartless haste, lifelink, un-tapping ability, Glacial Chasm, etc aids in that goal. The secondary theme is ‘make stuff artifacts for fun and profit’. Mycosynth Lattice, Joven, Chandler and the new Dragon that steals and wins games are the alternate routes to victory.  I really like this deck, but it can be un-fun for a table since it smashes everyone so hard and equally.

Game #23: Numot the Devastator

Game # : Numot the Devastator (Gwafa Hazid, Profitteer/Norin the Wary)
Date: 2013-05-15
Location: Family Game Store, Savage, MD
vs: Savra, Queen of the Golgari (guild); Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Result: Fun, quick, Loss

 vs.

I had a lot of Blue and White mana-producers in a hand full of red cards.  Savra came out of the gate with a vengeance, getting Savra, Seal of Doom, Shambling Shell, Perilous Forays and regrowing a Doubling Season after I Mana-Tithe it.  Gisela built up with a Spikeshot Elder, Brion Stoutarm and a Furious Assault, as well as a Hound of Griselbrand.

I don’t look to be able to keep a creature on the board due to Savra having multiple recurrable creatures and sac-outlets for them.  I play a Mana-echoes (that never gets used) and a Hero of Oxid Ridge (that attempts to attack and is sacrificed).    Gisela is able to get Savra off the board, and the Hound gets Seal of Doomed.

Looking at my hand (Which is all enchantments that would work great if I had creatures (that I didnt’ have)), I play Airforce One (aka Numot) beause, hey, it’s a flying beater, and get a swing in on Savra for 6 general damage the following turn.

At this point the shopkeeper comes up to let us all know he has to close early and to please try to wrap up the games.  I, and Numot, survive to the next turn, and I draw the land to be able to cast a +9/+0 Enrage and General Damage out Savra.   Gisela is on the board and swings at me along with a little lifelink angel, putting my life down to 5 and then casting an X spell to kill me.

It was a quick one, but it was fun.

About the Deck (tapped out coming soon)

This is actually a Tag-Team Commander Deck featuring Gwafa Hazid, Profitteer/Norin the Wary.  Numot is a “just for the colors” substitute when not playing tag-team style; this is normally anathema to me, but I allow it in this deck.

The theme here is AMERICA!!!!  It’s a human tribal deck that uses a lot of the Innistrad block human-tribal cards.  Gwafa represents Blue America’s Beauracracy and White-Collar America’s greed, and Norin is a cowardly red-stater. (He’s also really good with human-based ETB effects)

Every land in the deck is a foreign printing. Numot is the big airforce that blows stuff up (even though I don’t usually intend to play him, and never intend to use his land-destruction capabilities).

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Game #22: Sisters of Stone Death

Game # 22 : Sisters of Stone Death
Date: 2013-05-15
Location: Family Game Store, Savage, MD
vs:Trostani, Selesnya’s Voice; Obzedat Ghost Council; Savra, Queen of the Golgari (guild)
Result: Neutral Win

 vs 

Having aborted the previous game (and engaged in conversation where Savra and I attempted to explain that the Azami deck was not “degenerate” it was just not fun to watch), we welcomed Obzedat (a new deck from a regular player) to the table and started again.

I started out with a pretty rad beginning, Mirri’s Guile and then Azusa, and I built up to eventually having Oracle of Muldaya, Phyrexian Arena and many lands on the table.  Obzedat come down early and started picking away at life totals, and Trostani had a Skull Clam get destroyed by Savra’s Vraska, which came down after a slow 1-land, Birds of Paradise and Elves of Deep Shadow beginning.

I was establishing a pretty strong board position, and Obzedat and Trostani were gaining a lot of life. Savra had established some sac-outlets, including Varolz, the Scar-striped.  I used Sisters to wipe Savra’s board and steal an Ogre Slumlord and Trostni Responded by casting Phyrexian Rebirth.  This wiped the board of my Oracle and Azusa, as well as my Creakwood Liege, but left me several rat tokens to keep the Gaea’s Cradle that I grabbed with Realms Uncharted  (that put an Urborg and Petrified Field in the ‘yard), and I felt like I was pretty set.

Obzedat just kept picking away at life totals via the General and a Buyback life-drain spell.  I top-decked a Crucible of Worlds, got back Urborg, which, along with a Cradle and a Cabal Coffers, meant I had tons of mana.  I had a lot of snake tokens from an Orochi Hatchery, but no Snake Lords to pump them up, so attacking or doing damage was a struggle. The Nu-Ravnican generals were both quite high in life.

I Beseeched the Queen for Ob-Nixilis, the Fallen, and then used my remaining rat tokens for Perilous Forays, emptying my deck of basic land, and taking a chunk of life from the two high-life-total players.  Savra was having trouble rebuilding.  All the while I’m being pounded down in life from the Phyrexian Altar and big Trostani Tokens, dropping down to about 8 by the end.    Sisters cleared the way for a 30+/30+ Ob-Nixilis and a 20+/20+ Geist Honored Monk (stolen from Trostani) to pound out Obzedat.

Trostani played a Phyrexian Altar, dropped his life down to 1 (from the 40s), hoping to make a token and populate it and gain a ton of life. Savra used Jarad to sacrifice a 3/3 and end Trostani’s last-ditch effort.  Without enough mana to activate Jarad again, I untap and am able to swing for the win.

It was a long game, and there were a lot of challenges. I had a pretty solid and unchallenged board position throughout, but dealing with that many lands/that much mana is really too much record keeping and card management, so I ended up struggling a bit to enjoy the victory.

About the Deck (http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/snakeland/)

This deck started out with the intention to be two decks: one a mono-green snake tribal deck, and the other a BG Landfall deck.  Eventually they merged into a single deck, since the Kamigawa snakes play well with lands, and Sisters of the Stone Death are really fun if you have enough mana to make them matter.  Also Gorgons have snakes for hair, so all of the Orochi can be “Hair”.  And Lotus Cobra is a thing.

It’s not strictly tribal, as it contains land-friendly human wizards and elvish shaman, some worm tokens, and a pretty angry demon, but it still plays a lot of snakes just because they’re snakes.  This was the only deck that I own that was significantly affected by the Banning of Primeval Titan (which was replaced by Boundless Realms).

There are a lot of cool new lands that I could consider adding, but I find this kind of ramp deck gets tedious to play and mana-manage, so, while I like the deck and the commander, I don’t play it all that often.

Game #22a: Sisters of Stone Death (aborted)

Game # 22a : Sisters of Stone Death
Date: 2013-05-15
Location: Family Game Store, Savage, MD
vs:Azami, Lady of Scrolls; Savra, Queen of the Golgari (guild)
Result: Abort/Redo

Azami had a fully leveled Lighthouse Chronologist by turn 4.  Savra and I both checked out of the game, eventually just scooping to a board that included Deadeye Navigator, Ertai, Wizard Adept, and a whole bunch of other stuff before we’d even played our 6th turns. Another fun player had shown up, and we wanted to start a new game.

Since I had chosen this deck because Savra’s player had never seen me play it, and had asked about it, and since it was a non-game, I declared this game to not-count towards the actual project, and moved on to the real Game#22