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Commander 2020 Set Review - Symbiotic Swarm

Too-Specific Top 10 - Going in Cycles

<h6 style="text-align: right;">(<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Eutropia the Twice-Favored" href="#" target="_blank">Eutropia the Twice-Favored</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://www.artstation.com/sarawintersart">Sara Winters</a>)</h6>
<h1>So Nice, She's Favored Twice!</h1>
<p>Hello, again, Commander faithful! I must get this out of the way early: it is GOOD to be back to writing about some of the coolest commanders in the format, those unique silver-rarity-stamped cards that we call <i>Uncommonders</i>!</p>
<p>That’s right, the series inspired by the twenty uncommon legendary creatures printed all the way back in <i>Dominaria</i> is back, with a vengeance, thanks to <i>Replacement Commanders</i> coming to an end for the <em>Commander 2019</em> product. I should mention, however, that we may only get a few <em>Uncommonders</em> articles out as there is another Commander product coming out in parallel with <i>Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths</i>, but it seems that <i>Wizards of the Coast</i> has enjoyed releasing new uncommon commander-capable cards in sets more regularly, so the series will go on! Having said that, <i>Wizards</i> gave us plenty to work with since we put <i>Uncommonders</i> on hiatus, with fourteen new <i>Uncommonders</i> in the past couple of sets!</p>
<p><i>Throne of Eldraine</i> gave us the five mono-colored Knights and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Grumgully, the Generous" href="#" target="_blank">Grumgully, the Generous</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, while <i>Theros Beyond Death</i> featured the five mono-colored Demigods with three other <i>Uncommonders</i> tossed in. With so many new possibilities, I had no idea which one to start with, so I asked you, the readers, via my Twitter account. I got almost thirty responses in a single day, and while it was a close running, the one card that was requested the most is our star (no pun intended) today…</p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Eutropia the Twice-Favored</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Eutropia the Twice-Favored"></div></div></p>
<p>I love Eutropia! I’ve come to terms with the fact that Enchantress decks fall within my wheelhouse, despite normally being my wife’s thing. Eutropia fits the bill in every way, combining a plethora of benefits into a single package. Obviously, she cares about enchantments due to her <i>Constellation</i> trigger, which is already well-supported by green. She hands out +1/+1 counters, which falls within the Simic identity, as precedented with commanders like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca" href="#" target="_blank">Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ezuri, Claw of Progress" href="#" target="_blank">Ezuri, Claw of Progress</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, the duo of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Pir, Imaginative Rascal" href="#" target="_blank">Pir, Imaginative Rascal</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Toothy, Imaginary Friend" href="#" target="_blank">Toothy, Imaginary Friend</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and many others. Finally, she even grants evasion in the form of flying, something that has worked well in blue decks in the past to get that crucial game-ending damage onto our opponents!</p>
<p>Since we’re mentioning her color identity, Eutropia does all these different things while getting the benefit from green's ramp potential and semi-decent suite of removal and the card advantage and control characteristics of blue.</p>
<p>Thinking about everything, I struggled to nail down what I wanted to do with an Eutropia deck outside of “have Enchantresses, cast enchantments, hit people hard in the air” until I realized that two of the deadliest enchantments could fit into this deck. Of course, I’m referencing <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Eldrazi Conscription" href="#" target="_blank">Eldrazi Conscription</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Corrupted Conscience" href="#" target="_blank">Corrupted Conscience</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>! With bringing together two of the most hated mechanics, <i>Annihilator</i> and <i>Infect</i>, call me Dr. Frankenstein because we are going to…</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Build a Better Monster</h3>
<p style="text-align: center;"><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Eldrazi Conscription"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Destiny Spinner"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Corrupted Conscience"></div></div></p>
<p>I’m sure that some people are groaning and/or rolling their eyes at seeing both <i>Infect</i> and <i>Annihilator</i> in the same deck, but, in my defense, losing out on white in the color identity means that there are fewer tutors for enchantments. This makes the deck feel “fairer”, though I do acknowledge that the amount of draw power in a deck like this will make it feel like we can basically tutor anything up by drawing into it. For the most part, I don’t think we need to cover our methods of obtaining card advantage since you’ll see all the normal Enchantress effects in the list below. I do want to highlight some of the cards that I feel are more important supportive cards for this deck since both of our key enchantments are going to be high-value targets. This is one of the major reasons I have <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Destiny Spinner" href="#" target="_blank">Destiny Spinner</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> featured, above, as it protects us against control players who may be looking to counter our more important enchantments.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, without white, we miss out on some of the more prominent cards that help protect our enchantments, specifically, so the next best thing is to have ways to get them back when they are removed. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Eternal Witness" href="#" target="_blank">Eternal Witness</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Regrowth" href="#" target="_blank">Regrowth</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> are good single-target recursion effects, while <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Creeping Renaissance" href="#" target="_blank">Creeping Renaissance</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> will bring back all of our favorite permanent type.</p>
<p>When it comes to wrath effects, decks that like Auras struggle after losing them when the creatures die. Luckily, blue has effects that bounce both creatures and the permanents attached to them! <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Flood of Tears" href="#" target="_blank">Flood of Tears</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Displacement Wave" href="#" target="_blank">Displacement Wave</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Devastation Tide" href="#" target="_blank">Devastation Tide</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> are all the kinds of wraths we’re looking for, letting us replay our Auras over and over again!</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Monsters From the Stars</h3>
<p style="text-align: center;"><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Arasta of the Endless Web"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Nylea’s Colossus"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Archetype of Imagination"></div></div></p>
<p>When it comes to Enchantress decks, something I’ve become fond of doing during deck construction since the original <i>Theros</i> block is trying to include as many sensible enchantment creatures as I can. We get the benefits of our creatures now triggering our Enchantress effects: any protection that we play that protects enchantments will also protect our creatures, and nowadays there are some very powerful creatures printed with the starry border. The inclusion of two of the cards shown above should be obvious, but I do want to touch on the inclusion of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Arasta of the Endless Web" href="#" target="_blank">Arasta of the Endless Web</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. For one, I <b>love</b> Arasta and think she's a fantastic new card. She brings tons of incidental value to the board, even if she only spits out a couple of Spider tokens.</p>
<p>There are many other great cards to talk about, though. The new <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thassa, Deep-Dwelling" href="#" target="_blank">Thassa, Deep-Dwelling</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can target other enchantment creatures to trigger our <i>Constellation</i> effects, while <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Riptide Chimera" href="#" target="_blank">Riptide Chimera</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can continually bounce enchantments back to our hand to be replayed and get those same triggers back on the stack. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Courser of Kruphix" href="#" target="_blank">Courser of Kruphix</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> creates incremental ramp and life gain, while <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Renata, Called to the Hunt" href="#" target="_blank">Renata, Called to the Hunt</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> helps Eutropia’s counter game snowball even faster. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Nylea’s Forerunner" href="#" target="_blank">Nylea’s Forerunner</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Nylea, God of the Hunt" href="#" target="_blank">Nylea, God of the Hunt</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> both grant our field trample, which will be important when we want to get damage through to land those 10 poison counters.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Remember: Broaden Your Vision and Don’t Tunnel!</h3>
<p style="text-align: center;"><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Krosan Grip"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Great Henge"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Cultivate"></div></div></p>
<p>I’m going to preface this part of the article with a slight disclaimer/warning: this is going to seem a little weird.</p>
<p>I've noticed something while looking at the EDHREC page for Eutropia, and it made me think of something that I commonly see people doing when building a deck like this. I’ve even been guilty of it myself, and it’s called tunnel vision: looking at the numbers for the cards displayed above, and even for things like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sol Ring" href="#" target="_blank">Sol Ring</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and comparing them to cards like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Seal of Primordium" href="#" target="_blank">Seal of Primordium</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Wild Growth" href="#" target="_blank">Wild Growth</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bred for the Hunt" href="#" target="_blank">Bred for the Hunt</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, it seems strange to see what cards are more popularly included over some well-known, tried-and-true staples. Don’t get me wrong, unique card choices are not automatically worse than staples, and I’ll never hold it against anyone for not jamming every staple card into their deck. But I have personally focused so hard on building around “the thing” that I have forgotten that not everything has to tie directly into “the thing” with my card selections.</p>
<p>For instance, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Reality Shift" href="#" target="_blank">Reality Shift</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is only in 12% of Eutropia decks at the time of writing this article. It’s a great removal spell in decks that aren’t running the best color for removal (white), but people seem to be running so many variations of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Imprisoned in the Moon" href="#" target="_blank">Imprisoned in the Moon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, which appears in 35% of decks. Nearly three times as many! Again, finding unique ways to get <i>Constellation</i> triggers is just fine, but hopefully we aren’t doing it at the cost of efficiency in our deck. (Of course, if your deck is a thematic/flavorful build, ignore this section completely and enjoy your referencing-making throughout the game!)</p>
<p>Having said all of that, I do mix in my fair share of support cards that I feel do the best job, and the list pops out looking something like this:</p>
<p><div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Eutropia, Monster Maker" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards=""></span></div><br />
[Commander]<br />
*1 Eutropia the Twice-Favored<br />
[/Commander]<br />
[Creature]<br />
*1 Arasta of the Endless Web<br />
*1 Archetype of Imagination<br />
*1 Argothian Enchantress<br />
*1 Blighted Agent<br />
*1 Courser of Kruphix<br />
*1 Destiny Spinner<br />
*1 Eidolon of Blossoms<br />
*1 Eternal Witness<br />
*1 Evolution Sage<br />
*1 Fathom Mage<br />
*1 Fertilid<br />
*1 Master Biomancer<br />
*1 Nylea, God of the Hunt<br />
*1 Nylea's Colossus<br />
*1 Nylea's Forerunner<br />
*1 Renata, Called to the Hunt<br />
*1 Riptide Chimera<br />
*1 Setessan Champion<br />
*1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling<br />
*1 Verduran Enchantress<br />
*1 Whitewater Naiads<br />
[/Creature]<br />
[enchantment]<br />
*1 Ancestral Mask<br />
*1 Aqueous Form<br />
*1 Bred for the Hunt<br />
*1 Corrupted Conscience<br />
*1 Eldrazi Conscription<br />
*1 Enchantress's Presence<br />
*1 Estrid's Invocation<br />
*1 Kenrith's Transformation<br />
*1 Omen of the Hunt<br />
*1 Rancor<br />
*1 Rhystic Study<br />
*1 Shimmering Wings<br />
*1 Snake Umbra<br />
*1 Wild Growth<br />
[/enchantment]<br />
[Artifact]<br />
*1 Bident of Thassa<br />
*1 Simic Signet<br />
*1 Sol Ring<br />
*1 Swiftfoot Boots<br />
*1 The Great Henge<br />
[/Artifact]<br />
[Instant]<br />
*1 Arcane Denial<br />
*1 Beast Within<br />
*1 Counterspell<br />
*1 Cyclonic Rift<br />
*1 Growth Spiral<br />
*1 Heroic Intervention<br />
*1 Inspiring Call<br />
*1 Krosan Grip<br />
*1 Pongify<br />
*1 Rapid Hybridization<br />
*1 Reality Shift<br />
*1 Swan Song<br />
[/Instant]<br />
[Sorcery]<br />
*1 Creeping Renaissance<br />
*1 Cultivate<br />
*1 Devastation Tide<br />
*1 Displacement Wave<br />
*1 Farseek<br />
*1 Flood of Tears<br />
*1 Kodama's Reach<br />
*1 Rampant Growth<br />
*1 Regrowth<br />
[/Sorcery]<br />
[Land]<br />
*1 Alchemist's Refuge<br />
*1 Breeding Pool<br />
*1 Command Tower<br />
*1 Evolving Wilds<br />
*11 Forest<br />
*10 Island<br />
*1 Karn's Bastion<br />
*1 Lonely Sandbar<br />
*1 Misty Rainforest<br />
*1 Novijen, Heart of Progress<br />
*1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx<br />
*1 Opal Palace<br />
*1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood<br />
*1 Reliquary Tower<br />
*1 Rogue's Passage<br />
*1 Simic Growth Chamber<br />
*1 Strip Mine<br />
*1 Terramorphic Expanse<br />
*1 Tranquil Thicket<br />
[/Land]<br />
[/Deck]<br />
</p>
<p>Quick disclaimer: I know that someone taking a quick glance at the numbers for each section is going to make them say, “Wait, why are there only 15 enchantments in this enchantment-based deck?!” but a closer look will show that 12 of the creatures are also enchantments! This means that over a quarter of the deck is enchantments, which I still think is a touch low for this kind of deck, but definitely better than only 15!</p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Welcome Back, Uncommonders!</h2>
<p>Let me tell all of you fantastic readers: this one was hard to write. Not because of the <i>Uncommonder</i>, or even because I had been writing <i>Replacement Commanders</i> for so long. Truth be told, things got a little crazy in “The Real World”™, the week I was writing this. Everything going on with the world, kids getting sick, me getting sick, work stuff… But we pulled through! And we made it! However, it did make me think about some things, so I wanted to take this time to just truly say thank you to everyone who continues to read these articles, reply in the comments and motivate myself and the other writers here on EDHREC to keep doing what we’re doing. I hope everyone out there is staying clean and safe and that we see the light at the end of this tunnel soon. I’m looking forward to a few more <i>Uncommonder</i> articles before jumping right back into 2020’s early <i>Commander</i> product, but until then…</p>
<p>Thanks for reading!</p>


Uncommonders - Double the Favoring, Double the Fun!

Ultra Budget Brews - Talrand, Sky Summoner

<h6 style="text-align: right;">(<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rankle, Master of Pranks" href="#" target="_blank">Rankle, Master of Pranks</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | <a href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&amp;artist=[%22Dmitry%20Burmak%22]">Dmitry Burmak</a>)</h6>
<h1>Biding Your Time with Schemes</h1>
<p>Hi everyone, Kya here once again to showcase beautiful ways to add more to our EDH hobby by focusing on the people who play. Today I'm calling on the help of my wonderful and diabolical readers in ways to exact revenge on a particular friend. We have a mischievous prankster in our play group who loves to mess with me. It ranges from putting hot sauce in my coffee to providing me various joke decks play when looking for something new to do in our pod! You've <a href="https://articles.edhrec.com/spreading-the-love-magicfest-vegas/">read</a> about George before in previous articles, giving sage deck building advice to me when I first started playing EDH. Well now it's my turn to find a prank worthy of getting back at him. Without focusing on the negative, I've been stuck at home and will continue to be at home due to the virus plaguing the world at the moment. This gives me time to create a monstrous deck worthy of torturing George with when we're able to see one another again!</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Rankle, Master of Pranks"></div></div>
<p>Instead of using this article as a chance to come up with my own idea, I want to see what our readers come up with the comments below. It's not any fun if I just keep doing the same thing over and over after all! Together we can create something truly horrid that even the most seasoned players wouldn't dare touch if given the chance. So we're going to use today's article to go over one of his prank decks, so you get an idea of the mind we're working with here. This article will be short and to the point, as I'm sure most will be more excited for the comment section more then anything else. Now let's look at his "masterpiece" so we can find a way to top it!</p>
<hr />
<h2>Deception at its Finest!</h2>
<p>So one thing George is famous around here for is creating decks with very misleading commanders. You could be handed a deck at any moment with a very aggro type of commander such as <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ruhan of the Fomori" href="#" target="_blank">Ruhan of the Fomori</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and find an entire deck specializing in countering and combos, for example. Or you could find yourself playing a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Kaalia of the Vast" href="#" target="_blank">Kaalia of the Vast</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> deck without any Dragons, Demons or Angels in it! However George really out did himself with his latest creation:</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Morophon, the Boundless"></div></div>
<p>What can be so scary about Morophon you ask? Well imagine getting what you assume is a five-color deck and drawing your first seven cards. You get a bunch of Sliver creatures, but the only lands you get are islands. So you mulligan and get only islands for lands again. Then you do it a third time before giving up and just keeping your hand with islands.</p>
<p>That's right. It's a five-color deck that only has islands as basic lands. The annoying part about all this? It actually works! With Morophon's ability to reduce colored mana, you can easily play five-color tribal with a very simple mana base! All you have to do is pay seven mana of any color (or colorless) and your commander will worry about the rest as long as your deck plays cards with only one color of a type! This makes Morophon one of the cheapest five-color decks to craft, because the mana base is so simple! I'm sure for those looking for budget five-color decks in general, the idea of saving money sounds wonderful! Money, by the way, that you'll need to afford Slivers. Speaking of which, let's look at these Tyranid rip-offs shall we?</p>
<hr />
<h2>Slivering Their Way to Your Heart</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Sliver Overlord"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The First Sliver"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Sliver Legion"></div></div>
<p>First off, these are <a href="https://articles.edhrec.com/combining-hobbies-tyranids-vs-orks/">Tyranids</a> and no one can convince me otherwise. Second off, I'm sure for anyone who's played against Slivers, you know exactly how dangerous these little bugs can be when multiple are on the table. If you're newer to <em>Magic: the Gathering</em> and have never played against them, please feel free to ask your friend about Slivers and see the reaction on their face. Slivers are what every other tribal dream of being. With every Sliver that hits the battlefield, all Slivers gain either a keyword or a buff. Before you know it, that simple 1/1 mana dork Sliver is now swinging at you for lethal because of it's friends!</p>
<p>Now, one thing that you might have noticed from the above cards is Slivers are very hungry for different kinds of mana colors. However, thanks to our commander we don't have to worry about any of that! Imagine playing <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sliver Overlord" href="#" target="_blank">Sliver Overlord</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sliver Legion" href="#" target="_blank">Sliver Legion</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> for free! Isn't that scary? Imagine playing island after island and being able to have every Sliver on the field! Wacky world we live in now, isn't it?</p>
<hr />
<h2>Together We Will Prevail!</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Gemhide Sliver"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Constricting Sliver"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Cloudshredder Sliver"></div></div>
<p>I think you can already tell how and why Slivers get pretty bonkers quickly. Mixing a Sliver that allows mass haste AND another that gives mana? That means if you have a method to draw (something blue has plenty of), you'll be able to play Slivers one after another! This gets especially nasty when <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Constricting Sliver" href="#" target="_blank">Constricting Sliver</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> enters the battlefield. Soon all your enemies will be banished to the shadow realm, leaving you free to attack as you want. Throw in <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sliver Hivelord" href="#" target="_blank">Sliver Hivelord</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and you'll make sure all your precious babies are safe from being harmed!</p>
<hr />
<h2>Blue was the Best Pokemon Trainer</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Rhystic Study"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Pull from Tomorrow"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Cyclonic Rift"></div></div>
<p>Know what's fun about playing primarily a mono-color in a five-color deck? You get to focus on all the goodies that color has to offer! You'll be dropping a massive amount of Slivers quickly, so we need draw to keep up with all of these worms falling from the sky. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rhystic Study" href="#" target="_blank">Rhystic Study</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> will of course help with this, being one of the best value cards in EDH, period! I think I own like... eight of them now? Like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cyclonic Rift" href="#" target="_blank">Cyclonic Rift</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, many refuse to play blue without it. So of course George is going to pack all the goodies we know and (do not) love from the endless resources of blue. Looking back, green would have been a safer option for these shenanigans, but if you're going to surprise someone with this deck, you might as well make it greedy!</p>
<p>You might notice in the decklist below we're missing some counterspells. Well George's answer to that is simple: "Why counter just one card, when you can continuously bounce everything to their hand with various cards like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Evacuation" href="#" target="_blank">Evacuation</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>?"</p>
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<h2>Tribal Shenanigans is Still Tribal</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Coat of Arms"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Kindred Discovery"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Herald’s Horn"></div></div>
<p>While I think Slivers deserves its own special category for now; devastating they are, they're still tribal. This means jamming as many helpful artifacts and enchantments to continue buffing the tribe that... okay, doesn't <em>really </em>need it, but we're here to make a point, right? <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Kindred Discovery" href="#" target="_blank">Kindred Discovery</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can be especially dirty with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gemhide Sliver" href="#" target="_blank">Gemhide Sliver</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> because with just a little haste, you'll continue popping Slivers from the ground to surprise your foes! <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Coat of Arms" href="#" target="_blank">Coat of Arms</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Door of Destinies" href="#" target="_blank">Door of Destinies</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is especially devastating, as just a few small critters and you'll be swinging for lethal. Does this make a whole new definition for Blue Combo? I'd like to think so.</p>
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<h2>They Have Only a Sliver of a Chance</h2>
<p>It's probably at this point in an article that I'd throw down some amazing win conditions, point out two or three cards that will simply end the game. This deck is different, however, as it's designed to simply overwhelm your opponents with stack upon stack of abilities and buffs until you dominate the field! You don't even need a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Craterhoof Behemoth" href="#" target="_blank">Craterhoof Behemoth</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> as a finale with these cards, as you'll find plenty of power on the board quickly enough! That and I think I borrowed George's Craterhoof for MagicFest Las Vegas and never gave it back. Oh well, I guess I should be glad he doesn't read these. Now let's look at this nonsensical deck and see the prank master at work shall we?</p>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="I thought this was five-color!" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Morophon, the Boundless
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Gemhide Sliver
*1 Sliver Legion
*1 Sliver Queen
*1 The First Sliver
*1 Sliver Overlord
*1 Sliver Hivelord
*1 Syphon Sliver
*1 Predatory Sliver
*1 Blur Sliver
*1 Fury Sliver
*1 Megantic Sliver
*1 Muscle Sliver
*1 Constricting Sliver
*1 Necrotic Sliver
*1 Thorncaster Sliver
*1 Hibernation Sliver
*1 Manaweft Sliver
*1 Bonescythe Sliver
*1 Diffusion Sliver
*1 Essence Sliver
*1 Bonesplitter Sliver
*1 Shifting Sliver
*1 Heart Sliver
*1 Brood Sliver
*1 Sinew Sliver
*1 Winged Sliver
*1 Ward Sliver
*1 Battle Sliver
*1 Galerider Sliver
*1 Crystalline Sliver
*1 Synapse Sliver
*1 Might Sliver
*1 Blade Sliver
*1 Harmonic Sliver
*1 Leeching Sliver
*1 Shadow Sliver
*1 Cloudshredder Sliver
[/Creatures]
[Instants]
*1 Pull from Tomorrow
*1 Evacuation
*1 Cyclonic Rift
[/Instants]
[Sorceries]
*1 Coastal Breach
*1 Aether Gale
*1 Finale of Revelation
*1 Whelming Wave
*1 Braingeyser
*1 Curse of the Swine
*1 Mind Spring
[/Sorceries]
[Artifacts]
*1 Extraplanar Lens
*1 Chromatic Lantern
*1 Gilded Lotus
*1 Gauntlet of Power
*1 Caged Sun
*1 Urza&#039;s Incubator
*1 Worn Powerstone
*1 Thran Dynamo
*1 Coat of arms
*1 Swiftfoot Boots
*1 Lightning Greaves
*1 Fist of Suns
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Herald&#039;s Horn
*1 Door of Destinies
*1 Vanquisher&#039;s Banner
[/Artifacts]
[Enchantments]
*1 Kindred Discovery
*1 Rhystic Study
[/Enchantments]
[Lands]
*22 Island
*1 Reliquary Tower
*1 Temple of the False God
*1 Reflecting Pool
*1 Exotic Orchard
*1 City of Brass
*1 Mana Confluence
*1 Tarnished Citadel
*1 Command Tower
*1 Unclaimed Territory
*1 Cavern of Souls
*1 Ancient Ziggurat
*1 Forbidden Orchard
[/Lands]"></span></div>

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<h2>Closing Thoughts</h2>
<p>So what did everyone think? I know I was surprised the first few times I had to suffer through this deck before I got the hang of it. Did anyone else think of abusing the commander's ability in a similar manner to cut down on the cost of their land base? Now more importantly, how are we getting George back? I'd love to hear your ideas in the comments below of commander and deck ideas! What horrors would you craft and make him play with? I'll take the best ideas and be sure to have it ready by the time our quarantine is lifted! If anything is helping me keep my sanity, it's vindictive plotting after all!</p>
<p>Until next time,</p>
<p>Kya</p>


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