<p style="text-align: right;"><em><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Edgar, King of Figaro" href="#" target="_blank">Edgar, King of Figaro</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="http://jakemurraystudio.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jake Murray</a></em></p>
<p>As an avid commander player, I'm always trying to find unique ideas to build decks around, and when I saw <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Edgar, King of Figaro" href="#" target="_blank">Edgar, King of Figaro</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> during <em>Final Fantasy</em> spoiler season, there was something about it I couldn't ignore.</p>
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<p>The first part is incredibly powerful on its own. Drawing a ridiculous amount of cards attached to an "enters" trigger seems extremely good. However, I was drawn in by the second line of text, and it has haunted me ever since.</p>
<p>Auto-winning your first coin flip? That <em>has</em> to be good, right?</p>
<p>Upon closer inspection, most cards that flip coins are based in red, <em>not</em> blue. We have two amazing coin-flip decks that live in the Izzet world with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom" href="#" target="_blank">Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> partnered with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Okaun, Eye of Chaos" href="#" target="_blank">Okaun, Eye of Chaos</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Yusri, Fortune&#039;s Flame" href="#" target="_blank">Yusri, Fortune&#039;s Flame</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
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<p>Would Edgar be a slam dunk inclusion in those decks? Yes, absolutely. But...what about his own coin flip deck? Is that even possible?</p>
<p>Let me show you what I have in mind...</p>
<h2>Key Cards for Edgar, King of Figaro...Our version</h2>
<h3>Category #1: The Flippers</h3>
<p>As previously stated, not a lot of "flip a coin" cards exist in mono-blue, so the list here is pretty small. Ironically enough, they're all artifacts, with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom" href="#" target="_blank">Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> as the only exception.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Creepy Doll"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Boompile"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Crooked Scales"></div></div>
<ul>
<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Creepy Doll" href="#" target="_blank">Creepy Doll</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a funny little effect that can act as the perfect blocker;</li>
<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Boompile" href="#" target="_blank">Boompile</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> leaves a board wipe completely up to chance;</li>
<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Crooked Scales" href="#" target="_blank">Crooked Scales</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is an expensive, but humorous, way to remove a problematic creature;</li>
<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Goblin Lyre" href="#" target="_blank">Goblin Lyre</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can punish opponents when we have a critical mass of creatures;</li>
<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Gold Saucer" href="#" target="_blank">The Gold Saucer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a land that can create Treasures in a pinch;</li>
<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sorcerer&#039;s Strongbox" href="#" target="_blank">Sorcerer&#039;s Strongbox</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can potentially allow us to draw three cards;</li>
<li>and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Krark&#039;s Thumb" href="#" target="_blank">Krark&#039;s Thumb</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can help us have more control over our flips.</li>
</ul>
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<p>Obviously, these cards aren't incredible, but that leads us perfectly into the next category...</p>
<h3>Category #2: Bridging the Gap = Copying Artifacts</h3>
<p>The best way to get the most out of our pretty underwhelming coin flippers, is simple: copy them.</p>
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<p>This can be through permanents that enter as copies, like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Clever Impersonator" href="#" target="_blank">Clever Impersonator</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Phyrexian Metamorph" href="#" target="_blank">Phyrexian Metamorph</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Machine God&#039;s Effigy" href="#" target="_blank">Machine God&#039;s Effigy</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Or it can be through spells that create token copies, like:</p>
<ul>
<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Three Steps Ahead" href="#" target="_blank">Three Steps Ahead</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></li>
<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam" href="#" target="_blank">Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></li>
<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Echo Storm" href="#" target="_blank">Echo Storm</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></li>
<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cackling Counterpart" href="#" target="_blank">Cackling Counterpart</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></li>
<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Replication Technique" href="#" target="_blank">Replication Technique</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></li>
<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Quasiduplicate" href="#" target="_blank">Quasiduplicate</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></li>
</ul>
<p>Or it can be through consistent copies being made every turn with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Extravagant Replication" href="#" target="_blank">Extravagant Replication</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mechanized Production" href="#" target="_blank">Mechanized Production</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Nexus of Becoming" href="#" target="_blank">Nexus of Becoming</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
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<p>We may need our artifacts to be creatures in order to copy them, that's why we run cards like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Karn, Silver Golem" href="#" target="_blank">Karn, Silver Golem</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Karn, the Great Creator" href="#" target="_blank">Karn, the Great Creator</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
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<p>Now, I'm sure you're wondering, Why would we waste our time copying cards that aren't amazing? And that's a great question. The coin flip guarantee on our commander is cool, sure, but this deck and its copy shenanigans has a trick up its sleeve...or should I say a <em>trap</em>...</p>
<h3>Category #3: Booby Trap(s)</h3>
<p>No good king is complete without a little <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Booby Trap" href="#" target="_blank">Booby Trap</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> to protect his castle. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Booby Trap" href="#" target="_blank">Booby Trap</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a hilariously janky card that I've never seen in Commander, but it's also a card that is <em>begging</em> to be copied.</p>
<p>Just think about it: you have <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lantern of Insight" href="#" target="_blank">Lantern of Insight</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in play so you know what your opponents have coming. You play <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Booby Trap" href="#" target="_blank">Booby Trap</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> naming an opponent and their top card. You copy <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Booby Trap" href="#" target="_blank">Booby Trap</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, choosing another opponent and naming their top card. And so on.</p>
<p>It's "Magical Christmas Land," sure, but it might just be crazy enough to work. Ten damage is not a small amount.</p>
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<p>The deck is functionally a copy-centric deck, where you want to copy your coin flippers, or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Booby Trap" href="#" target="_blank">Booby Trap</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, or both.</p>
<p>Janky? Sure. Fun? Absolutely.</p>
<h2>Edgar, King of Figaro Commander Deck List</h2>
<p>Check out my decklist below!</p>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Edgar, King of Figaro and his Booby Traps" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Edgar, King of Figaro
[/Commander]
[Enchantments]
*1 Artificer Class
*1 Court of Vantress
*1 Extravagant Replication
*1 Mechanized Production
[/Enchantments]
[Creatures]
*1 Adric, Mathematical Genius
*1 Astral Dragon
*1 Clever Impersonator
*1 Creepy Doll
*1 Displacer Kitten
*1 Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam
*1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
*1 Etherium Sculptor
*1 Faerie Mastermind
*1 Gogo, Master of Mimicry
*1 Hulking Metamorph
*1 Karn, Silver Golem
*1 Phyrexian Metamorph
*1 Threefold Thunderhulk
*1 Treasure Mage
*1 Trinket Mage
*1 Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom
[/Creatures]
[Sorceries]
*1 Echo Storm
*1 Fabricate
*1 Quasiduplicate
*1 Relm&#039;s Sketching
*1 Replication Technique
*1 Season of Weaving
*1 Will of the Temur
[/Sorceries]
[Artifacts]
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Booby Trap
*1 Boompile
*1 Crooked Scales
*1 Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass
*1 Goblin Lyre
*1 Grinning Totem
*1 Hedron Archive
*1 Krark&#039;s Thumb
*1 Lantern of Insight
*1 Liquimetal Torque
*1 Lithoform Engine
*1 Machine God&#039;s Effigy
*1 Midnight Clock
*1 Mind Stone
*1 Mirage Mirror
*1 Misleading Signpost
*1 Nexus of Becoming
*1 Prototype Portal
*1 Sculpting Steel
*1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
*1 Skyclave Relic
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Sorcerer&#039;s Strongbox
*1 Thought Vessel
*1 Wirefly Hive
*1 Worldwalker Helm
[/Artifacts]
[Instants]
*1 Cackling Counterpart
*1 Pongify
*1 Rapid Hybridization
*1 Reality Shift
*1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
*1 Three Steps Ahead
*1 Whir of Invention
[/Instants]
[Planeswalkers]
*1 Karn, the Great Creator
[/Planeswalkers]
[Lands]
*1 Academy Ruins
*1 Archway of Innovation
*1 Buried Ruin
*1 Crystal Vein
*1 Darksteel Citadel
*1 Emergence Zone
*1 Fomori Vault
*1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
*1 Inventors&#039; Fair
*17 Island
*1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
*1 Mirrorpool
*1 Mystic Sanctuary
*1 Saprazzan Skerry
*1 Scavenger Grounds
*1 Seat of the Synod
*1 Talon Gates of Madara
*1 The Gold Saucer
*1 The Mycosynth Gardens
*1 Treasure Vault
[/Lands]"></span></div>


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