<p style="text-align: right;"><em><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tannuk, Steadfast Second|EOE|296" href="#" target="_blank">Tannuk, Steadfast Second</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by Pascal Blanché</em></p>
<p>Coming fresh out the gates of <em>Edge of Eternities</em> a brand new mono-red commander by the name of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tannuk, Steadfast Second" href="#" target="_blank">Tannuk, Steadfast Second</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> has been making waves among EDH players. Why you ask? To understand that, you have to understand what came before him, because whilst Tannuk might seem like a completely original design showing off <em>EOE</em>'s brand new warp mechanic, he's actually just a new version of a card that's been around since 2020.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Tannuk, Steadfast Second"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded"></div></div>
<p>Both legendary creatures effectively offer the same thing. For <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-2" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span><span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-r" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>. you can cheat out a red or artifact creature from your hand for a single turn and also have it gain haste from your legend's static ability. At the end of the turn, it'll go away.</p>
<p>That's a pretty easy thing to exploit, allowing you to find some of the nastiest enters triggers in the game with exorbitant costs and take advantage of them for just three mana, but there are some very subtle and important differences between how these two cards deliver on that promise.</p>
<h3>So Which is Better?</h3>
<p>So the question that remains is which of these two legends should helm a deck with this specific strategy? Is Tannuk just a power-crept version of his predecessor? Or a mere imitation of Purphoros's raw unbridled power?</p>
<p>To find out we're going to take a look at some of the niche differences between these two cards and how they'll shape your deck building process (and the play patterns of your deck) should you choose to veer to one side or another. Either way, we have a super powerful ability on our hands: <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sneak Attack" href="#" target="_blank">Sneak Attack</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in the command zone is nothing to be sniffed at. However, which of the two will give us that extra edge to clinch a victory at your next game night?</p>
<h2>Tannuk is Cheaper</h2>
<p>Let's get the obvious one out of the way: Tannuk is a whole one mana cheaper to cast than Purphoros. That's a whole extra turn quicker to start your shenanigans. A whole one less mana you'll need to recast him after he's spot removed. And a whole extra mana you can instead spend on his activated ability if you intend to cast and then activate him on the same turn.</p>
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<p>It's not the flashiest differential, but it's an incredibly important one. Mana costs make or break cards in TCGs of all descriptions, and the extra speed Tannuk can offer your deck over Purph will allow players to take on much more aggressive play patterns. Even if you cast Tannuk a later turn, each mana you don't spend can then be held up for protection spells or anti-counter tech, like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Wyll&#039;s Reversal" href="#" target="_blank">Wyll&#039;s Reversal</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Fork" href="#" target="_blank">Fork</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<h2>Cast Over Put</h2>
<p>This is the biggest difference for me. The crucial way in which Purphoros and Tannuk differ is that, when you spend your three mana in a Purph deck, you're "putting" a card from your hand onto the battlefield. Tannuk's warp ability gives your cards an alternate casting cost. With Tannuk, you're casting a spell; with Purph, you're activating an ability.</p>
<p>That might not seem like a huge difference at first glance, especially if you're new to the game, but the differences can be pretty staggering. Unfortunately, this also means it's difficult to decide a clear "better" option out of the two. Either one has tactical advantages over the other in myriad ways. Let's break down some of the big ones.</p>
<h3>Instant vs. Sorcery Speed</h3>
<p>The ability to do anything at instant speed (on another person's turn, in response to a spell, etc.) is a massive upgrade to only being able to cast them onto an empty stack in your main phase. Because Purphoros's ability doesn't have you cast the creatures it cheats out, and because it doesn't specify otherwise, you can drop down your creature spells at instant speed.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Terror of Mount Velus"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Inferno Titan"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Worldgorger Dragon"></div></div>
<p>That means you can use creature spells as instant-speed removal, surprise blockers, or combat tricks. As Tannuk asks you to actually cast your spells with an alternate cost, they're still creature spells that have to resolve at sorcery speed. Meanwhile, Purph can flash in a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Worldgorger Dragon" href="#" target="_blank">Worldgorger Dragon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in response to a board wipe and protect his entire board. That's a huge deal.</p>
<h3>Dodging Counterspells</h3>
<p>The other benefit of Purphoros dumping his nasty creatures down via an activated ability is that he can dodge anything that would usually interact with his creatures whilst they're on the stack. Tannuk's casts can still be foiled by a regular <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Counterspell" href="#" target="_blank">Counterspell</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> just like any other creature spell, but Purphoros's activated ability is only susceptible to <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Stifle" href="#" target="_blank">Stifle</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>-like effects.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Counterspell"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Stifle"></div></div>
<p>The other benefit of an interaction like this is that, when a creature spell gets countered, it goes to your graveyard. If Purph's activated ability is countered, then your card never left your hand in the first place. You don't even need to reveal what creature card you're targeting with the ability, so players will just have to hope for the best that their Stifle is worth it.</p>
<h3>Introducing Cast Triggers</h3>
<p>To push the needle back into Tannuk's direction however, there are actually a lot of benefits that come with having to cast your spells as well. Purphoros grants you access to some truly horrid enters triggers, but Tannuk widens the pool even more by introducing cheap cast triggers as well.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Myojin of Infinite Rage"></div></div>
<p>A lot of scary things in <em>Magic </em>are balanced by making sure that a spell was actually cast before giving you its ability. Take the absolutely terrifying <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Myojin of Infinite Rage" href="#" target="_blank">Myojin of Infinite Rage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, for example: pretty useless in a Purph deck but absolutely wild in Tannuk. Three-mana mono-red <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Armageddon" href="#" target="_blank">Armageddon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> anyone?</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Maelstrom Colossus"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Stormscale Scion"></div></div>
<p>Not to mention that two of the most busted casting triggers in the history of the game are now available to you in cascade and storm. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Maelstrom Colossus" href="#" target="_blank">Maelstrom Colossus</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Stormscale Scion" href="#" target="_blank">Stormscale Scion</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> aren't going to provide much for a Purph deck. In Tannuk, they're some incredible free value or a crazy payoff for a big turn respectively.</p>
<h3>Make it Thrifty</h3>
<p>As Tannuk is actually casting his spells, you also have the option to reduce the amount of mana you're spending for each of these creature cheats. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ruby Medallion" href="#" target="_blank">Ruby Medallion</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Hazoret&#039;s Monument" href="#" target="_blank">Hazoret&#039;s Monument</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> on the board means every creature spell in your hand basically costs a single red pip.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ruby Medallion"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Hazoret&#039;s Monument"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Semblance Anvil"></div></div>
<h2>Tannuk Can Cast Any Artifact</h2>
<p>Speaking of artifacts, another one of the absolutely massive differences between these two commanders lies in a single word in Purphoros's rules text. Whilst Tannuk's ability can cheat in any red creature and any artifact card, Purph only has access to artifact <em>creatures. </em>That's a big old addition to the card pool should you choose Tannuk. If you've played a single round of Commander, I'm sure you're aware of all the crazy game changing artifacts in the <em>Magic</em>.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Nexus of Becoming"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Spine of Ish Sah"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Extinguisher Battleship"></div></div>
<p>Horrible things, like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Spine of Ish Sah" href="#" target="_blank">Spine of Ish Sah</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, combined with an artifact sac outlet and some cost-reducers can see you doing ridiculous amounts of damage to your opponents' boards. If you're building something a little more combo-focused, there's also plenty of expensive mana rocks that help you go mana positive for explosive turns.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Chromatic Orrery"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Throne of Eldraine"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Radiant Lotus"></div></div>
<h2>Warp and Warp Again</h2>
<p>One of the other benefits of warping your powerful enter triggers cards is that you have one round of recursion built in. Whilst Purphoros will force you to sacrifice your creatures at the beginning of your next end step, the warp ability has them go into exile instead, and just like cards that are on an Adventure, you can cast them on later turns and get your cast and enters triggers all over again.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Passionate Archaeologist"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Wild-Magic Sorcerer"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Nalfeshnee"></div></div>
<p>Now, of course, you will have to actually be able to afford the cards this time, but there's plenty of neat tricks you can now pull as those cards are in exile. Cards like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Wild-Magic Sorcerer" href="#" target="_blank">Wild-Magic Sorcerer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Nalfeshnee" href="#" target="_blank">Nalfeshnee</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> will add some extra value that should justify some of the extra investment if you feel like playing a longer game.</p>
<h3>Exile is a Tricky One</h3>
<p>One thing to note, however, is that it's a lot easier to recur something that's in your graveyard than it is to get it back out of exile. Once one of your cards is in exile, it's basically only coming back out if you cast it. As Purphoros will be sacrificing on end of turn instead you'll find it much easier to get multiple triggers off of your big bombs.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Feldon of the Third Path"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Trading Post"></div></div>
<p>Artifacts can be put back into your hand with something like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Trading Post" href="#" target="_blank">Trading Post</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and creatures can get multiple hits after Purphoros has finished with them with and a card like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Feldon of the Third Path" href="#" target="_blank">Feldon of the Third Path</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. To get that synergy in a Tunnak deck, you'll need some kind of sacrifice outlet to stop your creatures falling into exile.</p>
<p>Not to mention that Purphoros can also enjoy any death triggers his creatures may have as well as their entering abilities.</p>
<h2>You Can Go Your Own Way</h2>
<p>I hope this deep dive has helped you pick apart the differences from these two very fun commanders. It's tough to say which one is ultimately "the better card" as a lot of their trade offs can also be specifically built around. There's still some key differences we didn't even touch on; I didn't even mention that Purph is indestructible!</p>
<p>But the differences are also pretty interesting, and it's been fun to lay them all out! Heck, maybe you even learned something about the nuances of card design.</p>
<p>If you're looking to put Tannuk together you can find some additional help from one of the suggested articles below, but regardless, I'll see you on the next edition of <em>The Monolith</em> where every other week it's mono, mono, mono.</p>
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Is Tannuk, Steadfast Second a Better Commander Than Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded?

<h6 style="text-align: right;">(<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror March" href="#" target="_blank">Mirror March</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://www.artstation.com/algenpfleger">Johannes Voss</a>)</h6>
<h1>Attack of the Clones</h1>
<p>Hello all, and welcome to <em>Pet Project</em>. I’m Martin, and I’ve been playing <em>MtG</em> since the release of <em>Magic 2014– Duels of the Planeswalkers</em>. I started playing Commander around a year later, because I wanted a place to play with some of my favourite cards and synergies way below the power level of constructed formats – especially after I realised that building a deck around <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Azor&#039;s Elocutors" href="#" target="_blank">Azor&#039;s Elocutors</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in Standard was hardly going to book my ticket to the Pro Tour. In that vein, this series is going to see us forget all the wonderful legendary creatures <em>Wizards of the Coast</em> give us to use as our generals, and instead focus on using some of my pet cards as the hidden commander we build around.</p>
<p>This first article is going to be focused on one of my all-time favourite enchantments:</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mirror March"></div></div>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror March" href="#" target="_blank">Mirror March</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is an absolutely ridiculous card. On the one hand, there’s a 50% chance it literally does nothing; on the other hand, we might win forty flips in a row and swing in for lethal – although this hasn’t happened to me yet. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror March" href="#" target="_blank">Mirror March</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can be utterly useless, or explosively overpowered – either way, it makes for some hilariously memorable gameplay.</p>
<h2>The Gameplan</h2>
<p>Going onto <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror March" href="#" target="_blank">Mirror March</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>’s <a href="https://edhrec.com/cards/mirror-march">EDHREC page</a> and looking at the cards most commonly played with it, we can see how to get the most out of the card. One <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror March" href="#" target="_blank">March</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> on its own sees us average around 1 token per creature we play – but paired with some other spicy effects, we can bump that number up significantly.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Krark&#039;s Thumb"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Panharmonicon"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Parallel Lives"></div></div>
<p><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> is crucial to our game plan. With the <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Krark&#039;s Thumb" href="#" target="_blank">Thumb</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in play, the 50% chance of whiffing gets cut in half, and the chances of us getting 2 or more creatures goes from 25% to 56.25%. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Krark&#039;s Thumb" href="#" target="_blank">Thumb</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is so essential to any deck built around coin flipping that it’s usually paired with a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tribute Mage" href="#" target="_blank">Tribute Mage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> to tutor it out. Today’s build is no different. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Panharmonicon" href="#" target="_blank">Panharmonicon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, meanwhile, is similarly busted; not only does it mean the <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror March" href="#" target="_blank">Mirror March</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> will trigger twice for each creature that enters, every single enter-the-battlefield (ETB) effect from the creature’s tokens will also be doubled.</p>
<p>Also frequently paired with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror March" href="#" target="_blank">Mirror March</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> are ETB creatures, and we’ll want to play as many of these as we can.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Thragtusk"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mulldrifter"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Eternal Witness"></div></div>
<p>Even an innocuous creature like a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mulldrifter" href="#" target="_blank">Mulldrifter</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can push you far enough ahead to win the game in this deck. Playing the <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mulldrifter" href="#" target="_blank">Mulldrifter</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> with a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror March" href="#" target="_blank">Mirror March</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and a <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> on the board, we’ll be odds on to draw at least 6 cards; throw a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Panharmonicon" href="#" target="_blank">Panharmonicon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> into the mix, and we can expect to draw at least <em>twenty-four</em>.</p>
<h2>Picking the General</h2>
<p>Now we know roughly what our deck wants to do, it’s the perfect time to pick a general as, unfortunately, <em>Wizards of the Coast</em> haven’t messed with the rules of Magic enough to enable us to put a non-legendary enchantment in our command zone. Most of the commanders commonly played alongside the <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror March" href="#" target="_blank">March</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> are mono-red, such as <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Delina, Wild Mage" href="#" target="_blank">Delina, Wild Mage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Norin the Wary" href="#" target="_blank">Norin the Wary</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> – but to fit as many ETB synergies in as possible, ideally we’ll also have access to white, blue and green in our deck. Immediately, one legend stuck out:</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Omnath, Locus of Creation"></div></div>
<p>Omnath doesn’t just include all the colours we want, it (elemental manifestations of mana have yet to develop gender reveal parties, leaving Omnath a genderless entity) comes along with a useful ETB trigger. Omnath’s <em>Landfall </em>ability is also powerful enough to be useful even when we’re not building around it - even just playing and promptly cracking a fetchland is enough to generate 4 mana.</p>
<h2>Filling the Deck Out</h2>
<p>We’re going to be wanting to share a lot of our deck, then, with typical flicker strategies. By far, the main benefit of creating temporary clones is rebuying ETB effects. Going onto <a href="https://edhrec.com/themes/blink">EDHREC’s Blink theme page</a>, we can see some of the best cards for this role. First are the value creatures, like the aforementioned <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mulldrifter" href="#" target="_blank">Mulldrifter</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> – bringing along effects like removal, card draw and ramp, these permanents are the bread and butter of our deck.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Risen Reef"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Wood Elves"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Reflector Mage"></div></div>
<p>Easily the best one of these value creatures is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Risen Reef" href="#" target="_blank">Risen Reef</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Since each <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Risen Reef" href="#" target="_blank">Reef</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> triggers on each other <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Risen Reef" href="#" target="_blank">Reef</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> entering, it scales obscenely well. In fact, when we really get going, sometimes the <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Risen Reef" href="#" target="_blank">Reef</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can be a little too good - more than once, I've created so many tokens I've drawn my entire deck and milled myself out. Whoops.</p>
<p>Then come the big haymakers:</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="God-Eternal Rhonas"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Myr Battlesphere"></div></div>
<p>When paired along with a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror March" href="#" target="_blank">Mirror March</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and a few of our other synergies, these creatures don’t just tend to win the game, they tend to do so in a hilariously one-sided fashion. Get a couple of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="God-Eternal Rhonas" href="#" target="_blank">God-Eternal Rhonas</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> tokens in play, for instance, and suddenly the power of your board has been quintupled.</p>
<p>Finally, of course, we need to ensure that we have the <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror March" href="#" target="_blank">Mirror March</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in play as often as possible – both through tutoring for it, and protecting it once we’ve got it. To find some of these cards, I looked at the <a href="https://edhrec.com/themes/enchantments">EDHREC page for enchantment decks</a>:</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Sterling Grove"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Greater Auramancy"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Moon-Blessed Cleric"></div></div>
<p>By fitting in enough of these cards, we can guarantee that we get the <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror March" href="#" target="_blank">Mirror March</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> almost every game, and that it sticks around long enough for us to accrue such absurd value that it usually spirals into a win. Usually cramming your deck full of tutors makes the gameplay repetitive - but going off with the <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror March" href="#" target="_blank">Mirror March</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is usually so hilariously chaotic, I've found it never gets boring.</p>
<p>Another set of cards looking at the enchantment page allowed me to discover was effects like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirrormade" href="#" target="_blank">Mirrormade</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Copy Enchantment" href="#" target="_blank">Copy Enchantment</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, because the only thing better than one <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror March" href="#" target="_blank">Mirror March</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is, of course, two <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror March" href="#" target="_blank">Mirror March</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>es.</p>
<p>Putting all these cards together, we get the following list:</p>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Omnath Mirror March" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Omnath, Locus of Creation
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Agent of Treachery
*1 Avenger of Zendikar
*1 Etali, Primal Conqueror
*1 Geist-Honored Monk
*1 God-Eternal Rhonas
*1 Goldnight Commander
*1 Kalonian Hydra
*1 Myr Battlesphere
*1 Sanctuary Warden
*1 Terror of the Peaks
*1 Titan of Industry
*1 Harmonic Sliver
*1 Inferno Titan
*1 Ixidron
*1 Reflector Mage
*1 Skyclave Apparition
*1 Ethereal Usher
*1 Moon-Blessed Cleric
*1 Tribute Mage
*1 Clever Impersonator
*1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
*1 Cloudblazer
*1 Coiling Oracle
*1 Inspiring Overseer
*1 Mulldrifter
*1 Risen Reef
*1 Watcher for Tomorrow
*1 Deadeye Navigator
*1 Soulherder
*1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
*1 Dockside Extortionist
*1 Farhaven Elf
*1 Primeval Herald
*1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
*1 Solemn Simulacrum
*1 Topiary Stomper
*1 Wood Elves
*1 Eternal Witness
*1 Timeless Witness
*1 Thragtusk
*1 Glasspool Mimic
[/Creatures]
[Enchantments]
*1 Mirror March
*1 Dual Nature
*1 Flameshadow Conjuring
*1 Copy Enchantment
*1 Mirrormade
*1 Parallel Lives
*1 Aura Shards
*1 Cathar&#039;s Crusade
*1 Greater Auramancy
*1 Sterling Grove
*1 Estrid&#039;s Invocation
[/enchantments]
[Artifacts]
*1 Panharmonicon
*1 Birthing Pod
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Krark&#039;s Thumb
[/Artifacts]
[Sorceries]
*1 Tragic Arrogance
*1 Plea for Guidance
*1 Mythos of Illuna
*1 Idyllic Tutor
[/Sorceries]
[Instants]
*1 Enlightened Tutor
*1 Intuition
*1 Long-Term Plans
[/Instants]
[Lands]
*1 Arid Mesa
*1 Breeding Pool
*1 Command Tower
*1 Evolving Wilds
*1 Exotic Orchard
*1 Flooded Strand
*3 Forest
*1 Frontier Bivouac
*1 Hallowed Fountain
*1 Island
*1 Jetmir&#039;s Garden
*1 Jungle Shrine
*1 Ketria Triome
*1 Krosan Verge
*1 Misty Rainforest
*2 Mountain
*1 Mystic Monastery
*1 Path of Ancestry
*3 Plains
*1 Prismatic Vista
*1 Raugrin Triome
*1 Sacred Foundry
*1 Scalding Tarn
*1 Seaside Citadel
*1 Spara&#039;s Headquarters
*1 Stomping Ground
*1 Temple Garden
*1 Terramorphic Expanse
*1 Windswept Heath
*1 Wooded Foothills
*1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
[/Lands]"></span></div>

<h2>Plan B</h2>
<p>The inevitable problem with building around a hidden commander of sorts, however, is that while a normal general begins and ends up in our command zone, hidden commanders do not. Sometimes, we just won’t draw <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror March" href="#" target="_blank">Mirror March</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or a tutor for it. Even worse, an opponent might just <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Revoke Existence" href="#" target="_blank">Revoke Existence</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> it as soon as it comes out.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Dual Nature"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Flameshadow Conjuring"></div></div>
<p>Our plan B, then, is to essentially function as a classic blink deck. Even without the <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror March" href="#" target="_blank">Mirror March</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, we can still rely on effects like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Soulherder" href="#" target="_blank">Soulherder</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Panharmonicon" href="#" target="_blank">Panharmonicon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> to get absurd value off our <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mulldrifter" href="#" target="_blank">Mulldrifter</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>s. We even play two pseudo-<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror March" href="#" target="_blank">Mirror March</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>es – <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Flameshadow Conjuring" href="#" target="_blank">Flameshadow Conjuring</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> does exactly what our deck wants to be doing, as does a very silly old card, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dual Nature" href="#" target="_blank">Dual Nature</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. The fact <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dual Nature" href="#" target="_blank">Dual Nature</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> sees play in barely a thousand decks in the EDHREC database is criminal. Yes, the fact it’s universal makes it extremely risky, but it’s easy enough to get far more value out of it than any of our opponents.</p>
<p>Indeed, one of the strengths of the deck is the resilience of this back-up plan; if <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror March" href="#" target="_blank">Mirror March</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is out of the picture, the only truly dead card in the whole deck is <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>.</p>
<h2>Wrap-Up</h2>
<p>After testing this list both online and in paper a bit, I can easily say it is one of the most fun commander decks I’ve ever played with. Drawing almost your entire deck then spitting out basically every permanent you play onto the battlefield is no rarity. The deck is also relatively powerful, at least at most casual EDH tables; the only time I really saw the deck do literally nothing was when an opponent had an <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines" href="#" target="_blank">Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> as their general. Awkward.</p>
<p>That’s all for this episode of <em>Pet Project</em>. Feel free to leave your thoughts, critiques and suggestions for next episode in the comments. Until next time.</p>
<h3><strong>Read more:</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/too-specific-top-10-we-are-legion/?utm_source=edhrec&amp;utm_medium=article_preview">Too-Specific Top 10 - We Are Legion</a></li>
<li><a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/achievement-unlocked-are-cards-banned-in-other-formats-underrated-in-edh/?utm_source=edhrec&amp;utm_medium=article_preview">Achievement Unlocked - Are Cards Banned in Other Formats Underrated in EDH?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://commandersherald.com/architects-and-tinkerers/">Architects and Tinkerers</a></li>
</ul>


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