{"ops":[{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"General Info "},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nWelcome to "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kruphix, God of Horizons"}},{"insert":" , where big green ramp is protected by blue magic. And then Eldrazi come in and smash things to bits. The game plan of the deck is to ramp quickly, play big creatures, then beat opponents to death. Plan B is to cast a very large X draw spell on them and have them draw their deck. And if that all fails, plan C is to stop any other spells from resolving. Kruphix was the first deck that I built from scratch, and it has grown and changed alongside my playstyle.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Why Kruphix?"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"One of the best things about Kruphix is that fact that he’s a GOD. Aka, once he gets on the battlefield, he’s here to stay. Indestructible limits the ways that people can remove him (exile, bouncing, forced sacrifice are some of the few), and the fact that he is often just an enchantment actually helps him survive. There is a limited amount of indestructible enchantment removal, and having blue in the color identity provides access to counterspells to stop the few spells that may remove indestructible enchantments. This makes it safer to build around his ability, and not have to worry too much about having the commander removed.\n\nHis first ability, no maximum hand size, allows you to hold up 20 cards in your hand, and not have to discard them all at the end of turn. This lets you play "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stroke of Genius"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blue Sun's Zenith"}},{"insert":" for a lot of mana, and not have to discard all of the cards later. \n\nThe ability that this deck really abuses, however, is the fact that he can hold mana as colorless mana rather than having it disappear after phases. This makes it so that you can store a ton of mana between turns, and then use that mana to throw out big scary threats one after the other. Or you can be an evil mastermind and bluff to your heart’s content.\n \n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Playing The deck"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Early game"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Ramp hard, either with spells like rampant growth, farseek, cultivate, or with mana rocks like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mana Vault"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mana Crypt"}},{"insert":" , or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sol Ring"}},{"insert":" . Getting Kruphix out as early as possible is usually the right way to go. Spells like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ponder"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Preordain"}},{"insert":" , and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Brainstorm"}},{"insert":" help make the early draws as smooth as possible. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Scroll Rack"}},{"insert":" is another way of getting rid of any really big cards early on, or if you have a garbage hand, just put it on the top of the library and get lots of new cards. Usually a fetchland or land-based ramp spell will be in there, and you can use that to push the junk cards away. The best things about these cards are that they can also be used to cheaply smooth out the draws in the late game as well.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mid and Late Game"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Use countermagic and other such spells to control the board while you put lots of mana into Kruphix’s mana battery. This mana can then later be used for big scary eldrazi, like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Emrakul, the Promised End"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger"}},{"insert":" , and others. Also, the elder dino Nezahal can hold it’s own, as well as protect itself. These spells get much easier to cast once Omniscience is up and running, which is usually able to be cast early on with the plentiful amount of mana. Meanwhile, cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Selvala, Heart of the Wilds"}},{"insert":" work with Kruphix to generate lots of mana to save up to cast those big spells. This mana can also be used to cast big X spells like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blue Sun's Zenith"}},{"insert":" /"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stroke of Genius"}},{"insert":" However, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Seedborn Muse"}},{"insert":" and the big creatures usually paint a big target on your head. This is where the counterspells and other protection come back in, and let you secure your boardstate for the win.\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Choice of Cards"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Artifacts"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mana Crypt"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sol Ring"}},{"insert":" : Some of the fastest mana in the format, amazing in the early game, but also good for the late game. Sol ring is extremely good for turn 1 or for any other turn where you don’t need the colored mana. Mana crypt is best saved for the turn where you want to play the big spell. Or if you want to flex your turn 1 cultivate.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mana Vault"}},{"insert":" : It’s a great turn one play so you can play Kruphix turn 2, or other things. Even if you can't untap it for a while, it is still a very good colorless one-time effect.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mox Diamond"}},{"insert":": While it is technically card disadvantage, the fact that it can come out turn 1 and not to cost mana is really nice for casting spells quickly. Plus it plays very well with Crucible of Worlds.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Crucible of Worlds"}},{"insert":" : Speaking of Crucible, this is just a very all-around good card. Whether it is using fetch lands over and over again, getting back a land someone blew up, or ruining someone's day by looping wasteland/ghost quarter, crucible has many different uses.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sensei's Divining Top"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Scroll Rack"}},{"insert":" : Good for digging through your deck, fetchlands make these really shine.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Everflowing Chalice"}},{"insert":" : A flexible rock that works well with Kruphix’s mana battery potential. You can cast it with 1 counter early on so you can cast your early threats, or you can spend 10 mana and make a mana rock that taps for 5.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chrome Mox"}},{"insert":" : one of the 0 mana rocks, so it's really good for getting kruphix out fast. However, it comes at the cost of exiling a colored card.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Arcane Signet"}},{"insert":" : an excellent 2 mana rock, can tap for either color and comes out quick.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Creatures"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Birds of Paradise"}},{"insert":" : Mana dork, excellent for a turn 1 play, but still very useful late game for mana fixing.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nissa, Vastwood Seer // Nissa, Sage Animist"}},{"insert":" : Nissa gets you a forest when it enters the battlefield, so at minimum it replaces itself. If it flips (and since there’s a decent amount of land ramp in this deck, it often does), it gets you a land or a card in hand. Or it can provide a 4/4 in a pinch.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bane of Progress"}},{"insert":" : In a meta where lots of ramp is through artifacts, this is a very good way to clear the board of those. Plus, since Kruphix is indestructible, this doesn't interfere with the commander's plan.\n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Consecrated Sphinx"}},{"insert":" : Insane card draw. Unless it’s countered or killed during your turn, you’re drawing at least two cards off this thing.\n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Emrakul, the Promised End"}},{"insert":" : One of the win cons of this deck. It’s hard for someone to come back from being mindslavered, even given an extra turn to recover, and then you also have a flying 13/13 with trample and protection from instants to beat up people. This one card has helped me come back from many a defeat\n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound"}},{"insert":" : An all star card. Jace can be cast very early in the game, and then can help you draw cards while discarding any that you don't need. Once he flips, his minus 3 ability can be used to cast ramp instants or sorceries again, cast card draw spells again, or use counter spells again, though only on our turn.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath"}},{"insert":" : it's growth spiral that can recur itself later on at the cost of 5 cards. Plus it has a 6/6 body attached, that triggers the growth spiral on attack.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Snapcaster Mage"}},{"insert":" : Similar to Jace in reusing spells, except with snapcaster, the instants can be cast on opponents' turns as well \n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kozilek, Butcher of Truth"}},{"insert":" A huge creature, draws 4 cards on cast, and annihilator 4, this card can really pack a punch.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kozilek, the Great Distortion"}},{"insert":" : a big beater with evasion and refills your hand if you need it. It also has a built in (albeit narrow) way to counter spells, and since it's an ability, it should hopefully be the final say.\n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lotus Cobra"}},{"insert":" : This makes it so that any time a land enters under your control, it provides mana, even if the land enters tapped. It also makes it so that lands that don't normally provide mana, such as fetches or Eye of Ugin, can provide mana.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Joraga Treespeaker"}},{"insert":" : a one mana dork that, with an initial investment of 2 mana, taps for 2 mana, so the turn you level up it refunds the mana you paid. It hardly ever gets above level 1, but tapping for 2 mana is incredibly helpful. It also can be gotten with green suns zenith at X=1.\n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Selvala, Heart of the Wilds"}},{"insert":" : It may occasionally draw a card, but the real draw of this card is that it also mana fixes and if you have big creatures out, then it makes a ton of mana. At worst, it acts like a filter.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger"}},{"insert":" : Exiles two things on cast, is indestructible, and when it attacks, it exiles 1/5 of the defending player’s cards. Since it's indestructible, it makes a good blocker too if needed.\n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre"}},{"insert":" : Destroys a permanent on cast, and it has annihilator 4. Also, protects against mill. Also indestructible. The whole shebang\n \n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Enchantments"},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Omniscience"}},{"insert":" : Usually after dropping this, big things drop. If you drop this, prepare to have counterspells cuz opponents don’t like it when you cast things for free.\n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rhystic Study"}},{"insert":" : It either taxes all of your opponents 1 more mana, or it lets you draw an absurd number of cards. Either way it helps you out.\n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sylvan Library"}},{"insert":" : Digs 3 down in your draw step, and reorder them how you want. If you really want to keep all 3, you can pay 8 life to keep them all.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Instants"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pact of Negation"}},{"insert":" / "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Force of Will"}},{"insert":" : The “zero mana” counterspells, or ones that either require mana later or require exiling a card. While the cost is expensive, when you’re tapped out and an opponent casts a game winning spell, those costs become worth it, so it gives bluffing power.\n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mana Drain"}},{"insert":" : It's counterspell that gets mana afterwards.\n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Negate"}},{"insert":" : Another less blue intensive counterspell. While it is restricted to noncreatures, it still counters the other types of spells and the deck has other means of dealing with creatures (such as reality shift, Oko, or even bigger creatures).\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Swan Song"}},{"insert":" : Only hits instants, sorceries, or enchantments, but it is only one mana. It's a very good and cheap way to protect your spells from being countered.\n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cryptic Command"}},{"insert":" : The blue mages toolbox. It’s a very versatile spell, and a terrible, terrible card to make as a textless promo.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Capsize"}},{"insert":" : While it's not as game-breaking without infinite mana, it is a reusable form of removal at instant speed that hits any type of permanent.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Reality Shift"}},{"insert":" : cheap removal and exiles creatures so that they stay gone. Even though the opponent manifests the top card, odds are it isn't a creature that is more troubling than what was exiled. And if it's a non-creature, that means that it's stuck as a 2/2 so they can't cast that one either.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nature's Claim"}},{"insert":" : Super cheap artifact and enchantment removal. Even though the opponent gains 4 life, the life is then sucked away when they are attacked by a massive eldrazi.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Krosan Grip"}},{"insert":" : It's a little more expensive artifact/enchantment removal, but it has split second, so the opponents can't activate any abilities or cast spells to stop it, letting it almost always goes through.\n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Brainstorm"}},{"insert":" : Draw the top three cards of your deck, then put what you don’t need in from your hand in its place. Can be used with fetches to shuffle unwanted cards away.\n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mystical Tutor"}},{"insert":" : Get whatever instant or sorcery you need and put it on the top of your library. Can be counterspells, draw spells, or even ramp. It combos with Time Stretch/temporal manipulation and Seasons Past for infinite turns (the one infinite in the deck that I know of, and it’s only in because all the cards are amazing on their own too).\n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cyclonic Rift"}},{"insert":" : Wipe everyone else’s board, at instant speed, and bathe in their salty tears.\n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stroke of Genius"}},{"insert":" , and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blue Sun's Zenith"}},{"insert":" : The various instant speed draw X spells. Really good way to use up the mana that Kruphix has stored. I typically like to cast these at the end step of the person before.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Planeswalkers"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ugin, the Spirit Dragon"}},{"insert":" : He may be a lot of mana, but Ugin is such a powerhouse that it’s worth it. His +2 can kill a mana dork or something with toughness 3 or less, but his –X ability is where he shines: he can wipe the board of colored permanents with CMC X or less. Sure, that includes your stuff, but this is a super hard reset in case an opponent gets really scary.</li>\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Narset, Parter of Veils"}},{"insert":" : Prevents opponents from drawing more cards, and if you’re strapped for card draw, lets you dig for a non-creature non land card.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tamiyo, Collector of Tales"}},{"insert":" : The static ability is solid protection, but the +1 really lets us dig (plus it pairs well with library manipulation like sensei’s top and scroll rack). The -3 adds even more value by letting us pick something we need from the graveyard, whether it’s from us using it, someone else killing it, or Tamiyo throwing it there by accident.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Oko, Thief of Crowns"}},{"insert":" : The +1 is where this card truly shines; it lets us make an opponents big scary creature or artifact into a 3/3 elk. The other abilities are more niche, but they can come in handy if needed.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jace, the Mind Sculptor"}},{"insert":" : While he is nowhere near as powerful in multiplayer as he is in 1v1, he still provides a lot of utility in that he can brainstorm for what you want, or bounce a creature to its owner’s hand. In multiplayer, he will die very quickly, so use him wisely; but if you get him out in any sort of 1v1 scenario, he’s a force to be reckoned with.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Sorceries"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Great Aurora"}},{"insert":" : A board wipe in green that also disrupts hands. While it is expensive, it completely and utterly resets the board. With all of the card draw in this deck, this spell typically draws over 15-20 cards, and often more. Plus any mana that was floating before stays floating after this is cast, which can be used for any big spells in hand. An all star in this deck.\n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gitaxian Probe"}},{"insert":" : Looks into someone else's hand and draws a card. Plus you get to use the joke \"I'm probing you\". All for the low low cost of 2 life. \n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cultivate"}},{"insert":": Cultivate ramps you on the field, plus puts another land into your hand for later. It’s solid for mana fixing and ramp. \n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rampant Growth"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nature's Lore"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Farseek"}},{"insert":": Two mana ramp. Farseek and Nature’s Lore get out "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Breeding Pool"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tropical Island"}},{"insert":" or an Island or Forest respectively, with Nature’s lore having the benefit of coming in untapped. Rampant Growth can get either a Forest or Island. Solid for advancing your game plan\n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ponder"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Preordain"}},{"insert":" : One mana library manipulation spells, great for early game setting up and still good for late game draw fixing.\n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Seasons Past"}},{"insert":" : Lets you get a bunch of cards from your graveyard, and it puts itself neatly at the bottom of your library so you can use it again later. It can go infinite with Mystical tutor and Time Stretch.\n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Time Spiral"}},{"insert":" : If your hand is full of junk, it’s a good way to send it into your library. It also untaps 6 lands once it resolves, so it pays for itself. With Narset on the field, it shuffles your opponents' hands away and leaves them with a single card.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Echo of Eons"}},{"insert":" : Does a similar role as Time spiral, but you can cast it again later for 3 mana if you need to. Also works with Narset to make opponents sad.\n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Time Stretch"}},{"insert":" : 10 mana is easy to reach in this deck, and it gets us two turns as a big payout. Goes infinite with Mystical Tutor and Season’s Past.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"All Is Dust"}},{"insert":" : Colorless board wipe. It also makes everyone sacrifice their permanents, so it gets around indestructible. Plus, many big creatures we have are colorless so this doesn't affect them.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Temporal Manipulation"}},{"insert":" : another extra turn card. Getting to 5 in this deck is very easy, and can be used to accumulate more mana, get more cards, or just stall. Plus it doesn't exile itself, so it can be recurred with Seasons Past.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Temporal Mastery"}},{"insert":" : While it does normally cost 7 mana, top deck manipulation such as scroll rack and brainstorm can be used to cast this for only 2 mana. Mystical tutor also is a good way to do this. It does exile after cast, so it's not abusable, but it is still a strong effect.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Green Sun's Zenith"}},{"insert":" : Fetches a whole suite of green creatures to be used for utility and mana. If this is in hand turn 1, it can be used as a ramp spell by fetching Dryad Arbor. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Some Combos/Synergy"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nMystical Tutor + Sensei's Divining Top + Force of Will/other spell: Can counter a spell at any point with only one mana, or, if opponents don't cast anything, can be used to get Genesis Wave or any other instant/sorcery you see fit\n\nMystical Tutor early on: can be used as a ramp spell\n\nSeasons Past + Mystical Tutor + Counterspell + Force of Will + Omniscience: Repeating counterspells for days\n\nSeasons Past + Mystical Tutor + Time Stretch/Temporal Manipulation: Infinite Turns\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Notable"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":" exclusions"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Laboratory Maniac"}},{"insert":" : As much as drawing tons of cards seems like laboratory maniac’s thing, I’ve always found him to be a dead draw, as he always pops up early game when I don’t need him. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jace, Wielder of Mysteries"}},{"insert":" is a similar thing; while he draws a card, he doesn’t do much until he’s winning.\n \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Enter the Infinite"}},{"insert":" : Paints a big target, and it feels like a win-more type of card in this deck. If I am able to cast it, usually I’m already in a good spot. Or I have it in hand, and don't have a way to cast it and do what i want. Either way, I haven’t found it to be super useful.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Doubling Cube"}},{"insert":": Similar to Enter the Infinite, when I have had enough mana to make doubling cube worthwhile, I'm already in a good spot. Or i don't have enough mana to activate it, and it just eats removal.\n\nHow to make this deck more budget-friendly\nThe biggest thing with Kruphix is that you want to have lots of cheap ramp spells, fat things to use the mana for, and some counterspells/other forms of protection for your threats.  The big eldrazi can get kind of expensive, so hydras, leviathans, or other big creatures can be a good substitute. Overall though, Kruphix is a very flexible commander, and he can lend himself to other decent budget-friendly builds.\n\nApologies if the decklist and the deck description dont quite sync up...I try to keep them both up to date, but sometimes I forget to update the description when swapping cards\n"}]}