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You Conniving Little Sphinx
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $1160.14
Salt Sum: 35.91
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Commander

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Raffine, Scheming Seer

Flying, ward {1} Whenever you attack, target attacking creature connives X, where X is the number of attacking creatures. (Draw X cards, then discard X cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each nonland card discarded this way.)

Creature
Raffine, Scheming Seer (snc) 327
1

Copy

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Spark Double

You may have Spark Double enter the battlefield as a copy of a creature or planeswalker you control, except it enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it if it's a creature, it enters with an additional loyalty counter on it if it's a planeswalker, and it isn't legendary.

Creature
Spark Double (pwar) 68s
1

Counters

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The Ozolith

Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it had counters on it, put those counters on The Ozolith. At the beginning of combat on your turn, if The Ozolith has counters on it, you may move all counters from The Ozolith onto target creature.

Artifact
The Ozolith (iko) 362
1

Creature

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Charismatic Conqueror

Vigilance Whenever an artifact or creature enters the battlefield untapped and under an opponent's control, they may tap that permanent. If they don't, you create a 1/1 white Vampire creature token with lifelink.

Creature
Charismatic Conqueror (lcc) 70
1
Deep-Cavern Bat

Flying, lifelink When Deep-Cavern Bat enters the battlefield, look at target opponent's hand. You may exile a nonland card from it until Deep-Cavern Bat leaves the battlefield.

Creature
Deep-Cavern Bat (lci) 102
1
Esper Sentinel

Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays {X}, where X is Esper Sentinel's power.

Creature Artifact
Esper Sentinel (mh2) 12
1
Redemption Choir

Lifelink Coven — Whenever Redemption Choir enters the battlefield or attacks, if you control three or more creatures with different powers, return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Redemption Choir (lcc) 42
1
Ruin-Lurker Bat

Flying, lifelink At the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn, scry 1. (You descended if a permanent card was put into your graveyard from anywhere.)

Creature
Ruin-Lurker Bat (lci) 33
1
Spyglass Siren

Flying When Spyglass Siren enters the battlefield, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")

Creature
Spyglass Siren (lci) 78
1
Storm Crow

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

Creature
Storm Crow (sld) 60
1

Discard

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Feast of Sanity

Whenever you discard a card, Feast of Sanity deals 1 damage to any target and you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Feast of Sanity (mh2) 84
1

Draw

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Bident of Thassa

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. {1}{U}, {T}: Creatures your opponents control attack this turn if able.

Artifact Enchantment
Bident of Thassa (pths) 42★
1
Coastal Piracy

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.

Enchantment
Coastal Piracy (jmp) 144
1
Containment Construct

Whenever you discard a card, you may exile that card from your graveyard. If you do, you may play that card this turn.

Creature Artifact
Containment Construct (neo) 243
1
Faerie Mastermind

Flash Flying Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw a card. {3}{U}: Each player draws a card.

Creature
Faerie Mastermind (mom) 352
1
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor

Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may pay 1 life. If they do, they draw a card. {4}{B}{B}{B}, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

Creature
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor (bro) 95
1
Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar

Whenever a creature you control becomes blocked, you may return it to its owner's hand. Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar (afr) 60
1
Reconnaissance Mission

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Enchantment
Reconnaissance Mission (iko) 65
1
Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.

Enchantment
Rhystic Study (pcy) 45
1
Sky Crier

Flying, lifelink {3}{W}: You and target opponent each draw a card.

Creature
Sky Crier (snc) 31
1
Teferi's Ageless Insight

If you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead.

Enchantment
Teferi's Ageless Insight (m21) 294
1
The Indomitable

Trample Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card. Crew 3 You may cast The Indomitable from your graveyard as long as you control three or more tapped Pirates and/or Vehicles.

Artifact
The Indomitable (lcc) 75
1
The One Ring

Indestructible When The One Ring enters the battlefield, if you cast it, you gain protection from everything until your next turn. At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life for each burden counter on The One Ring. {T}: Put a burden counter on The One Ring, then draw a card for each burden counter on The One Ring.

Artifact
The One Ring (ltr) 451
1
Tymna the Weaver

Lifelink At the beginning of your postcombat main phase, you may pay X life, where X is the number of opponents that were dealt combat damage this turn. If you do, draw X cards. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Tymna the Weaver (c16) 48
1

Evasion

Quantity: 6Price: $41.44
Gudul Lurker

Gudul Lurker can't be blocked. Megamorph {U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature
Gudul Lurker (dtk) 56
1
Mist-Cloaked Herald

Mist-Cloaked Herald can't be blocked.

Creature
Mist-Cloaked Herald (rix) 43
1
Segovian Angel

Flying, vigilance

Creature
Segovian Angel (mh1) 25
1
Slither Blade

Slither Blade can't be blocked.

Creature
Slither Blade (akh) 71
1
Tormented Soul

Tormented Soul can't block and can't be blocked.

Creature
Tormented Soul (pdci) 76
1
Triton Shorestalker

Triton Shorestalker can't be blocked.

Creature
Triton Shorestalker (jou) 56
1

Land

Quantity: 32Price: $298.94
Bloodstained Mire

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Bloodstained Mire: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Bloodstained Mire (ktk) 230
1
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (lcc) 325
1
Concealed Courtyard

Concealed Courtyard enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Concealed Courtyard (pkld) 245s
1
Contaminated Aquifer

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) Contaminated Aquifer enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Contaminated Aquifer (dmu) 245
1
Darkslick Shores

Darkslick Shores enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Darkslick Shores (zne) 12
1
Flooded Strand

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Flooded Strand: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Flooded Strand (ktk) 233
1
Glacial Floodplain

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) Glacial Floodplain enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Glacial Floodplain (khm) 257
1
Godless Shrine

({T}: Add {W} or {B}.) As Godless Shrine enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Godless Shrine (rna) 248
1
Hallowed Fountain

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) As Hallowed Fountain enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Hallowed Fountain (rtr) 241
1
Ice Tunnel

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) Ice Tunnel enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Ice Tunnel (khm) 262
1
Idyllic Beachfront

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) Idyllic Beachfront enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Idyllic Beachfront (dmu) 249
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (lci) 396
2
Marsh Flats

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Marsh Flats: Search your library for a Plains or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Marsh Flats (slu) 1
1
Meticulous Archive

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) Meticulous Archive enters the battlefield tapped. When Meticulous Archive enters the battlefield, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Meticulous Archive (mkm) 264
1
Misty Rainforest

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Misty Rainforest: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Misty Rainforest (slu) 5
1
Morphic Pool

Morphic Pool enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Morphic Pool (bbd) 83
1
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (lci) 394
2
Prairie Stream

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) Prairie Stream enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Prairie Stream (pbfz) 241s
1
Sea of Clouds

Sea of Clouds enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Sea of Clouds (plst) BBD-84
1
Seachrome Coast

Seachrome Coast enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Seachrome Coast (one) 258
1
Shadowy Backstreet

({T}: Add {W} or {B}.) Shadowy Backstreet enters the battlefield tapped. When Shadowy Backstreet enters the battlefield, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Shadowy Backstreet (mkm) 268
1
Snowfield Sinkhole

({T}: Add {W} or {B}.) Snowfield Sinkhole enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Snowfield Sinkhole (khm) 269
1
Sunken Hollow

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) Sunken Hollow enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Sunken Hollow (lcc) 355
1
Sunlit Marsh

({T}: Add {W} or {B}.) Sunlit Marsh enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Sunlit Marsh (dmu) 257
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (lci) 397
2
Undercity Sewers

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) Undercity Sewers enters the battlefield tapped. When Undercity Sewers enters the battlefield, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Undercity Sewers (mkm) 270
1
Vault of Champions

Vault of Champions enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Vault of Champions (cmr) 360
1
Verdant Catacombs

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Verdant Catacombs: Search your library for a Swamp or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Verdant Catacombs (slu) 3
1
Watery Grave

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) As Watery Grave enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Watery Grave (grn) 259
1

Lifegain

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Daggerdrome Imp

Flying Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Creature
Daggerdrome Imp (rtr) 60
1
Ghastly Gloomhunter

Kicker {3}{B} (You may pay an additional {3}{B} as you cast this spell.) Flying, lifelink If Ghastly Gloomhunter was kicked, it enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.

Creature
Ghastly Gloomhunter (znr) 103
1
Healer's Hawk

Flying, lifelink

Creature
Healer's Hawk (grn) 14
1
Serra Ascendant

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) As long as you have 30 or more life, Serra Ascendant gets +5/+5 and has flying.

Creature
Serra Ascendant (m11) 28
1
Sungrace Pegasus

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Creature
Sungrace Pegasus (m15) 38
1
Vault Skirge

({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) Flying Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Creature Artifact
Vault Skirge (pdci) 71
1

Protection

Quantity: 4Price: $68.46
Clever Concealment

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Any number of target nonland permanents you control phase out. (Treat them and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until your next turn.)

Instant
Clever Concealment (onc) 43
1
Gold-Forged Thopteryx

Flying, lifelink Each legendary permanent you control has ward {2}. (Whenever it becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)

Creature Artifact
Gold-Forged Thopteryx (mat) 131
1
Siren Stormtamer

Flying {U}, Sacrifice Siren Stormtamer: Counter target spell or ability that targets you or a creature you control.

Creature
Siren Stormtamer (cmr) 96
1
Teferi's Protection

Until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.) Exile Teferi's Protection.

Instant
Teferi's Protection (sld) 164
1

Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (sld) 589
1
Azorius Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Artifact
Azorius Signet (sld) 286
1
Dimir Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Artifact
Dimir Signet (sld) 287
1
Orzhov Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{B}.

Artifact
Orzhov Signet (sld) 294
1
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (pf19) 7
1
Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Wayfarer's Bauble: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (lcc) 317
1

Recursion

Quantity: 4Price: $19.26
Ascend from Avernus

Return all creature and planeswalker cards with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Exile Ascend from Avernus.

Sorcery
Ascend from Avernus (clb) 554
1
Elixir of Immortality

{2}, {T}: You gain 5 life. Shuffle Elixir of Immortality and your graveyard into their owner's library.

Artifact
Elixir of Immortality (m14) 209
1
Lurrus of the Dream-Den

Companion — Each permanent card in your starting deck has mana value 2 or less. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.) Lifelink Once during each of your turns, you may cast a permanent spell with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard.

Creature
Lurrus of the Dream-Den (iko) 355
1
Shadow of the Grave

Return to your hand all cards in your graveyard that you cycled or discarded this turn.

Instant
Shadow of the Grave (pakh) 107s
1

Removal

Quantity: 10Price: $140.90
An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (snc) 51
1
Archfiend of Ifnir

Flying Whenever you cycle or discard another card, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature your opponents control. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Creature
Archfiend of Ifnir (pakh) 78
1
Deadly Rollick

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Exile target creature.

Instant
Deadly Rollick (cmm) 147
1
Fierce Guardianship

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Fierce Guardianship (cmm) 94
1
Judge's Familiar

Flying Sacrifice Judge's Familiar: Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Creature
Judge's Familiar (f13) 5
1
Kitesail Freebooter

Flying When Kitesail Freebooter enters the battlefield, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. Exile that card until Kitesail Freebooter leaves the battlefield.

Creature
Kitesail Freebooter (xln) 110
1
Mausoleum Wanderer

Flying Whenever another Spirit enters the battlefield under your control, Mausoleum Wanderer gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Sacrifice Mausoleum Wanderer: Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {X}, where X is Mausoleum Wanderer's power.

Creature
Mausoleum Wanderer (pemn) 69s
1
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (pf20) 1
1
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (lcc) 137
1
Void Rend

This spell can't be countered. Destroy target nonland permanent.

Instant
Void Rend (psnc) 230s
1

Stax

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Hushbringer

Flying, lifelink Creatures entering the battlefield or dying don't cause abilities to trigger.

Creature
Hushbringer (peld) 18s
1

Tokens

Quantity: 7Price: $79.53
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar

Vigilance Adeline, Resplendent Cathar's power is equal to the number of creatures you control. Whenever you attack, for each opponent, create a 1/1 white Human creature token that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control.

Creature
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar (moc) 167
1
Drake Haven

Whenever you cycle or discard a card, you may pay {1}. If you do, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.

Enchantment
Drake Haven (pakh) 51s
1
Feywild Visitor

Commander creatures you own have "Whenever one or more nontoken creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, you create a 1/1 blue Faerie Dragon creature token with flying."

Enchantment
Feywild Visitor (clb) 70
1
Nadir Kraken

Whenever you draw a card, you may pay {1}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on Nadir Kraken and create a 1/1 blue Tentacle creature token.

Creature
Nadir Kraken (thb) 305
1
Pride of the Clouds

Flying Pride of the Clouds gets +1/+1 for each other creature with flying on the battlefield. Forecast — {2}{W}{U}, Reveal Pride of the Clouds from your hand: Create a 1/1 white and blue Bird creature token with flying. (Activate only during your upkeep and only once each turn.)

Creature
Pride of the Clouds (dis) 125
1
Resplendent Angel

Flying At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 5 or more life this turn, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying and vigilance. {3}{W}{W}{W}: Until end of turn, Resplendent Angel gets +2/+2 and gains lifelink.

Creature
Resplendent Angel (m19) 34
1
Skycat Sovereign

Flying Skycat Sovereign gets +1/+1 for each other creature you control with flying. {2}{W}{U}: Create a 1/1 white Cat Bird creature token with flying.

Creature
Skycat Sovereign (iko) 344
1

Maybeboard

Quantity: 10Price: $155.26
Agadeem's Awakening

Sorcery
Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt (znr) 90Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt (znr) 90
1
Bone Miser

Whenever you discard a creature card, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Whenever you discard a land card, add {B}{B}. Whenever you discard a noncreature, nonland card, draw a card.

Creature
Bone Miser (plst) C19-15
1
Emeria's Call

Sorcery
Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave (znr) 12Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave (znr) 12
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (snc) 274
1
Oona's Blackguard

Flying Each other Rogue creature you control enters the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it. Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card.

Creature
Oona's Blackguard (znc) 51
1
Orcish Bowmasters

Flash When Orcish Bowmasters enters the battlefield and whenever an opponent draws a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, Orcish Bowmasters deals 1 damage to any target. Then amass Orcs 1.

Creature
Orcish Bowmasters (ltr) 103
1
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each different mana value among cards in your graveyard. Whenever you discard a nonland card, you may cast it from your graveyard.

Creature
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer (ncc) 77
1
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (snc) 273
1
Sea Gate Restoration

Sorcery
Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn (znr) 76Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn (znr) 76
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (snc) 277
1

Tokens & Extras

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Angel

Flying, vigilance

Creature Token
Angel (tlci) 2
1
Drake

Flying

Creature Token
Drake (tcmm) 12
1
Faerie Dragon

Flying

Creature Token
Faerie Dragon (tclb) 6
1
Human

Creature Token
Human (twoe) 2
1
Map

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

Artifact Token
Map (tlci) 17
1
Treasure

{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact Token
Treasure (tlci) 18
1

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Description

{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Deck Build: Esper Combat Aggro"},{"insert":"\n\nThe idea is drop as many tiny evasive / unblockable creatures as possible to attack with, capitalizing on massive connive triggers from Raffine, digging for stronger draw engines, like Bident of Thassa. The board swarms with countless tiny creatures that generate massive connive triggers. You are ideally swinging every single turn, without impunity. \nThis deck started life as a budget Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar, which was a mono blue, tiny evasive / unblockables + ninjas theme. It has since become Raffine, Scheming Seer, keeping the same theme of evasive / unblockables, but dropped the ninajs for Connive triggers.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Power Level:"},{"insert":"\nI would argue this deck pushes between 8 / 8.5. This deck aims to be as competitive as possible without using infinite combos, stax, or CEDH packages (to match my given play groups). The pods I play in try to provide aggressive game play and not oppressive game play. \n\nCommanders I regularly go up against in my pods are:\nXenagos, God of Revels\nKrenko, Mob Boss\nThe Locust God\nEsika , God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge\nAtraxa, Praetor's Voice\nMarneus Calgar\nPantlaza, Sun-Favored\nMalcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator & Breeches, Brazen Plunderer\nWyleth, Soul of Steel\n"}]}
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