Shu Yun Voltron Spellslinger

Commander / EDH RUW (Jeskai, America) Voltron

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Land (34)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 4x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 4x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Slayers' Stronghold
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Artifact (12)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Runechanter's Pike
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Instant (24)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Brute Force
• 1x Built to Smash
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Crimson Wisps
• 1x Emerge Unscathed
• 1x Expedite
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Gods Willing
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Invigorated Rampage
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 1x Leap
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Opt
• 1x Seething Song
• 1x Shadow Rift
• 1x Shelter
• 1x Sheltering Light
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Titan's Strength
• 1x Valorous Stance

Creature (7)

• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Feather, the Redeemed
• 1x Monastery Mentor
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Taigam, Ojutai Master
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Young Pyromancer

Commander (1)

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Artful Dodge
• 1x Distortion Strike
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Haze of Rage
• 1x Mizzix's Mastery
• 1x Open Into Wonder
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Reckless Charge
• 1x Recurring Insight
• 1x Seething Anger
• 1x Seize the Day
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Slip Through Space
• 1x Tragic Arrogance
• 1x Wash Out
• 1x Winds of Abandon

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Aether Tunnel
• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Flickering Ward
• 1x Jeskai Ascendancy
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip
• 1x Spellweaver Volute

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This Voltron Spellslinger Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest EDH Deck.

Originally I went all in on the voltron aspect but I dialed back just slightly to have a better multiplayer defense and back up plan in case Shu Yun is too heavily targeted by removal. There is still a TON to protect him but I felt it had a better balance rather than the well you took out one guy and then died on the backswing from the other players who realize they're on a timer before you one-punch them out of the game. It also was more fun IMO.

Ideally you want to ramp early with artifacts and play Shu Yun at 4-5 mana. This is so you have additional mana for counterspells and various protection spells. It's heavily meta dependent but usually you want to have up at least one mana to threaten something even if you're bluffing.

For protecting your commander there are:

5 protection effects - Mother of Runes (repeatable), Emerge Unscathed, Gods Willing, Shelter, and Flickering Ward (you can bounce to trigger prowess when you replay/change what color you're protecting from)

3 indestructible effects - Boros Charm, Sheltering Light, Valorous stance

4 counterspell effects - Arcane denial, Counterspell, Izzet Charm, Swan Song

and 2 other forms of protection in - Swiftfoot Boots and cyclonic rift in emergencies

Being able to for sure connect after going through a chain of noncreatures spells is very important to the deck. There are many forms of evasion in the deck in all the protection spells can be used offensively, 6 different unblockable effects, Leap, Shadow Rift, and bounce effects like Wash out and Cyclonic Rift.

So far I've had pretty good success with the deck. It's nice to have a couple of different playstyles to choose from in a given night. Especially true for me when there is a particularly strong archtype in a play group. It keeps the meta from getting too stale and one thing from being too dominate! Hope you enjoy the deck and are able to use it for inspiration for your own decks.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 31 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.11
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Drake 2/2 U, Elemental 1/1 R, Human Wizard 1/1 U, Monk 1/1 W
Folders	Other ppls decks I like