Taigam and Maralen's Sinister Song

Commander / EDH Casual Combo Control Discard UB (Dimir) Wizards

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Creature (19)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Cunning Lethemancer
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Disciple of the Ring
• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Dralnu, Lich Lord
• 1x Dreamstealer
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Duskmantle Seer
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Hypnotic Specter
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Magus of the Future
• 1x Maralen of the Mornsong
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Pain Seer
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Ancestral Memories
• 1x Diabolic Vision
• 1x Dimir Machinations
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Fathom Trawl
• 1x Hymn to Tourach
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Mind Rot
• 1x Sleight of Hand
• 1x Strategic Planning
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Waking Nightmare

Instant (14)

• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Desertion
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Forbidden Alchemy
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Moonlight Bargain
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Silence the Believers
• 1x Supreme Will
• 1x Telling Time

Land (33)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 12x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit

Commander (1)

Artifact (14)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Keyrune
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mindlock Orb
• 1x Seal of the Guildpact
• 1x Silumgar Monument
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Uba Mask

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Colfenor's Plans
• 1x Dark Tutelage
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Necrogen Mists
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip

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Maybeboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Cao Cao, Lord of Wei
• 1x Coffin Queen
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Lim-Dul the Necromancer
• 1x Vendilion Clique

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Damnation
• 1x Death Cloud

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Painful Quandary

Instant (1)

• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault

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Ever since I saw cplvela0811's deck DarkSong, I have wanted to build a commander deck around Maralen of the Mornsong. My problem is that using her as a commander was not going to work because there are 0 Mindlock Orb-type effects in mono-black. Then I saw that Taigam, Sidisi's Hand was going to be released in the Commander 2017 Wizards deck. That's when I knew I had found my commander.

This is a combo deck that should be played in a specific order for the best effect and to lock all your opponents out of the game as soon as possible. The first thing for this combo to work is getting Maralen of the Mornsong on the battlefield. Usually this is done with any of the 3 cmc transmute cards (Drift of Phantasms, Dimir Machinations, and Perplex). Then, on your next turn you want to search for Mindlock Orb using Maralen's ability (and maybe wait a few turns to play it so you can fetch some protection or Dark Confidant/Dark Tutelage as well), and finally you want to play Taigam. The reason you want to wait before playing taigam is that he makes you skip your draw step so until Mindlock Orb is on the battlefield to prevent your opponents from using Maralen's ability you want to keep Taigam away. However, once the combo is set up, Taigam prevents us from taking three damage every turn (on top of whatever we are taking from Dark Confidant, and Dark Tutelage etc.) while our opponents still do. If you can manage to get this combo up and running, your opponents shouldn't be able to "draw" anymore cards, so unless they have a solution ready in their hand, you should be finishing off the game alone. To make sure they have the smallest chance possible of having an answer in hand, I have added a number of discard cards to make sure the opponents' hands stay relatively empty. Advice is very appreciated.

Top Ranked	Achieved #7 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.51
Tokens	Dreamstealer 4/4 B, Human Wizard 1/1 U
Folders	Commander, EDH/Commander, Gave me a Boner, Commander, Decks to Build, Want, Commander maybes, Other(commander), Dimir EDH, Interesting Builds