Legality
| Format | Legality |
| Noble | Legal |
| 1v1 Commander | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Casual | Legal |
| Vanguard | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Archenemy | Legal |
| Planechase | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Unformat | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander / EDH | Legal |
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| Set | Rarity |
| Masters Edition | Common |
| Portal | Rare |
| Fifth Edition | Rare |
| Fourth Edition | Rare |
| Legends | Uncommon |
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Winds of Change
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Winds of Change Discussion
Lilbrudder on
Paradox Scepter Storm: cEDH Primer
1 day ago
Decrepit_Angel: Thank you for the excellent questions/observations. Have no fear an updated primer is in the works that will explain these decisions and more.
Llanowar Elves is significantly better than Bloom Tender for a variety of reasons. The biggest is simply that bloom tender is a trap. Its one of those cards that is great in theory, but is often counterproductive in practice. Whenever I play Bloom Tender in any list I feel a strong urge to warp my gameplan around tapping for absurd amounts of mana, which is usually way slower than playing rocks and tutors. The other issues are also important. Turn 1 ramp is fantastic. Turn 2 ramp that cannot be used the turn you play it is bad. Also paradox storm has nowhere near enough colored symbols to support the card. If I were running Kess, leovold, and notion thief (along with several other solid colored permanents) it might be worth it, but 90% of the time it is strictly worse than a turn 1 dork. This deck has no trouble casting a dork on turn 1 and that essentially guarantees a turn 2 wheel or turn 3 ad naus.
Cutting Jace was sort of an accident. I remember now that I did it to see if I miss him and come to find out I forgot I had cut him so I guess he is not an essential card, merely a very good one. Jace can be phenomenal if you play him early enough, and I will likely find room for him, but he is significantly worse than my other 3 recursion spells.
Dark Petition is about 100 times better than Fabricate. At the end of the day I could no longer justify a really slow and limited tutor simply to save 2cc for Ad Naus. Petition is fantastic with necropotence, yawgwin lines, notion thief shenanighans, and dramatic scepter combo. It is only slightly worse for ad naus as it is something I would actually cast post ad naus (unlike fabricate). It also tutors for ad naus (unlike fabricate). So while I am kind of weakening the main phase ad naus, it makes every other aspect of my deck stronger. With creature based decks taking over cEDH (blood pod/hulkweaver/Raz decks) this is not a good time to be a dedicated ad naus deck. We need to be more adaptable. That is the reason for my changes.
With that being said, I hope you don't think I am abandoning main phase ad naus all together. In addition to making Notion Thief a 5 mana win condition, Winds of Change is absolutely one of the best cards to have in hand post ad naus. It allows us to play all net positive spells then draw a fresh 25-30 cards for . So while we occassionally draw less cards off ad naus we have the tech (between this and a number of other tricks I will explain soon) to still get there consistently without having to pass on really good cards at the top of our curve. With that being said, if you want to keep your curve low then do it! Its a hell of a lot of fun to draw 35-40 cards off ad naus after all. The updated primer will explain how to cater paradox storm to any meta and playstyle. I hope I answered your questions sufficiently.
Decrepit_Angel on
Paradox Scepter Storm: cEDH Primer
2 days ago
I see quite a few updates to the list since I was here last and quite frankly, I do not understand them.
Llanowar Elves seems out of place in a 4 color deck primarily splashing R and G. Even at 2 mana, I feel that Bloom Tender would be better at least 90% of the time due to the fact it can actually make more relevant colors. I understand the Notion Thief, but I strongly feel that cutting Jace, Vryn's Prodigy Flip is a mistake. Also, what purpose does Winds of Change serve without Notion Thief in play? If Leovold, Emissary of Trest wasn't banned and you wanted to build the list more around resource denial to give you more time to set up, I could see it, but I just don't get it. Also, Dark Petition was abhorrent in testing for me. The most comon way that I lose with the deck is by hitting poorly off of an Ad Nauseam, resulting in me drawing too few cards from it and not having enough resources to win. Every single time I ever hit Dark Petition of of an Ad Nauseam or just had it in hand while trying to win, it was an entirely dead card, or directly caused me to lose.
I could definitely be wrong about the changes, and it is possible I have just had bad experiences with some of these cards and are therefore judging them unjustly, but without an explanation, these changes do not feel like the appropriate direction for the deck to evolve.
Goukun on
Kala kala kala kala Kaaliameleon(Kaalia Commander)
1 week ago
Beseech the Queen Increasing Ambition Enlightened Tutor Diabolic IntentResolute Archangel Subjugator Angel Sublime Archangel Angel of Finality Archangel Avacyn Flip Crypt Angel Exquisite Archangel Blinding AngelAvaricious Dragon Dragon Mage Dragonmaster Outcast Dragonlord KolaghanHoard-Smelter Dragon Knollspine Dragon Mana-Charged Dragon Siege DragonIndulgent Tormentor Overseer of the Damned Razaketh, the FoulbloodedSire Of Insanity Reya Dawnbringer Gamble Mortify Legion's InitiativeBuried Alive Animate Dead Twilight Shepherd Disciple of BolasPath to Exile Razia's Purification Fellwar Stone Coldsteel HeartTalisman of Indulgence Sunforger Sphere of the Suns CataclysmDesolation Angel Chrome Mox Clifftop Retreat Exotic OrchardHall of the Bandit Lord Nomad Outpost City of Brass Mana ConfluenceSpinerock Knoll Tainted Field Tainted Peak Rocky Tar PitPhyrexian Reclamation Entomb Dance of the Dead Necromancy Mimic VatReforge the Soul Magus of the Wheel Winds of Change Sensei's Divining Top Flamekin Village Toxic Deluge Damnation Crux of FateReflecting Pool Forbidden Orchard
patv4343 on
First Commander
1 week ago
Cards thinking about adding!!
Crux of Fate
Collective Defiance
Dark Deal
Winds of Change
Scorched Ruins
Radiant Fountain
Tectonic Edge
Strip Mine
Quicksilver Amulet
Staff of Nin
Nevinyrral's Disk
Nighthaze
Kozilek, the Great Distortion
Howling Mine
Indulgent Tormentor
Footbottom Feast
Expedite
Erebos, God of the Dead
daretti,scrap savant
Chandra, Flamecaller
Two-Headed Dragon
Knollspine Dragon
Avaricious Dragon
patv4343 on
First Commander
1 week ago
Cards thinking about adding!!
Crux of Fate
Collective Defiance
Dark Deal
Winds of Change
Scorched Ruins
Radiant Fountain
Tectonic Edge
Strip Mine
Quicksilver Amulet
Staff of Nin
Nevinyrral's Disk
Nighthaze
Kozilek, the Great Distortion
Howling Mine
Indulgent Tormentor
Footbottom Feast
Expedite
Erebos, God of the Dead
daretti,scrap savant
Chandra, Flamecaller
Two-Headed Dragon
Knollspine Dragon
Avaricious Dragon
goblinguiderevealpls on
Nekusar, The Mind Razer
2 weeks ago
Hey @screamer51.
I love nekusar and everything about him, I started building him as soon as he was spoiled, and now have an insanely tuned and budgetless competitive multiplayer edh deck
Anyways, what would I recommend for budget casual constructed?
As you can see by my deck, i learned that nekusar loves Wheel of Fortune and is more of a spellslinger draw theme than zombie tribal.
That being said, if you want to build around the lich king, creatures should be your last priority,
If i were to make a casual nekusar constructed that is effective, i would run things like Reforge the Soul, Liliana's Caress, Time Reversal
In a 20 life format, nekusar only needs 3 "draw 7" or mass loot spells to kill an opponent, and thankfully a majority of these are cheap.
Second to wheels and forced draw, nekusar is kind of high cmc for a creature, so things like Nightscape Familiar can help you cast more spells faster, speaking of more spells, grixis has access to a beautiful array of rituals that you can chain into nekusar much earlier than turn 5 and also allow you to cast more wheels after refreshing your hand
The budget rituals include
Cards like Geth's Grimoire and Jace's Archivist can easily win you the game if left unchecked, and there are other forms of draw damage in Phyrexian Tyranny Fevered Visions Underworld Dreams Spiteful Visions
As far as cheap counterspells, Arcane Denial is BONKERS cuz it can deal draw damage with its draw, Sign in Blood is a cheap card draw that you can use to draw OR kill opponents by stacking it with nekusar.
Cards that save you from wheels decking you out
Other than "wheel" and countermagic, you can also mill opponents with Mindcrank or Sphinx's Tutelage, reanimate wheeled creatures with stuff like Stitch Together, or run discard like Despise or Duress, and Cephalid Coliseum is INSANE as a cheap 1-of in edh, id be scared to see what 3 or 4 could do.
Lastly, a spell decks worst weakmess is CREATURES
now im going to assume you're not going to be slinging Damnation around, but theres tons of budget alternatives in the likely case that opponents will have more creatures than you
And if you're still itching to run creatures even though i would not advise many, here are a few options thar nekusar has liked in the past
Hope this helps
goblinguiderevealpls on
Deckusar, the Handrazer
2 weeks ago
Those are the priciest in the deck, though, most of the wheels and non foil cards were budget friendly.. yea i was restricted by budget for the first 3 years, but i built it more Fork / Dark Ritual + wheels, i find the upkeep draws like Howling Mine give your opponents too much card advantage/answers without Notion Thief and is just pure card advantage to opponents without nekusar or Underworld Dreams effects.
Some budget options
.. i could go on, i wasn't speaking purely of the budget cards i was just pointing out ive put 6 years and a lot of money into building mine so there are some budget ideas in that list
DimirAgent8 on
Wheel of Misfortune
2 weeks ago
Counterspell -> Arcane Denial, Fraying Sanity -> Hive Mind, Sphinx's Tutelage -> Spiteful Visions, Elixir of Immortality -> Time Reversal, Fog Bank -> Standstill, Magus of the Will -> Magus of the Jar, Winds of Change -> Megrim, Spellbook -> Liliana's Caress, Fate Unraveler -> Manabarbs, Sangromancer -> Bloodchief Ascension, Black Sun's Zenith -> Harsh Mentor, Fascination -> Rhystic Study
Considerations:Seizan, Perverter of Truth (probably comes in for Kami of the Crescent Moon), Smoke (more prison), Phyresis (fun card, just wins faster)