Tasigur Lands - Scapeshift in EDH

Commander / EDH BUG (Sultai) Combo Primer Scapeshift

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Land (42)

• 1x Bayou
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cabal Pit
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Petrified Field
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 4x Snow-Covered Forest
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Tree of Tales
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Instant (18)

• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Delay
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Stubborn Denial
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Scapeshift
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Splendid Reclamation
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Villainous Wealth

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Mirri's Guile
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip
• 1x Sylvan Library

Commander (1)

Creature (18)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Palinchron
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Scout
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Skyshroud Ranger
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1x The Gitrog Monster
• 1x Tireless Tracker
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth
• 1x World Shaper

Artifact (5)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sol Ring

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Creature (3)

• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Llanowar Scout
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper

Instant (1)

• 1x Realms Uncharted

Land (1)

• 1x Maze of Ith

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Welcome to this very fun Land-themed deck with Tasigur, the Golden Fang at the helm. The initial idea was to build a typical contol deck which abuses Tasigurs ability, but I moved more to the land theme with every iteration of deck-building. I found myself having more fun playing it, since the value of some synergies is just insane. While this is still work in progress most of the cards have a fixed slot by now. Let me know if you like it!

Why Tasigur (over Muldrotha)

Tasigur is probably not the first legend you would think of when it comes to land-themed EDH decks. Indeed Muldrotha, the Gravetide seems like the obvious choice in sultai colors. However, Tasigur allows us to play a control-game (to some extend) which harmonizes nicely with the rather slow but resilient win-conditions. The crucial upside of Tasigur compared to Muldrotha is, that Tasigur will win on the spot once we have infinite mana. On top of that, Tasigur often only costs us only even considering commander tax. It might not be the most obvious Tasigur-build and probably far from the best, but it is huge fun to play.

Gameplan

coming soon

How to win

Scapeshift win

Basically we want to Scapeshift into:

• Seat of the Synod
• Vault of Whispers
• Tree of Tales
• Deserted Temple
• Inventors' Fair
• Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• Cabal Coffers

After untapping, Inventors' Fair can get Rings of Brighthearth which can copy the untap trigger of Deserted Temple . This will result in infinite colored Mana assuming we have enough lands to fuel Coffers. Mana can be used to repeatedly use Tasigurs ability and win on the spot. Once you have all your nonland cards in hand you can proceed exiling opponents libraries via Villainous Wealth and destroy all permanents via e.g. Assassin's Trophy . Also: Beast Within + Reality Shift .

We can also tutor for other lands if the situation requires it. E.g. we already have some of the needed Lands, we have more than enough lands or Rings of Brighthearth in hand.

Typical lines which make the combo rather resilient are:

• get Petrified Field to protect our lands or get a needed land out of the Graveyard
• get Buried Ruin if Rings are in the Graveyard or we predict artifact removal
• Depending on your meta Glacial Chasm can help to untap for the win

Palinchron win

This uses the well known combo of Palinchron + Phantasmal Image . With infinite Mana we proceed winning with Tasigur's ability

Some Engines

Life from the Loam

This is probably the most important engine in the deck. Dredging and picking up lands synergizes nicely with Tasigur's ability. Combined with The Gitrog Monster or extra landdrops it will get out of hand quickly. Intuition is also a great card. We can tutor for Life from the Loam , a cycle land and another utility land, e.g. Strip Mine .

The Gitrog Monster

No explanation needed. Synergizes nicely with a lot of cards in the deck and does nasty things in combination with Tatyova, Benthic Druid , Dredge or Tasigurs ability

Strip Mine/Wasteland lock

Strip Mine or to some extend Wasteland can attack opponents mana in combination with a Crucible of Worlds -effect. Extra landdrops will fuel this engine.

Tasigur + Seedborn Muse

With Seedborn Muse in play we can activate Tasigur on our opponents turn, sometimes even twice. This will eventually result in having nearly infinite answers.

Single Card Discussion

Lands

• Cabal Pit : Is good on it's own. If we're able to get extra landdrops and a possibility to recur it (let's say Life from the Loam the value gets out of hand quickly. The Threshold we will have most of the time. Beside of that it is a untapped land. Only the Palinchron-combo does not work with this one
• Cephalid Coliseum is similar to Cabal Pit . It synergizes very well with The Gitrog Monster .
• Glacial Chasm : Only great in a creature heavy meta, but in this case it does some serious work. Especially with Life from the Loam this card is great. This also applies to Maze of Ith
• Tranquil Thicket and Lonely Sandbar are OK on it's own but we will seldomly find ourselves having too many lands. When combined with Life from the Loam the value increases extraordinary
• Outside of our game winning combo, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth seems mediocre at first glance, but it will turn our Glacial Chasm and Maze of Ith into lands that produce mana

Instants

• Intuition provides a way to tutor for Life from the Loam and two lands. We will do this most of the time, preferably early game. Sometimes we will go for 3xTutor, which also increases the odds of a good Tasigur activation with two tutors in the yard.

to be continued

Budget?

Some of the expensive cards can be replaced by budget alternatives. However, it is not very likely that the deck will be cheap. Fetchlands for example seem crucial for the deck to work properly and tutors make the combos work. Some budget suggestions:

• Dual lands can be replaced by basics
• Snapcaster Mage could be replaced by Mission Briefing . Also the surveil is kind of nice
• Mox Diamond is nice but the deck will function without
• Palinchron could be replaced by Peregrine Drake or Great Whale . For the combo Phantasmal Image needs to be replaced by Deadeye Navigator
• Gilded Drake is a meta-call
• Imperial Seal is a rare card and prizes are nuts. A good alternative in sultai colors is Bring to Light
• Mana Drain + Force of Will can be replaced by Arcane Denial or Dispel
• Buried Alive would fulfill a similar purpose as Intuition in this deck. It seems just slightly worse.

Top Ranked	Achieved #52 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #27 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Palinchron + Phantasmal Image
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 56 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.55
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, City's Blessing, Clue, Manifest 2/2 C, Plant 0/1 G