Braids

Commander / EDH Mono-Blue

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Land (36)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blighted Cataract
• 1x Cryptic Caves
• 1x Homeward Path
• 22x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Memorial to Genius
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Sanctum of Ugin
• 1x Winding Canyons

Ramp (8)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Dreamstone Hedron
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Midnight Clock
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Braids Utility (4)

• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Tawnos's Coffin
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Counterspell (4)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Swan Song

Theft and Copies (11)

• 1x Agent of Treachery
• 1x Blatant Thievery
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Sakashima's Student
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Supplant Form
• 1x Vedalken Shackles

Protection and Disruption (8)

• 1x Fatespinner
• 1x Illusionist's Gambit
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Removal (8)

• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Ixidron
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Perilous Vault
• 1x Phyrexian Ingester
• 1x Proteus Staff
• 1x Reality Shift

Combat Creatures (3)

• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Commander (1)

Bounce (10)

• 1x Capsize
• 1x Crystal Shard
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Galecaster Colossus
• 1x Kederekt Leviathan
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Tidespout Tyrant
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Withdraw

Draw (6)

• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide

Other (1)

• 1x Sphinx of Uthuun

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Other (5)

• 1x Dominating Licid
• 1x Flood of Tears
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Vanishing

Bounce (1)

• 1x Whelming Wave

Protection and Disruption (1)

• 1x Frost Titan

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Braids EDH deck. Built around dropping huge things and copying or stealing your opponents' big things. Ultimate goal is to balance powerful, with fun to play against. While there are a bunch of methods to avoid giving your opponents Braids drops, I find it best to give them a few in any game. Usually people are excited to play against Braids which is rare in a commander. Any suggestions are appreciated.

The key is having the ability to both cheap Braids out before your own upkeep (by giving it Flash), or being able to remove it from play after your own upkeep (using bounce spells or Tawnos' Coffin). The Bounce spells in the deck both serve as tempo removal and utility for Braids.

The Theft and Copies section allows you to steal or copy the scary threats your opponents drop off the Braids triggers you do give them.

The Protection and Disruption section are cards that make it harder for opponents to attack you, which is key since they'll be getting some big drops as well.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.49
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Boar 2/2 G, Copy Clone, Manifest 2/2 C
Folders	My Decks