Tayam, Luminous Enigma

Commander / EDH* BGW (Abzan, Junk) Counters

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Creature (52)

• 1x Captain Sisay
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Good-Fortune Unicorn
• 1x Grateful Apparition
• 1x Harbinger of Night
• 1x Heartmender
• 1x Huatli's Raptor
• 1x Jadelight Ranger
• 1x Kitchen Finks
• 1x Kithkin Spellduster
• 1x Knight of Autumn
• 1x Luminous Broodmoth
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Martyr for the Cause
• 1x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Pir, Imaginative Rascal
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Pollenbright Druid
• 1x Prowling Serpopard
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Putrid Goblin
• 1x Rendclaw Trow
• 1x Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
• 1x Safehold Elite
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Scute Mob
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
• 1x Strangleroot Geist
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Suq'Ata Assassin
• 1x Sustaining Spirit
• 1x Vizier of Remedies
• 1x Winding Constrictor
• 1x Woodfall Primus
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Young Wolf

Land (39)

• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scattered Groves
• 1x Scrubland
• 2x Snow-Covered Forest
• 2x Snow-Covered Plains
• 4x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Bastion
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Instant (3)

• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Demonic Tutor

Commander (1)

Artifact (18)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Empowered Autogenerator
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Heartstone
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Resilience
• 1x Talisman of Unity
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Promise of Bunrei
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Survival of the Fittest

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Abzan Counter's nonsense. Looking to cut down to the 100 that will stay. Currently, the deck revolves around creatures and a few other permanents that gain counters and using them win.

Win-Con: Tayam, Luminous Enigma+Ashnod's Altar+Two Persist/Undying Creatures (Mikaeus can help with that, as can Vizier of Remedies and Melira, Sylvok Outcast; you may need 3 Persist creatures in this case).

 How to: Sacrifice your two persist/undying creatures to Ashnods to produce {4} colorless. Both creatures will return with either -1/-1 counters or +1/+1 counters. They also ETB with a Vigilance counter. Using 3 of the 4 colorless, you take off one vigilance counter and both the -1/-1 (or +1/+1) counters and activate Tayam's ability. Each creature is once again eligible for their respective undying/persist triggers and you have gained a) 3 new cards in the graveyard b) 1 3cmc permanent from the graveyard onto the battlefield and c) 1 colorless mana. You can repeat ad naseum to find your wincon's with cmc 3 or less.

How this wins: If either of the persist creatures is Puppeteer Clique or Woodfall Primus, you may win right there.  Woodfall Primus blows up everything that isn't a creature. Puppeteer Clique can bring back a temporary but massive army depending on how the game has progressed until that point.

How this wins: It can also win if altar of the brood is in play (it will always get you altar of the brood eventually, unless it gets exiled). Be sure that you have an elixir of immortality in the deck though. If an opponent decides to target you with a draw spell, you may lose from having decked yourself. This combo runs at instant speed and removing the counters is part of the cost, so you should be able to react in time to get elixir of immortality into play if this happens.

If one of your opponents has an Eldrazi Shuffle Titan in their deck, you will have a bit of a problem, but it is solvable.  Scavenging Ooze sits pretty in the deck and can be recurred from the yard with Tayam's ability. When the shuffle trigger is thrown on the stack, just target the titan to exile it from the game. Then you can take care of the rest.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 65 - 0 Rares 29 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	125
Avg. CMC	2.72
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Spirit 1/1 C, Treasure