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Commander / EDH*

birdman412

Instant (26)

• 1x Arcbond
• 1x Aurelia's Fury
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Boros Fury-Shield
• 1x Captain's Maneuver
• 1x Cerebral Vortex
• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Deflecting Palm
• 1x Desertion
• 1x Divine Deflection
• 1x Essence Backlash
• 1x Gather Specimens
• 1x Harsh Justice
• 1x Honorable Passage
• 1x Mirror Strike
• 1x Parallectric Feedback
• 1x Radiate
• 1x Reflect Damage
• 1x Reiterate
• 1x Reverse Damage
• 1x Riot Control
• 1x Shining Shoal
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation
• 1x Turn the Tables
• 1x Wild Ricochet

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Acidic Soil
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Chain Reaction
• 1x Final Judgment
• 1x Sleep

Enchantment (8)

• 1x AEther Flash
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Lightmine Field
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Powerstone Minefield
• 1x Repercussion
• 1x Rhystic Study

Artifact (9)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sunforger
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Creature (12)

• 1x Boros Reckoner
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Clone
• 1x Dulcet Sirens
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Molten Primordial
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Viashino Heretic
• 1x Willbender

Land (38)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 7x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 7x Mountain
• 9x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Vivid Meadow

Commander (1)

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Instant (5)

• 1x Awe Strike
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Price of Progress
• 1x Prismatic Strands
• 1x Ride Down

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Foresee
• 1x Mystic Retrieval

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Antagonism
• 1x Karmic Justice

Artifact (1)

• 1x Azorius Signet

Creature (4)

• 1x Aura Thief
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Soulfire Grand Master

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This deck uses redirection to win. Instead of playing threats or answers it leaves itself wide open for haymakers - then forces them right back at whoever throws one. I've been careful not to include defensive/pillowforting cards, white's typical ubiquitous removal, or blue counterspells (for the most part). You WANT your opponents to build up a huge alpha strike because the bigger it is the more damage they'll do to themselves.

The strategy is to wait for someone to hit you with a lot of damage. Wait for a doubled power worldspine wurm from the xenagos player and play Boros Fury-Shield or Turn the Tables. The best card is Comeuppance - why isn't this card played more? It lasts for the full turn and redirects from all sources which is helpful against a token based assault or a 1 damage at a time combo.

The deck started out as a copy of Sheldon Mennery's "you did it to yourself" deck which he showcases here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkkKrzn4mzI

My tuning has moved it away from stealing - although cards like Gilded Drake , Clone, and Gather Specimens are still present - and put more focus on damage redirection.

When I first got into commander I tended towards decks that didn't interact that much - all out attacking boros, indestructible/board wipe tribal, etc. I wanted to play a deck that forced me to be highly interactive. This deck does that for sure.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.35
Tokens	Copy Clone, Morph 2/2 C