Locust God cEDH: 2020 Edition

Commander / EDH Competitive Infinite Combo Storm Tokens UR (Izzet)

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Land (32)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 8x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Spirebluff Canal
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Transmute Artifact
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Winds of Change

Instant (22)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Firestorm
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Stifle
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Whir of Invention
• 1x Whirlwind Denial

Creature (9)

• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Sage of the Falls
• 1x Simian Spirit Guide
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Thassa's Oracle
• 1x Trinket Mage

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1x The Royal Scions

Commander (1)

Artifact (17)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Underworld Breach

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MOVED TO MOXFIELD!!!! The Locust God: cEDH Style

With free time, mostly due to 2020, i have updated & moved most of my lists across to Moxfield, so i will be making this list Obsolete. (the cEDH database also no longer accepts TappedOut Links, which is the other reason for the move)

Old Description

Locust God cEDH in 2020?!

Yes, you read that title correctly, there's likely better Izzet Legends for this style, speed & combo. but they have their decks & playstyles already, so this is to bring this Bug Boi back up to speed

2020 Upgrades

So, with Theros Beyond Death shortly around the corner, new cards have released, new combos are available & a key piece got banned...

Here comes the Swaps & Tunes:

1. Diminishing Returns for Timetwister
2. Paradox Engine for Thassa's Oracle
3. Role Reversal for Laboratory Maniac
4. Whirlpool Warrior for The Royal Scions
5. Consecrated Sphinx for Sage of the Falls
6. Jace's Archivist for Underworld Breach
7. Shared Animosity for Whirlwind Denial
8. Mystic Speculation for Imperial Recruiter
9. Relic of Progenitus for Dockside Extortionist
10. Commander's Sphere for Lion's Eye Diamond
11. Izzet Signet for Talisman of Creativity
12. Coldsteel Heart for Arcane Signet
13. Cephalid Coliseum for Fiery Islet
14. Command Beacon for Prismatic Vista

Win Conditions

1. Thassa's Oracle - no cards left in library, resolve & win
2. Laboratory Maniac - no cards left in library, resolve & loot with The Locust God
3. Jace, Wielder of Mysteries - no cards left in library, resolve & loot with The Locust God
4. Firestorm - no cards left in library, resolve & discard enough to kill the table
5. Skullclamp + Ashnod's Altar or Phyrexian Altar - these together with The Locust God allow discard loops using Kozilek, Butcher of Truth to make an arbitrary large amount of insects to swing in for lethal

Outlets

This section goes into the engines/ cards needed to get the deck to it's win point

Isochron Sceptre + Dramatic Reversal Show

Tutors for Isochron Scepter

1. Fabricate
2. Muddle the Mixture Transmuted
3. Inventors' Fair
4. Transmute Artifact
5. Whir of Invention

Tutors for Dramatic Reversal

1. Mystical Tutor
2. Spellseeker
3. Muddle the Mixture Transmuted

Skullclamp + Ashnod's/ Phyrexian Altar Show

this engine uses Skullclamp + either Ashnod's Altar or Phyrexian Altar to equip one of The Locust God's Tokens to Draw 2 & produce 2 Insects.

Skullclamp + Ashnod's Altar - these paired with The Locust God break parity, 1 Token equipped, 2 cards drawn, 2 Tokens created, 1 for Equip & 1 produces mana to equip from this cycle + 1 from the subsequent cycles. As an example, 3 Tokens become 4 Tokens & so forth, each Batch of 3 nets a profit of 1 Token.

Skullclamp + Phyrexian Altar - these paired with The Locust God have perfect parity, 1 Token equipped, 2 cards drawn, 2 Tokens created, 1 for Equip & 1 to sacrifice to pay for the equip cost

Tutors for Skullclamp:

1. Fabricate
2. Inventors' Fair
3. Transmute Artifact
4. Whir of Invention
5. Trinket Mage

Tutors for Ashnod's Altar + Phyrexian Altar

1. Fabricate
2. Inventors' Fair
3. Transmute Artifact
4. Whir of Invention

Kindred Discovery Show

Kindred Discovery is the easiest combo to set up with The Locust God, naming Insect with the enchantment ceates a forced loop of Triggers which will draw out the Library unless you resolve Stifle against the final draw trigger.

Tutors for Kindred Discovery:

Currently there are no tutors but the build of Wheels + Cantrips allow to quickly draw into it.

Underworld Breach Show

Underworld Breach is a new Theros Beyond Death card which is just waiting to be broken further than it already is. this combo uses Lion's Eye Diamond + Wheel of Fortune, or Windfall if hand size is 6 or higher, to draw the Library out completely, or close enough to not Lose with the final Wheel.

with Underworld Breach Resolved, Exile 6 cards from graveyard, cast Lion's Eye Diamond + Wheel of Fortune from grave, discarding hands & drawing a new 7, the wheel provides enough cards to continue fuelling the loop & drawing the Library.

Tutors for Underworld Breach

Currently there are no tutors but the build of Wheels + Cantrips allow to quickly draw into it.

Tutors for Lion's Eye Diamond

1. Fabricate
2. Inventors' Fair
3. Transmute Artifact
4. Whir of Invention
5. Trinket Mage

Tutors for Wheel of Fortune

1. Mystical Tutor

Sage of the Falls Show

Sage of the Falls works the exact same as Kindred Discovery except the ability is a MAY, important for not forcing loops & losing, and the ability discards as well, which makes it less usable with Firestorm but does allow for more discard loops with Kozilek, Butcher of Truth

Tutors for Sage of the Falls:

1. Imperial Recruiter

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Top Ranked	Achieved #46 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #42 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Storm 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH UR (Izzet) 4 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.32
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Insect 1/1 UR, Treasure
Folders	CEDH, Locust God
Based on	The Ten Plagues: Locust God cEDH [PRIMER] Daedalus19876 EDH