Aminatou Flickering Queen
Commander / EDH
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Updates —Sept. 24, 2018
I made some updates to the deck yesterday, and i still have cards coming in the mail.
After this, I will update the decklisting and go through my entire collection and put things that SEEM to fit in the Maybe Board.
Daggerfella says... #4
what about Oath of Teferi? with that many planeswalkers it might be worthwile
what would you say to remove to add all these that you suggested into the deck?
September 12, 2018 10:41 a.m.
Megalomania says... #5
I actually meant Oath of Teferi not Jace. Lol
I am not a fan of Entreat the Angels in Aminatou decks. Your land count is also a bit high I think.
September 12, 2018 10:52 a.m.
Daggerfella says... #6
yeah im a bit new to commander. this is litterally my first commander deck.
if you have the time to suggest changes, id appreciate it. Im leary about using pain lands but id be willing to put in shock lands.
September 12, 2018 10:58 a.m.
Megalomania says... #7
It’s a good choice for a first deck. You just need to do some streamlining.
I focused on flicker effects which support the stax archetype. This might limit the type of cool shenanigans I am able to play but it gives the deck a lot more speed and consistency.
September 12, 2018 11:09 a.m.
brokendwarf says... #8
If your maybeboard consists purely of cards you own/can obtain, these are my suggestions:
- Submerged Boneyard --> Sunken Hollow
- Meandering River --> Prairie Stream
- Dismal Backwater --> Drowned Catacomb
- Forsaken Sanctuary --> Hallowed Fountain
- Tranquil Cove --> Temple of the False God
- Jwar Isle Refuge --> Exotic Orchard
- Scoured Barrens --> Esper Panorama
- Arbiter of the Ideal --> Eldrazi Displacer
- AEthermage's Touch --> Coalition Relic
- Dead Reckoning --> Conjurer's Closet
- Lavinia of the Tenth --> Kaya, Ghost Assassin
- Mastery of the Unseen --> Eerie Interlude
- Haunted Crossroads --> Gonti, Lord of Luxury
September 18, 2018 4:08 p.m.
hi Daggerfella,
looks like a sweet deck!
A bit painful on the manabase, but before I can give more detailed help, how long have you played this deck? Do you want to flicker creatures? other permanents as well?
Iirc, Aminatou and Yennett differ in how they "enable" or "payoff" the top card. While it may not be "flicker"-ing, it is something you might want to consider when taking out cards to put in new ones.
so far, general advice would be: - to have 36 - 38 lands, depending on the cmc and colors of your spells
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try to have at least 8 mana rocks, like Mind Stone or Talisman of Dominance
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adjust draw sources, like Treasure Hunt (I am not sure what combo you have for this) into Forbidden Alchemy if you have some graveyard shenanigans or Fact or Fiction
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I see Brago, King Eternal, Peregrine Drake and Deadeye Navigator, you can also use Eldrazi Displacer as back up flicker. Since this enables infinite mana, you might want to slot in a few (x) spells, like Torment of Hailfire or at least Stroke of Genius
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is your flicker strategy more on the control side (counterspell, prison effects), combo side (infinite mana, storm)? or just value over time?
Hope that helps
September 18, 2018 4:59 p.m.
Daggerfella says... #10
Only 3 games, im not entirely sure on the playstyle, im usually an aggro player. A friend gave me this deck
September 18, 2018 7:44 p.m.
hi Daggerfella,
I see.
You can go aggro control. Most of the creatures do hurt (5 power) with effective etb effect/s. Flickering them reuses their etb and give pseudo vigilance.
I will raise a disclaimer that esper tends to run "good stuff" because, well, there are good spells that have little to no alternates.
From the creature list: consider keeping
--removal Angel of Despair
--draw Sphinx of Uthuun
--value Arbiter of the Ideal Brago, King Eternal Diluvian Primordial -> great when many spells in opponents' gy
Sepulchral Primordial -> another good one, getting creatures in opponents' gy
Magister Sphinx -> my bias. similar to Sorin Markov
Vela the Night-Clad -> could be a win con, when you flicker enough
Sun Titan -> not sure if you have many 3cmc permanents, but usually great to have
--combo Deadeye Navigator Peregrine Drake
maybeboard Boreas Charger
hope this helps.
September 20, 2018 6:28 p.m.
Megalomania says... #13
I’m not a fan of the primordials since their value relies on what your opponents have in their graveyards.
If you want to focus on the flicker theme, I strongly suggest Parallax Wave. It has been very effective in my deck. I think a lot of the cards in your maybeboard are exactly what you need in the main deck. I guess you just need to get hold of them and replace some of the weaker cards currently in the list like Djinn of Wishes and Sphinx of Uthuun
Megalomania says... #3
The best suggestion I can give you is to look at my list. Jk!
Planeswalkers like Kaya, Ghost Assassin and Venser, the Sojourner work pretty well in Aminatou decks. Cards like Eerie Interlude, Ghostway and Ghostly Flicker are great if you're planning to use more flicker effects.
Oath of Jace and Panharmonicon lets you get more out of Aminatou and Felidar Guardian. And by more I mean infinite mana and ETB triggers.
September 12, 2018 6:55 a.m.