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Aminatou: Social Distancing 101

Commander / EDH* Competitive Stax WUB (Esper)

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Made some adjustmemts to my previous list to give it a more 2020 vibe. To maintain that 2020 flavor, the deck aims to restrict movement, limit resources and prevent any meaningful interaction the entire game. The collective groaning, cursing and the occassional table flipping makes this slow, grindy and clunky deck so worth playing.

The Deck

The deck is very simple. It makes heavy use of and with a splash of black (tutors). While the theme is primarily stax, it also has a Narset, Parter of Veils subtheme. The said subtheme can be prioritized to establish early card advantage or played later on in the game to lock opponents out. Winning via submission is the main route we go for here but the deck is laden with enough beatsticks to win via combat damage.

Gameplay

Sans any real win condition, the deck aims to slow the game using cards like Tangle Wire, Grand Arbiter Agustin IV and Dovin, Hand of Control. It then sets up an effective defense in the form of Magus of the Moat, Peacekeeper, and Propaganda while we add pieces like Rishadan Footpad, Oath of Liliana and Reality Acid to slowly chip off opponents’ board presence. These creatures also serve as meat shields for our planeswalkers which will be doing most of the disruption.

Walkers like Teferi, Time Raveler, Narset, Parter of Veils and Karn, the Great Creator are quite great in keeping the fun one-sided by imposing restrictions after restrictions until there is nothing else for our opponents to do but oass the turn. Once we have complete control of the board, we then place the final nail in the coffin -Teferi's Puzzle Box. With Narset in play, this means our opponents will no longer get to keep cards in their hand unless they manage to draw into an instant-speed removal to break the lock. But with Teferi also in play, we take away this option effectively locking opponents’ hands and in most cases, shutting them out of the game.

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My playgroup has once against started to move towards a more competitive level. Made the necessary adjustments to stay abreast with the power creep that’s happening.

Out: Peacekeeper, Propaganda, Magus of the Moat, Sensei's Divining Top, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth and Dovin, Hand of Control

In: Fierce Guardianship, Force of Negation, Mana Drain, Aven Mindcensor, Scroll Rack, and Bojuka Bog

My meta is stax heavy. Mostly play against Derevi Stax and Daretti Stax plus some random deck. Still opted to stock with the clunky combo lines as opposed to going with Consult lines. I want to keep the deck slot efficient and less combo-centric for a change. Your inputs are most welcome.

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Date added 5 years
Last updated 2 years
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

10 - 0 Mythic Rares

61 - 0 Rares

17 - 0 Uncommons

10 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 2.51
Tokens Illusion */* U, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders Interesting Commander Decks, Nette Ideen, New2, EDH Esper (WUB), EDH Decks, Possible EDH decks, edh, EDH/Commander, Breya/Aminatou, STAX
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