Aminatou: Top-deck Matters

Commander / EDH* Tempo WUB (Esper)

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Land (37)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 9x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Isolated Watchtower
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x New Benalia
• 7x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave

Artifact (6)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Cloudform
• 1x Oath of Gideon *f-pre*
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Rhystic Study

Instant (17)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Banishing Stroke
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Predict
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Telling Time
• 1x Utter End

Creature (16)

• 1x Adarkar Valkyrie
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Boreas Charger
• 1x Djinn of Wishes
• 1x Enigma Sphinx
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Night Incarnate
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Silent-Blade Oni
• 1x Sower of Discord
• 1x Sphinx of Jwar Isle
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Varina, Lich Queen
• 1x Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign
• 1x Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Commander (1)

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Aminatou's Augury
• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dream Cache
• 1x Entreat the Angels
• 1x Entreat the Dead
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Portent
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Skull Storm
• 1x Terminus
• 1x Treasure Hunt
• 1x Wrath of God

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Dovin Baan
• 1x Jace, the Living Guildpact
• 1x Liliana Vess

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Aminatou, the Fateshifter: Top-deck Matters

This Deck was created using the 2018 Subjective Reality precon, roughly 30 of the non-lands and 17 non-basic lands were replaced in an effort to streamline and increase the power level of the deck.

Out of Box Upgrades

Manabase upgrades: 10 lands that simply said "enters tapped" or some variation of were replaced with 10 non-basics that will 99% of the time come in untapped. 4 more tapped lands were replaced with basic lands while another 3 tapped lands were simply removed. both signets were replaced with Gilded Lotus and Chromatic Lantern

Removal Suite: This deck came with some decent removal but lacked cheap spot removal and counters, the updated removal list can be found in the "Board Control" section near the bottom of this description.

Real Power Additions: While cards like Army of the Damned and both Entreat cards provide healthy top curve power to the deck I included Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur, Omniscience, and Sword of Feast and Famine as well as the 3 planeswalkers Jace, the Living Guildpact, Liliana Vess, and Dovin Baan to drive up win speed and deck synergy. an honorable mention in this category also go to Alhammarret's Archive

The changes made above, as well as more minor synergy oriented card replacements leaves a game plan that runs as follows.

Top-Deck Control

• Brainstorm
• Dream Cache
• Enlightened Tutor
• Halimar Depths
• Jace, the Living Guildpact
• Liliana Vess
• Lim-Dul's Vault
• Mortuary Mire
• Mystical Tutor
• New Benalia
• Ponder
• Portent
• Read the Bones
• Sphinx of Jwar Isle
• Aminatou, the Fateshifter
• Telling Time

Top-Deck Access

• Aminatou's Augury
• Baleful Strix
• Djinn of Wishes
• Cloudform
• Enigma Sphinx
• Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• Predict
• Rhystic Study
• Sign in Blood
• Treasure Hunt
• Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

Top-Deck Value

• Banishing Stroke
• Devastation Tide
• Entreat the Angels
• Entreat the Dead
• Terminus

Board Control

1. Counters
   Arcane Denial, Dispel, Swan Song, Negate
2. Spot Removal
   Rapid Hybridization, Swords to Plowshares, Utter End, Return to Dust, Banishing Stroke
3. Boardwipes
   Terminus, Devastation Tide, Wrath of God, Merciless Eviction, Cyclonic Rift

Potential Wincons

Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur, Skull Storm, Entreat the Angels, Entreat the Dead, Army of the Damned, Aminatou's Augury

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.89
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Dovin Baan, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Kor Ally 1/1 W, Manifest 2/2 C, Zombie 2/2 B