Atraxa Enchantress (Peeling Onions)

Commander / EDH Casual Counters Enchantment GWUB

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Land (34)

• 1x Bayou
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 2x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Guildmages' Forum
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Novijen, Heart of Progress
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 2x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Strip Mine
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath

Instant (7)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Essence Capture
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Pulse of Murasa
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Creature (22)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Anafenza, the Foremost
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Daxos the Returned
• 1x Elvish Harbinger
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Flux Channeler
• 1x Grateful Apparition
• 1x Merfolk Skydiver
• 1x Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• 1x Pollenbright Druid
• 1x Roalesk, Apex Hybrid
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Sigarda, Host of Herons
• 1x Spike Feeder
• 1x Thrummingbird
• 1x Tomik, Distinguished Advokist
• 1x Winding Constrictor

Artifact (10)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Nature's Spiral

Commander (1)

Enchantment (19)

• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Energy Field
• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Moat
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Parallax Wave
• 1x Primeval Bounty
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Simic Ascendancy
• 1x Song of Freyalise
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Sterling Grove
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Wheel of Sun and Moon

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Ajani, the Greathearted
• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1x Estrid, the Masked
• 1x Tamiyo, Collector of Tales

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Creature (6)

• 1x Enduring Scalelord
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Rafiq of the Many
• 1x Toothy, Imaginary Friend
• 1x Winding Constrictor
• 1x Worldsoul Colossus

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Declaration of Naught
• 1x Evolutionary Escalation
• 1x Mana Chains
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

Instant (2)

• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Seedtime

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Since there aren’t enough Atraxa decks already I decided to build another one. I didn’t want to go the typical Super Friends route (boo Super Friends), so I decided to make enchantments the focus of the deck. This deck is fun for casual, but is by no means supposed to be highly competitive.

What is the plan?

The core of the deck was built around an Energy Field / Wheel of Sun and Moon OR Rest in Peace damage lock-out. So, there are various ways to get to this state ( Plea for Guidance , Idyllic Tutor , Vampiric Tutor , Demonic Tutor , etc.). There are also are a lot of protective enchantments that makes removing them painful and generally a group effort from the rest of the table (hence the name: Peeling Onions). Among these methods is Estrid, the Masked , her masks are amazing at saving the things you care about. Also included are Cloud Cover , Sterling Grove , Enchanted Evening , Greater Auramancy , and Karmic Justice .

Staying Alive:

There are several ways to protect your board state. Parallax Wave with proliferate is quite broken on its own. I added in Teferi's Protection because it is amazing at saving hopeless situations. Settle the Wreckage is another great way to rattlesnake someone and change the game’s dynamics. I have also added in some exile cards to permanently rid the board of problematic creatures ( Swords to Plowshares , Path to Exile , Oblivion Ring , etc.). Moat had to go in since I had one and it works well since many of my creatures are flying.

Proliferate:

I had to play with Atraxa’s proliferate mechanic since it is an amazing perquisite. Along those lines I have added in Contagion Clasp , Hardened Scales , Walking Ballista , Thrummingbird , Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit , Pir, Imaginative Rascal , Anafenza, the Foremost (plus this is graveyard hate par excellence), Inexorable Tide , and, of course, Deepglow Skate . I pump things up and then swing in for the win.

Card Draw:

Card draw is imperative. So, given that I’m running an Enchantress build, I had to include some Enchantresses: Mesa Enchantress , Enchantress's Presence , Eidolon of Blossoms , and Tuvasa the Sunlit . Sensei's Divining Top / Sylvan Library are absolutely top shelf at deck manipulation. Mana Bloom with an enchantress out is pretty sweet: play it for zero or one and draw an extra card a turn.

Mana:

The land base is a little ridiculous, but I used to play Legacy/Vintage so I had most of them already. There are also a few mana dorks to shore up the early game difficulties that four-color decks present. Also, Land Tax is an essential all-star. It makes things so much smoother and allows for Back to Basics shenanigans.

So that’s it. Let me know your thoughts and ideas. I have been playing this build for a while with minor tweaks here and there, but am getting ready for a major overhaul when I get my case of War of the Sparks. Cheers.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 52 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.79
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Enchantment Spirit */* WB, Experience Token, Mask