Ayli Ad Nauseum EDH

Commander / EDH Combo WB (Orzhov)

WalkerWaits

Mana (45)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 5x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Sol Ring
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Windswept Heath

Removal/Stax (28)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Bounty Agent
• 1x Castigate
• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Distress
• 1x Duress
• 1x Extirpate
• 1x Fragmentize
• 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Mesmeric Fiend
• 1x Mind Shatter
• 1x Mind Twist
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Sadistic Sacrament
• 1x Specter's Shriek
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sudden Death
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Tidehollow Sculler
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vindicate

Combo (4)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Angel's Grace
• 1x Phyrexian Unlife
• 1x Sickening Dreams

Commander (1)

Tutor/Draw (14)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Brainspoil
• 1x Cruel Tutor
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Combodefense (6)

• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Mandate of Peace
• 1x Orim's Chant
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1x Silence

Recursion (2)

• 1x Pull from Eternity
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

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Maybeboard

Other (13)

• 1x Abeyance
• 1x Argivian Find
• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Dust to Dust
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Kaya's Wrath
• 1x Mana Tithe
• 1x Rain of Filth
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Sorcerous Spyglass
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Tragic Poet
• 1x Wrath of God

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AD NAUSEUM, THE DECK!

PLEASE CHECK OUT MY NEW ORZHOV PROJECT INSTEAD -- LURRUS OF THE DREAM DEN

Ayli herself is basically irrelevant to this straightforward Ad Nauseum deck. It's inspired by the strategy of cEDH Grenzo -- pursue one combo, as fast as possible. White has the added benefit of protecting our combo from interaction.

Unlike most Orzhov nonsense, the combo is fairly compact. If you're not playing against any blue decks, you're probably safe (hopefully they don't have Silence, Teferi's Protection or a matching Angel's Grace) just grabbing Ad Nauseam + Angel's Grace and winning that turn. In lieu of that, we need three pieces:
ad nauseum in hand + Phyrexian Unlife (on the board) or Angel's Grace (in hand) + Silence effect (lots of redundancy here).
Our winning combo is to draw our entire deck with Ad Nauseam, then use mana positive rocks to discard our opponents' hands/remove threats/prevent noncreature spells/destroy permanents blocking our path, and Sickening Dreams to the win.

The only real combo is ad nauseum + Phyrexian Unlife/Angel's Grace. Supporting that we have crazy amounts of removal, discard, stax, etc. Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim is there to act as a deterrent, and she has light synergy with Tidehollow Sculler/Mesmeric Fiend/Leonin Relic-Warder, allowing you to permanently exile a card instead of returning it after.

IF YOU DON'T PLAY WITH PROXIES/AREN'T RICH:
It's a tough deck to play. Ayli, and really, any of the Orzhov commanders, are pretty jank. The classic Ayli combos with Exquisite Blood and the like simply require too wide a board with too many vulnerable, high cost combo pieces to function. Likewise Teysa, Orzhov Scion with Painter's Servant or Darkest Hour, which still needs a sacrifice outlet, profit on those triggers, and an extra creature. This Ayli is meant to compete with other silly, "stretch goal" commanders like Niv-Mizzet, Ayula, wheel Kykar, etc. If you want to build this deck on a budget, tutors will be your biggest issue. I would swap out much of the explosive mana generators for higher cost control cards with longer game value, and in place of the current tutors, some consistent draw cards, like Twilight Prophet or the various nerfed versions of Phyrexian Arena.

Beware the quick win decks! Your low cost discard should be used for hazing decks you expect to win t3-6.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Ad Nauseam + Angel's Grace
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.87