Big Mana, Big Draw

Commander / EDH Budget BUG (Sultai) Control Group Hug Infinite Combo Ramp

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Sorcery (17)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Creeping Renaissance
• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Dark Deal
• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Gelatinous Genesis
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Treasured Find
• 1x Verdant Confluence
• 1x Villainous Wealth
• 1x Whispering Madness
• 1x Windfall

Artifact (15)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Paruns
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Umbral Mantle
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Land (36)

• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 4x Forest
• 12x Island
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Instant (14)

• 1x Ancient Excavation *list*
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Clutch of the Undercity
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Teachings
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Rewind

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Archmage Ascension
• 1x Dictate of Kruphix
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rites of Flourishing

Commanders (2)

Creature (12)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Aphetto Alchemist
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Damia, Sage of Stone
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Forgotten Creation
• 1x Kami of the Crescent Moon
• 1x Magus of the Will
• 1x Notion ThiefGC
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Seeker of Skybreak
• 1x Trophy Mage

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Introduction

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Campfire Storytime!

I've always been fascinated by the Sultai color combination. It's a very powerful one, as there are many powerful aspects of it, such as draw, ramp, removal and tutors to name a few. This was originally supposed to be a Damia combo-control list, but I wanted to cast my commander as I enjoy having a combo piece being easily accessible. Fast-forward to Commander 2016, and we now have Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix. At first I thought Kydele was rather underwhelming, in general I thought all the partner commanders were all not-so-good at first, so she doesn't have to take it personally haha.

Commanders

Silas Renn, Seeker Adept

Silas is kinda there for the emotional support, access to black, and recurring the artifact combo pieces when need be, but he's cool since there is recursion in the command zone, which proves useful. There are a couple cards added in that help him out in triggering his ability to recast artifacts to sac.

Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix

Saving the best for last, Kydele is the real MVP here. The goal of this deck is to combo out with infinite mana and a mana sink in hand. This is where the group hug comes in, as you are usually able to draw at least three cards per turn with the proper setup, allowing the deck to combo out with relative ease.

Playing This Deck

Just like Niv-Mizzet, and Nekusar, Kydele loves to draw cards. Your goal with the deck is to draw cards until you hit a combo piece, such as Umbral Mantle or Sword of the Paruns, and a mana sink such as Exsanguinate in hand.

Mulligans

The ideal opening hand is usually two lands and a tutor/draw engine. With the amount of draw acceleration there is in this deck, you will draw into your combo pieces as turns progress and earlier than you may think.

Winning

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Just like either of the Selvalas, this deck uses cards like Sword of the Paruns and Umbral Mantle to indefinitely untap the mana producers. In Kydel's case, you will need to draw at least four cards in a turn. This is where the group hug cards come in, along with wheels, to help achieve this goal. There are several wheels in this deck:

• Ancient Excavation

• Forgotten Creation

• Whispering Madness

• Dark Deal

Once you have drawn a significant amount of cards, hopefully you have ran into a tutor or one of the two aforementioned cards above. Luckily, there are several means of getting the cards in hand via tutors:

• Clutch of the Undercity

• Fabricate

• Perplex

• Trophy Mage

• Diabolic Tutor

• Muddle the Mixture

• Merchant Scroll

Additional Combos

• Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal: I added in Isochron Scepter and Dramatic Reversal, to continuously untap Kydele and some mana rocks to produce (hopefully) infinite colored mana. You need to have drawn at least 3 cards before starting this combo to net mana in the process. If you have mana rocks like Sol Ring or Fellwar Stone, then you only need to have 1-2 cards to start the combo.

• Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake : The idea is pretty simple: as long as you have a blue source, you can net infinite mana of any color your lands can produce. Sadly, I cannot tutor this up with Tooth and Nail due to a constrained budget. :(

• Aphetto Alchemist + Illusionist's Bracers: A pretty well-known combo for most casual/competitive tables (which I'm in), this copies the Alchemist's untap effect targeting himself to infinitely tap/untap an artifact or creature. Seeker of Skybreak can be substituted in place of Aphetto Alchemist. This combo is good because it does not necessarily require Kydele.

What to do with all that mana

To win, you use cards like Blue Sun's Zenith to draw into Gemstone Array to filter colorless mana into colored mana, and cast your library/wincons, such as:

• Exsanguinate

• Stroke of Genius

• Villainous Wealth

• Gelatinous Genesis

• Blue Sun's Zenith

Note you can win without an -draw spell if you have an infinite mana sink.

In conclusion,this deck functions similar to an elfball EDH deck. You achieve a specific condition to get infinite mana to win. Staff of Domination is optimal for this deck as a win condition, since it locks down the entire board alone with Kydele after drawing eight cards in a turn by tapping down opponents' creatures.

Budget

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This deck's budget is not high enough to accommodate Staff of Domination, and is around $100 at most. I will be increasing the price as time goes on, however.

As far as suggestions go, I am very open to any suggestions in improving this deck. Usually if I'm not automatically convinced with a suggestion, an explanation about the card works just fine.

Thanks for reading the description! If you especially enjoyed it, +1's are much appreciated!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Exclude colors	WR
Key combos	Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 0 Rares 29 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.03
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Morph 2/2 C, Ooze X/X G
Folders	Need to playtest, Sultai, edh, Favorites