Braids Bouncy Castle

Commander / EDH Mono-Blue

dangarr

Creature (24)

• 1x Academy Journeymage
• 1x AEther Adept
• 1x Apprentice Wizard
• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1x Azure Mage
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Dakra Mystic
• 1x Dream Eater
• 1x Exclusion Mage
• 1x Galecaster Colossus
• 1x Heidar, Rimewind Master
• 1x Hoverguard Sweepers
• 1x Kami of the Crescent Moon
• 1x Kederekt Leviathan
• 1x Riddlemaster Sphinx
• 1x Riftwing Cloudskate
• 1x Riptide Director
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi
• 1x Sphinx of Uthuun
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Tidespout Tyrant
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Rite of Replication

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Leyline of Anticipation

Artifact (20)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Crystal Shard
• 1x Dreamstone Hedron
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Font of Mythos
• 1x Gate to the AEther
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Ghirapur Orrery
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Planar Bridge
• 1x Ring of Three Wishes
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Land (37)

• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Scrying Sheets
• 30x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Terrain Generator
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Winding Canyons

Commander (1)

Instant (16)

• 1x AEther Tradewinds
• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Engulf the Shore
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Intellectual Offering
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x Rite of Undoing
• 1x Rushing River
• 1x Stroke of Genius

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So, let's get this out of the way first. This is a Group Hug deck. Kinda. I've been playing Talrand in our casual EDH group, and they've been complaining that they "Don't get to play magic". So I decided to retool it into a friendlier deck.

The idea is to speed up the game by letting my opponents draw cards and drop free permanents, while bouncing anything directly threatening to deter aggression. This allows them to play their big, fun threats and still de-incentivizes turning them against me.

It is important for this deck to play at instant speed whenever possible, so there are few Enchantments or Sorceries and several Flash enablers. This allows me to play the Wizard package at the most advantageous time, while saving expensive bombs or Artifacts for Braids triggers. Another benefit of all the bounce is being able to return Braids to my own hand in certain circumstances.

The win-con would be Rite of Replication on some big, dumb, Timmy blue thing and a lot of virtual card advantage.

Any advice or ideas that would keep the deck fun for a casual environment, but still sneakily win me the game?

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.16
Tokens	Copy Clone