Braids, Fatty Conjurer

Commander / EDH* Mono-Blue

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Instant (6)

• 1x Capsize
• 1x Commandeer
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Spell Crumple

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Rite of Replication

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Paradox Haze

Artifact (10)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Deathrender
• 1x Gate to the AEther
• 1x Journeyer's Kite
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Quicksilver Amulet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage

Creature (40)

• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 1x Chancellor of the Spires
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Darksteel Colossus
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Deep-Sea Kraken
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Draining Whelk
• 1x Goliath Sphinx
• 1x Heidar, Rimewind Master
• 1x Hoverguard Sweepers
• 1x Inkwell Leviathan
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Keiga, the Tide Star
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Lorthos, the Tidemaker
• 1x Memnarch
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Pathrazer of Ulamog
• 1x Patron of the Moon
• 1x Phyrexian Ingester
• 1x Quicksilver Gargantuan
• 1x Rimefeather Owl
• 1x Roil Elemental
• 1x Sharding Sphinx
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sphinx Ambassador
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi
• 1x Sphinx of Uthuun
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Sturmgeist
• 1x Tidespout Tyrant
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Ulamog's Crusher
• 1x Windreader Sphinx

Land (38)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x High Market
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scrying Sheets
• 29x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Soldevi Excavations
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thespian's Stage

Commander (1)

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Instant (2)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Redirect

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Reality Strobe

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Back from the Brink
• 1x Rhystic Study

Artifact (6)

• 1x Armillary Sphere
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Sword of Vengeance
• 1x Timesifter

Creature (5)

• 1x Colossal Whale
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Myojin of Seeing Winds
• 1x Sphinx of Jwar Isle
• 1x Trench Gorger

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A fun multiplayer EDH deck that uses Braids, Conjurer Adept to achieve some pretty ludicrous board states. In order to take advantage of this, this deck is chock-full of big blue fatties that Braids is happy to conjure up.

The deck currently has a few additional methods of powering fatties onto the field. Gate to the AEther is tons of fun, Quicksilver Amulet is classic, Deathrender helps me keep up with removal, and Omniscience is particularly great when combined with draw effects.

I try to keep a critical mass of creatures (which hovers around 40) in order to keep the deck running smoothly (meaning it continues to churn out fatties). To accomplish this, I include as many creatures as I can that are also sources of card advantage. Sphinx of Magosi is the cream of the crop.

In order to try and keep a lid on the aforementioned ludicrous board states that I facilitate creating, I do a few things. One important element is controlling creatures (like the Eldrazi with Annhiliator abilities, Roil Elemental, Sphinx Ambassador , and Colossal Whale). I also run some efficient bounce, as well as a small suite of counterspells. These are not to eliminate the fun that my opponents can have with Braids, but rather to prevent potentially out-of-control board states.

(Also, I really wish I could play Quest for Ula's Temple, but I just can't find enough relevant creatures that I like to justify it. Maybe when they print Kiora, they'll print a bunch of expensive leviathans. I can only hope.)

All in all this deck is supposed to be fun.

Comments on the above, and all discussion points (and +1s, of course) are greatly appreciated.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 10 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	6.26
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Tamiyo, the Moon Sage, Myr 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 U