Buttercup Princess Bride EDH Commander

Commander / EDH Casual Humans Multiplayer Theme/Gimmick

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Beginning of the story (3)

• 1x Chulane, Teller of Tales
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Temporal Mastery

Buttercup (1)

• 1x Abduction

Cliffs of Insanity (3)

• 1x Cliffside Rescuer
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Hithlain Rope

Fezzik, The Giant (1)

• 1x Brion Stoutarm

Fire Swamp (8)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Brave the Wilds
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Feral Encounter
• 1x Magma Jet
• 1x Pack Rat
• 1x Quicksand
• 1x Return from the Wilds

Inigo Montoya's Revenge (8)

• 1x Compelled Duel
• 1x Curse of Vengeance
• 1x Dueling Grounds
• 1x Odric, Lunarch Marshal
• 1x Revival / Revenge
• 1x Samut, Voice of Dissent
• 1x Sword of Vengeance
• 1x Vendetta

Miracle Max and Wife (4)

• 1x Brought Back
• 1x Deny the Witch
• 1x Marchesa, the Black Rose
• 1x Miraculous Recovery

Narrative Cards (9)

• 1x Far Wanderings
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Happily Ever After
• 1x Last Chance
• 1x Once Upon a Time
• 1x Tale's End
• 1x Terminus
• 1x Timeless Lotus
• 1x True Love's Kiss

Other lands (7)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x The World Tree
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Scenic Lands (25)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 2x Forest
• 1x Forest
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Island
• 1x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Murmuring Bosk
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Plains
• 1x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Shrieking Eels (1)

• 1x Shriekmaw

The Wedding and Palace (8)

• 1x Castle Ardenvale
• 1x Congregation at Dawn
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• 1x Palace Jailer
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Return to Nature
• 1x Wedding Ring

Vizzini, Criminal Mastermind (3)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Circular Logic
• 1x Silence

Vizzini and Westley Poison Scene (8)

• 1x Epiphany at the Drownyard
• 1x Expropriate
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Fortune's Favor
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Hostile Negotiations
• 1x Split the Spoils
• 1x Vial of Poison

Westley, Dread Pirate Roberts (8)

• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Followed Footsteps
• 1x Fynn, the Fangbearer
• 1x Hero's Blade
• 1x Noble Purpose
• 1x Virtue of Persistence

Westley as a Farmboy (2)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Diligent Farmhand

Commander (1)

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End of Story (1)

• 1x Escape to the Wilds

Fezzik, The Giant (2)

• 1x Bonecrusher Giant
• 1x Boulder Salvo

Inigo Montoya's Revenge (4)

• 1x Duel for Dominance
• 1x Fencing Ace
• 1x True-Name Nemesis
• 1x Warrior's Oath

Narrative Cards (2)

• 1x Into the Story
• 1x The End

Poison Cup (4)

• 1x Chalice of Life  ^Flip
• 1x Hierophant's Chalice
• 1x Poison the Cup
• 1x Truth or Consequences

Prince Humperdink (1)

• 1x Charming Prince

The Wedding and Palace (6)

• 1x Noble's Purse
• 1x Path to the Festival
• 1x Rescue
• 1x The Princess Takes Flight
• 1x Time of Need
• 1x Wedding Announcement  ^Flip

Westley's Torture (3)

• 1x Hired Torturer
• 1x The Rack
• 1x Wheel of Torture

Westley as a Farmboy (3)

• 1x Folk Hero
• 1x Make a Wish
• 1x Virtue of Loyalty

Westly, the Dread Pirate Roberts (2)

• 1x Giant Killer
• 1x Pirated Copy

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This was a fun project to try and recreate many scenes from the Princess Bride movie as a commander deck. The deck is meant to actually be functional with 17 forms of interaction (removal, disruption, wipes, etc.), 10 forms of ramp (ramp, reducing cost, land to hand, etc.), 5 forms of reanimation or graveyard return, and 17 forms of card advantage (draw, tutor, etc.).

All cards, except for most lands, have a direct tie-in to the movie/story, usually through the title, like how Deny the Witch is a call-in to "I'm not a witch, I'm your wife!, Congregation at Dawn is for "mawiage is what brings us together today" and can gather many of the main characters together, or Once Upon a Time starts a story whereas Tale's End and Terminus end the story. The art also plays a roll in some cards like in Enlightened Tutor being a storybook or Mikaeus, the Lunarch being the "mawiage" priest, and Chulane, Teller of Tales being the grandpa at the beginning of the story who stops and starts the story sometimes with Temporal Mastery. Though most lands don't have a tie-in (with the exception of Quicksand, Bojuka Bog, and Clifftop Retreat), I tried to let the art be as reminiscent as possible for the story. There's a lot of hidden tie-ins such as Westley being a "Clever Impersonator" when he was the Dread Pirate Roberts, Shriekmaw being a "Shrieking Eel", and the hag who boos buttercup calling her "putrescence" can be seen in Putrefy, etc. There are also some fun things like you can put a Curse of Vengeance on your opponent and you will be saying "you killed my father, prepare to die" every time they cast a spell--and get a reward once you take them out. You can even call your opponent a pig like Westley to Prince Humperdinck after casting a Curse of the Swine on them and stage your own poison in a cup stand off when you cast a Fortune's Favor, Fact or Fiction, or Split the Spoils (among others).

There are several ways to win. The deck runs Happily Ever After which is a fitting win-con and is possible to meet all requirements especially through Revival / Revenge allowing you to double your life total. Perhaps the easier way to win, however, is to use Buttercup's (i.e., Sisay, Weatherlight Captain's) tutoring ability and get some of the Princess Bride characters on your board, including Odric, Lunarch Marshal. Odric, Lunarch Marshal--who is a tie-in to Count Rugen--can give all of your creatures deathtouch, turning Westley's ability (i.e., Fynn, the Fangbearer's ability) deadly. Likewise, it can give all your creatures double strike, vigilance, and haste with Inigo's abilities (i.e., Samut, Voice of Dissent's abilities). Of course, there's always stealing your opponents best creatures with Expropriate, Abduction, and even Followed Footsteps. I hope you have fun playing the nostalgia of the deck and finding other mini, unexpected synergies as I have.

I'll let you figure out the rest of the tie-ins to the story, but I hope you enjoy! And may your games be "to the pain!"

Top Ranked	Achieved #41 position overall 1 year ago Achieved #28 position in Commander / EDH 1 year ago Achieved #7 position in Commander / EDH Multiplayer 1 year ago
Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.19
Tokens	Boar 2/2 G, Copy Clone, Food, Human 1/1 W, On an Adventure, The Monarch
Folders	1