Circu, Alchemist Extraordinaire

Commander / EDH Budget Infinite Combo Mill Theme/Gimmick UB (Dimir)

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Draw (18)

• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Compulsive Research
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Jace Beleren
• 1x Kami of the Crescent Moon
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Reverse Engineer
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Telling Time
• 1x Underworld Connections

Ramp (9)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Ur-Golem's Eye
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Board Wipe (4)

• 1x Baral's Expertise
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x River's Rebuke
• 1x Yahenni's Expertise

Pillow Fort (1)

• 1x Meishin, the Mind Cage

Counterspells (12)

• 1x Cancel
• 1x Ceremonious Rejection
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Disappearing Act
• 1x Essence Scatter
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Metallic Rebuke
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Negate
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Stoic Rebuttal

Tutors (10)

• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dimir Infiltrator
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Razaketh's Rite
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Whir of Invention

Removal (5)

• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Silence the Believers
• 1x Steel Hellkite

Filter (3)

• 1x Compulsive Research
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top

Thanks For The Karn (1)

• 1x Commandeer

Commander (1)

Lands (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 19x Island
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Submerged Boneyard
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Pure Value (6)

• 1x Dimir Doppelganger
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Metallurgic Summonings
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Swarm Intelligence

Win Con (3)

• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

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Who knew that Circu was moonlighting as an alchemist!

The deck idea is simple enough - exile the opponents' libraries with Circu, Dimir Lobotomist combined with the good old Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter combo. For the purpose of assembling the combo as fast as possible I use most of the transmute cards from the original Ravnica set, all of which serve as tutors for the pieces.

Muddle the Mixture, Shred Memory and Dimir Infiltrator tutor for either Isochron Scepter or Dramatic Reversal.

Drift of Phantasms and Perplex tutor for Whir of Invention, which in turn finds Isochron Scepter at instant speed.

If this plan fails, the alternate win condition is copied Torment of Hailfire with either Primal Wellspring or Swarm Intelligence. Rest of the deck is a mixture between budget/jank mana rocks/utility/card draw and counterspells.

Match History 5-5 (click to expand)

After playtesting the deck performs as the usual one-trick pony combo deck and if something was to happen on any of the requirements its pretty much impossible to recover. Still it is very fun to play with constant transmuting for the right cards, the deck does what it was build for and for the modest total price of 103.92$ no less.

Sidenote: People I play with are usually very competitive and/or have lots of cards and this deck was pretty much the only one I've managed to win (and more than once lul)

Wins

Circu - Muldrotha - Muldrotha - Karn

Circu - Muldrotha - Zurgo - Sidar//Bruse Tarl

Circu - Marchesa - Bruse Tarl//Tana - Neheb

Circu - Najeela - Atraxa - Tymna//Kydele

Circu - Obzedat - Vorinclex - Sylvia//Khorvath

Losses

Circu - Jodah - Atraxa- Scion of the Ur-Dragon (Tainted Strike on Atarka, World Render turn 4)

Circu - Muldrotha - Jodah - Karametra (Aura Shards + Whitemane Lion + Oketra's Monument rip artifacts)

Circu - Gishath - Teneb - Karona (ironically again Aura Shards + Whitemane Lion + Oketra's Monument)

Circu - Muldrotha - Sisay - Neheb (Angrath (which I Negated) followed by Delirium Skeins on Dramatic Reversal)

Circu - Ezuri - Rhys - Patron of the moon (I'm not even mad for this one Patron of the Moon + Caged Sun + Altar of the Brood + Storm Cauldron)

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Exclude colors	WRG
Key combos	Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 26 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.33
Tokens	Construct X/X C, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited
Folders	Dimir Mills, Commander