Corrupted Ertai's Enchantments

Commander / EDH* Casual Enchantment WUB (Esper)

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Creature (26)

• 1x Ajani's Chosen
• 1x Bitterheart Witch
• 1x Brine Shaman
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Emeria Shepherd
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Fleshwrither
• 1x Hanna, Ship's Navigator
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Heliod, God of the Sun
• 1x Heliod's Pilgrim
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Kor Cartographer
• 1x Lullmage Mentor
• 1x Oblivion Sower
• 1x Perplexing Chimera
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x River Kelpie
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Sunblast Angel
• 1x Thoughtrender Lamia
• 1x Yosei, the Morning Star
• 1x Zur the Enchanter

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Obzedat's Aid
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Twilight's Call
• 1x Unburial Rites

Instant (5)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Momentary Blink
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Negate
• 1x Swan Song

Land (36)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 5x Island
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 6x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Transguild Promenade

Artifact (6)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Orazca Relic
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

Commander (1)

Enchantment (20)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Copy Enchantment
• 1x Cruel Reality
• 1x Curse of Misfortunes
• 1x Curse of Thirst
• 1x Curse of Verbosity
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Hatching Plans
• 1x Induced Amnesia
• 1x Infinite Reflection
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Martyr's Bond
• 1x Mind's Dilation
• 1x Overwhelming Splendor
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Profane Procession  ^Flip
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Starfield of Nyx

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Sideboard

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Marshal's Anthem
• 1x Mind Harness
• 1x Prison Term
• 1x Shielded by Faith
• 1x Standstill

Creature (4)

• 1x Angel of the Dire Hour
• 1x Eidolon of Countless Battles
• 1x Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage
• 1x Sire of Stagnation

Instant (1)

• 1x Second Sunrise

Artifact (1)

• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Land (1)

• 1x Esper Panorama

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (16)

• 1x Arcane Laboratory
• 1x Curse of Disturbance
• 1x Curse of Exhaustion
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Omen of the Sea
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Second Wind
• 1x Sigil of the Empty Throne
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Stasis Snare
• 1x Tidal Control
• 1x Treacherous Blessing

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty

Creature (13)

• 1x Alela, Artful Provocateur
• 1x Archon of Sun's Grace
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Azor, the Lawbringer
• 1x Brood of Cockroaches
• 1x Daxos the Returned
• 1x Disciple of the Ring
• 1x Dominating Licid
• 1x Draining Whelk
• 1x Ethersworn Adjudicator
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Dance of the Manse
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Immortal Servitude
• 1x Plea for Guidance
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms

Instant (12)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Dismantling Blow
• 1x Dream Fracture
• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Hornswoggle
• 1x Intellectual Offering
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Mystical Teachings
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Artifact (2)

• 1x Desecrated Tomb
• 1x Treasure Map  ^Flip

Land (2)

• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Flood Plain

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not quite happy with this deck.

some new thoughts:

struggling to find a place for the cards put in the sideboard.

• really too few wraths, counters and spot removal
• general mana cost of the deck is a tad too high
• reanimation theme + River Kelpie is almost non-existent
• no Flickering Ward + Ajani's Chosen / Sigil of the Empty Throne / Thoughtrender Lamia
• not much untap options for ertai
• no Mind Harness through zur
• hanna might be cutable
• probably should have more token generators
• no reliable card draw, to few tutors / no real tutor / no enchantment tutor (idyllic / plea)
• not sure if Lullmage Mentor is worth it in the current build - probably would be okay with some more instant counters
• Heliod, God of the Sun may never be a creature
• maybe too many curses - curse of exhaustion is currently cut from the deck but it would be pretty good in my meta, i guess
• no scrying effects, not even the Treasure Map  
• no angel of dire hour + Mystical Teachings , not even 1 of them
• zur can't even fetch Arcane Laboratory or Ghostly Prison
• probably too few basic lands. not sure if the land base is good enough. future sight is probably very hard to pay
• probably does not need yosei

on the other side:

• at least Heliod's Pilgrim can get a aura
• Fleshwrither can get very good value: zur, ajani's chosen + heliod, Clever Impersonator (which is an upgraded copy enchantment)
• Muddle the Mixture for Reassembling Skeleton , Brine Shaman , Animate Dead or some other cards

latest thoughts and changes:

• I'll like to test Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage as he can give Ertai and Zur flash and basically let them skip the summoning sickness turn. Probably gonna use some more legendaries as well if I try him out.
• The landbase got a little upgrade. still not sure on the mix between the basics. One land has been removed, while i actually should rather be adding lands instead. It feels like it has too few {U} sources. I tried to skip lands like Darkwater Catacombs or Sunken Ruins and try to find other options. - for now, sunken ruins have been added
• Momentary Blink is great but probably not the best choice for this deck. Does not protect from wrath effects, to few interactions, no draining whelk, no ashen rider and so on. Blink, Yosei, Infinite Reflection and the Lulmage will be probably cut. Pilgrim of heliod maybe as well as the curses + animate dead (no infinite, no mind harness, no prison term, no Shielded by Faith) don't justify the pick anymore.
• minor changes like: darksteel ingot -> commander's sphere due to the recursion sub theme.

cards on my radar (end of march edit):
- Treacherous Blessing - Omen of the Sea
- Archon of Sun's Grace
- Smothering Tithe
- Dance of the Manse
- Alela, Artful Provocateur
- Field of the Dead
- Dreadhorde Invasion
- Desecrated Tomb
- Idyllic Tutor

Please tell me your thoughts about the deck and which cards you would cut or add.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 1 Mythic Rares 42 - 5 Rares 16 - 5 Uncommons 17 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.03
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Cat 2/2 W, City's Blessing, Enchantment Cleric 2/1 W, Merfolk 1/1 U
Folders	1 reevaluating