cEDH Divergent MAN

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GrixisLich

Instant (31)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Angel's Grace
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Demonic Consultation
• 1x Divergent Transformations
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Rain of Filth
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Silence
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tainted Pact
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rhystic Study

Creature (2)

• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Spellseeker

Land (30)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 3x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 3x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath

Sorcery (10)

• 1x By Force
• 1x Careful Study
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Commanders (2)

Artifact (23)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Voltaic Key

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Whirlpool Warrior

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Hello I am GrixisLich and this is my first deck here.

Divergent Nauseam is a cEdh deck focussed in a fast combo with Divergent Transformations in a Ad Nauseam shell. The commanders Akiri, Line-Slinger and Silas Renn, Seeker Adept were chosen mainly because of the color combination and the low cmc cost. The only other reason to choose those two as the commanders is to not attract many attention (being a rogue deck) to your side until it is too late.

Mindset

As a cEdh deck the main objective is to win. Win faster, with consistency and don`t leave a gap to your opponents.

Two words describe this deck: Greed and Opportunist

When playing it will be all-in or nothing, there is no middle ground. This deck will became pretty slow if you put more stax or control cards, so it is not recommended to people that like those archetypes.

Game plan/Combo

This deck is centered in 2 cards Divergent Transformations and Ad Nauseam , allowing a certain flexibility in 2 different setups.

Divergent Setup

Divergent Transformations is the star of the deck. Being easily mistaken as a removal this combo enabler shows its power with a powerful instant speed win condition. By exiling our own 2 commanders we will reveal our deck until 2 more creatures. Since we only have two others creature it is possible to assemble our win cons.

• Laboratory Maniac
• Spellseeker
• Demonic Consultation

This setup allow a instant speed win. As the Divergent Transformations resolves and Laboratory Maniac and Spellseeker enter the battlefield you will search for Demonic Consultation . As you cast it you will name an random card that is not in the deck (like Doomsday ) and exile your entire deck and winning by the next draw.

This combo will be effective if used in a end-step just before our turn or by using a cantrip, never in a situation that we will not be able to do the last draw, because in the worst case scenario our opponents will remove our Laboratory Maniac and we will basically lose.

It is possible to use other 2 creature cards combo however most of them are quietly costly if not assembled by Divergent Transformations , like Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker and Zealous Conscripts being almost impossible to cast if drawn.

The ones that I recommend other than the pair lab maniac and spellseeker are Notion Thief and Whirlpool Warrior . Being good and castable cards in isolation in the combo it will allow you to draw 20 to 30 cards and will remove the hand of all your opponents. Even if not being a determinant win-con it is comparable to an Ad Nauseam without the life loss.

Ad Nauseam Setup

Ad Nauseam is one of the most vile, greed, busted and beautiful card in all Edh. In the right deck it is possible to draw obscene amounts of cards paying and a bit of life. With our deck with a mana curve of mostly in range of 0 to 3 once we cast it we will stop only when we have:

Divergent Transformations

Ad Nauseam used as a tutor for the first combo set up.

Paradox Engine

Sensei's Divining Top

Voltaic Key

First you cast Paradox Engine . Generate tons of mana with your mana rocks, cast Sensei's Divining Top . Generate tons of mana with your mana rocks again, cast Voltaic Key . Now you tap Sensei's Divining Top answer the trigger with Voltaic Key untapping Sensei's Divining Top and taping it again. So we will put the Sensei's Divining Top on the top of the library an will draw two cards. By repeating this process we can draw as many cards as we want. Finish it using Laboratory Maniac or storming with Aetherflux Reservoir .

Some times it won't be possible to assemble all the combo cards, but we will have enough tutors to make it done.

Tutors/Recursion

Tutors are a crucial part of this deck and they are:

Divergent Transformations

Ad Nauseam

Demonic Consultation

Tainted Pact

Vampiric Tutor

Enlightened Tutor

Mystical Tutor

Demonic Tutor

Fabricate

Imperial Seal

Inventors' Fair

Don`t ever forget of Yawgmoth's Will or Mission Briefing .

Techs and Warnings

Be careful with the amount of life you possess when casting Ad Nauseam .

If you use Ad Nauseam + Angel's Grace you can draw the entire deck without dying

Silence can be used as an disrupt or to protect the combo.

The mana base can be improved.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Key combos	Ad Nauseam + Angel's Grace
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 2 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.83
Tokens	Manifest 2/2 C