Don't Forget to Hug Your (Dino) Cats!

Commander / EDH Competitive Group Hug Infinite Combo Multiplayer Pillow Fort RUW (Jeskai, America)

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Land (34)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 7x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 4x Plains
• 1x Raugrin Triome
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Thriving Bluff
• 1x Thriving Heath
• 1x Thriving Isle

Removal (5)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Council's Judgment
• 1x Fractured Identity
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Volcanic Offering

Win Cons (5)

• 1x Approach of the Second Sun
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Insurrection
• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1x Laboratory Maniac

Card Draw (11)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Fevered Visions
• 1x Folio of Fancies
• 1x Intellectual Offering
• 1x Invoke the Firemind
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Minds Aglow
• 1x Standstill
• 1x Stroke of Genius
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Words of Wisdom

Stax (10)

• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Drannith MagistrateGC
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Narset, Parter of VeilsGC
• 1x Pramikon, Sky Rampart
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler
• 1x Windborn Muse

Combo (7)

• 1x Aurelia, the Warleader
• 1x Brago, King Eternal
• 1x Knowledge Pool
• 1x Mist of Stagnation
• 1x Sands of Time
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Tidespout Tyrant

Board Wipe (4)

• 1x Akroma's Vengeance
• 1x Dismantling Wave
• 1x Play of the Game
• 1x Supreme Verdict

Commander (1)

Ramp (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana VaultGC
• 1x Pendant of Prosperity
• 1x Raugrin Crystal
• 1x Smothering TitheGC
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Victory Chimes

Synergy (10)

• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Curse of Verbosity
• 1x Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer
• 1x Ominous Seas
• 1x Orzhov Advokist
• 1x Rite of the Raging Storm
• 1x Shark Typhoon
• 1x Shiny Impetus
• 1x Tectonic Reformation
• 1x Yidaro, Wandering Monster

Protection (3)

• 1x Fierce GuardianshipGC
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Teferi's ProtectionGC

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Sideboard

Other (1)

• 1x Rest in Peace

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Maybeboard

Upgrades (2)

• 1x Enlightened TutorGC
• 1x Mystical TutorGC

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One for you, two for me!

This deck is focused on incentivizing opponents to attack players other than you through politics, goads, curses, and stax, setting up infinite combos, and developing incremental advantage through our commander's second ability coupled with group hug effects.

You may now fight amongst yourselves.

If you are able to get your opponents to whittle each other down, you can finish them off out of nowhere with the likes of Insurrection, Disrupt Decorum, or Invoke the Firemind.

Free dino cats? Yes please!

The group hug elements are included to facilitate politics and getting in everyone's good graces. What makes this worthwhile is, if we have our commander on the battlefield, we will be consistently getting incremental advantage with every group hug spell by her second ability that nets us a free 2/2 creature for each effect. This means we will be able to more quickly assemble our combo pieces along with developing board advantage that can snowball easily.

Oops! Did I just combo?

• Strionic Resonator + Sands of Time / Mist of Stagnation = Infinite colored mana/tapping or untapping permanents during your upkeep
• Strionic Resonator + Brago, King Eternal + Mana Rock(s) able to produce at least 2 mana = Infinite tapping/untapping during the damage step
• Tidespout Tyrant + Mana Vault + 1 other spell = Infinite mana
• Aurelia, the Warleader + Brago, King Eternal = Infinite attack steps
• Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir / Teferi, Time Raveler + Knowledge Pool = Opponents are locked out of casting spells

These infinite combos can give you the win when you dump the mana into Minds Aglow / Blue Sun's Zenith / Stroke of Genius / Folio of Fancies / Invoke the Firemind to draw your opponents out or the immediate win with these plus when Laboratory Maniac / Jace, Wielder of Mysteries are on the battlefield to draw yourself out.

Comments, concerns, suggestions, and (preferably) snide remarks welcome!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	BG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 1 Mythic Rares 52 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.50
Tokens	Copy Clone, Dinosaur Cat 2/2 RW, Gold, Kraken 8/8 U, Elemental 5/1 R, Ogre 3/3 R, Shark */* U, Treasure