Dralnu Storm (Budget)

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive Infinite Combo UB (Dimir)

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Instant (29)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Gush
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Rebuild
• 1x Snap
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Tolarian Winds
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Whir of Invention
• 1x Winds of Rebuke
• 1x Words of Wisdom

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necropotence

Artifact (17)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Thought Vessel

Land (31)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 13x Island
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Commander (1)

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Careful Study
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Doomsday
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Mind's Desire
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Sleight of Hand
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Creature (5)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Shimmer Myr

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Planning to eventually transition into a more dedicated Zur List, I thought that Dralnu Storm might be a nice step along the way. I'm using the Shimmer Myr tech that I have seen in some Zur lists. Upgrades are covered in the update section below.

I enjoy playing this deck because it has multiple lines to victory, but they can be broken down into two categories: Storm and Doomsday

Storm Enablers: Paradox Engine and Dramatic ScepterStorm Outlets: Mind's Desire, Exsanguiate, and Aetherflux Reservoir

Doomsday Key Cards: Yawgmoth's Will, Laboratory Maniac, Gitaxian Probe, GushCreating doomsday piles depends heavily on the table, but the primary win condition is, of course, Laboratory Maniac.

This deck is at its core a combo deck. If you don't like combo decks or they are heavily frowned upon in your metagames or at your tables, don't play this list. It is unable to win with creature beat downs, and at certain tables (red) Dralnu is a liability. The deck traditionally sets itself up to win either through the large amount of tutors available to it, or by drawing as many cards as possible through Necropotence or Ad Nauseam (the preferred method). Because of that, the deck is extremely all-or-nothing. It dedicates itself in a single-minded fashion towards winning via combo, and committing to a massive Ad Nauseam or Necropotence is a clear telegraph to the table that you're going to attempt to win. Bear in mind that Necropotence wins are mostly enabled through the use of Shimmer Myr to win on your end step (which you won't know you can do until you reach your end step). While the deck does have counterspells in it for interaction, it is primarily for protection.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 26 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.16
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy