Ertai Wizard Tribal

Commander / EDH* Wizards WUB (Esper)

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Land (34)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dromar's Cavern
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 5x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Supreme Verdict

Creature (24)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Aura Thief
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Ertai, Wizard Adept
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Guile
• 1x Lullmage Mentor
• 1x Naru Meha, Master Wizard
• 1x Oona, Queen of the Fae
• 1x Patron Wizard
• 1x Riptide Director
• 1x Sigil Tracer
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Stonybrook Banneret
• 1x Supreme Inquisitor
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Vedalken AEthermage
• 1x Voidmage Prodigy
• 1x Zur the Enchanter

Instant (12)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Wizard's Retort

Commander (1)

Enchantment (16)

• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Decree of Silence
• 1x Enchanted Evening
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Solemnity
• 1x Starfield of Nyx
• 1x Zur's Weirding

Artifact (10)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Helm of Obedience
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Progress

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Ertai caught my interest as an Esper commander with a unique ability. There are definitely some aspects to Ertai which would prompt some players to go towards a stax build since his ability is pure control - but at his CMC cost it's a lot more prohibitive. Instead, I opted to try and maximize what I could do for counterspells, relying on a couple of combo win-conditions that can be enabled by sacrificing either Aura Thief or Academy Rector . There's also the Helm + RIP combo that is efficient for Esper to win with while not using doomsday, although RIP is a nonbo with the Aura Thief and Academy Rector lines.

The goal then is simple: control the game until you can assemble one of the three two card combos in the deck. Control frequently runs into issues in 4 player EDH because you run out of cards. My hope is that by having repeated counterspells stapled onto creatures I can get around that drawback.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 58 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.02
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Faerie Rogue 1/1 UB, Human Wizard 1/1 U, Merfolk 1/1 U, Morph 2/2 C, Treasure