Ertai's Escape

Commander / EDH* Combo Jank WUB (Esper)

Clacky

Draw (13)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Finale of Revelation
• 1x Hatching Plans
• 1x Induced Amnesia
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Ordeal of Thassa
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Stroke of Genius
• 1x Treacherous Blessing
• 1x Zur the Enchanter

Protection (7)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Chronomantic Escape
• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Glacial Chasm

Removal (5)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Utter End

Wipe (5)

• 1x Aura Thief
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Wrath of God

Land (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 9x Island
• 1x Magosi, the Waterveil
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 8x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Combo (6)

• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lethal Vapors
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Trickbind

Library Hate (6)

• 1x Bitter Ordeal
• 1x Extract
• 1x Jester's Cap
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Rootwater Thief
• 1x Sadistic Sacrament

Counters (3)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Summary Dismissal

Commander (1)

Ramp (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Tutor (5)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Diabolic Revelation
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault

Other (2)

• 1x Hanna, Ship's Navigator
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton

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Maybeboard

Other (26)

• 1x Cranial Extraction
• 1x Dance of the Manse
• 1x Demonic Pact
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Empowered Autogenerator
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Greed
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mystical Teachings
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Plea for Guidance
• 1x Pollen Lullaby
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Reality Acid
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Teferi's Care
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Well of Ideas

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Non-win con with Teferi's Vapors

This is an Esper take on an Orzhov combo, using Teferi's Protection after activating Lethal Vapors a million times to let your opponents mill themselves to death while you wait patiently in the future.

The game plan is to check everyone's libraries with cards like Extract to remove cards that will prevent them from milling out, like Eldrazi or Abundance or Lab Maniac. Then you can tutor for your combo. In the Orzhov deck, Grand Abolisher was the only way to prevent your opponents from skipping their turns in response, but with blue, there's some other ways to protect it. The first is Ertai, the Corrupted himself: after activating, hold priority, cast any instant spell and sacrifice Lethal Vapors to counter it before your opponents can activate it. You can also use Trickbind to stop them, or wait for their activated abilities to resolve before casting Summary Dismissal to take all the turns yourself.

Everything else in the deck is there to keep you alive until you find your pieces.

This deck is still in early days and I've never pulled it off IRL, so please leave any feedback. The cards that I considered, but didn't make the cut, are in the Maybeboard.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.94
Tokens	Elephant 3/3 G