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Commander / EDH TheGrayMerchant

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Banned! —April 27, 2017

You know its the perfect time to give your deck a shiny new upgrade when part of it gets banned:

-1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest

+1 Turnabout

-1 Swiftwater Cliffs

+1 Scalding Tarn

Next priority is getting the manabase fixed up to make it synergize with Tarn more. Right now, I can only get two shocklands so I'm thinking of getting Blood Crypt and Breeding Pool. I'm also looking at trading for an Expedition Fire-Lit Thicket because I can't not buy something with beautiful art.

I'm also looking at ways to stop running out of mana, Squandered Resources comes to mind.

The last thing on my list right now is to get some things to synergize with Zada, Hedron Grinder and Silverfur Partisan. The Strive mechanic actually seems really good here, and cards like Polymorphous Rush look insane if I have enough creatures on the board, add a Tainted Strike for an alternate wincon. Man, reading that just sounds fun. It probably won't get added to the deck officially, but I might add a few more wish cards just to try it.

I'd definitely run Maelstrom Wanderer in here - Give Ydris double strike, Strionic Resonator one of the triggers, then cast Wanderer, cascade five times? Seems good. Might also be worth trying out Arjun, the Shifting Flame, since he'll keep you wheeling through your deck to find the cards you need as you try to combo off.

Meanwhile, it doesn't look like you've got anything to use on Zada, Hedron Grinder or Mirrorwing Dragon except Chaos Warp and Bituminous Blast. There's no reason to be running these at all. If you're counting on storming off with Aetherflux Reservoir, they don't help you, since you don't cast the new spells. You don't even get extra cascades off Bituminous Blast, since you have to cast the spell to trigger cascade. I'd cut both creatures.

April 15, 2017 3 a.m.