Ink-Treader Cantrips and Spellslingling

Commander / EDH Competitive Multiplayer

Afrid

Instant (30)

• 1x Accelerate
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Cerulean Wisps
• 1x Crimson Wisps
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Dizzy Spell
• 1x Dream's Grip
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Expedite
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Grab the Reins
• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 1x Leap
• 1x Manamorphose
• 1x Mercy Killing
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Natural Affinity
• 1x Niveous Wisps
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Refocus
• 1x Repulse
• 1x Shadow Rift
• 1x Shelter
• 1x Snap
• 1x Spawning Breath
• 1x Stubborn Denial
• 1x Swell of Growth
• 1x Tidal Bore
• 1x Viridescent Wisps
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Heat Shimmer
• 1x Mark of Mutiny
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Twinflame

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Fertile Ground
• 1x Jeskai Ascendancy
• 1x Living Plane
• 1x Possibility Storm

Artifact (10)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Impulse
• 1x Talisman of Progress

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Xenagos, the Reveler

Creature (16)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Cloud of Faeries
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Manaweft Sliver
• 1x Monastery Mentor
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Nivmagus Elemental
• 1x Noble Hierarch
• 1x Silverfur Partisan
• 1x Skyshroud Elf
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Tinder Wall
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Land (31)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Mishra's Factory
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mutavault
• 1x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Commander (1)

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This is my take on a very nearly 100% competitive Ink-Treader Nephilim deck.

I often read people saying that the Nephilim should be allowed as commanders and while I agreed in general, I suspected that Ink-Treader is fundamentally broken. I made this deck to try to prove that point.

The gameplan of the deck is rather straightforward. You want to play Ink-Treader Nephilim with enough mana open to immediately cast either a mana-positive cantrip or a cantrip that can draw you into a way to produce more mana. This can be done very easily with one mana open and one or two mana dorks (or a few animated lands) and either Cerulean Wisps or Refocus (honorable mentions for Dream's Grip and Tidal Bore ). With two mana open and 10+ total creatures on the battlefield (rather conservative for a 4-player pod on turn 4), any cantrip is pretty likely to either net you mana from a fast-mana artifact or from one of the two untapping cantrips. From here, the chain will continue almost unstoppably until you have drawn your deck, stolen every creature and land in play, copied every creature in play, and possess hundreds of power worth of creatures with which to kill your opponents.

I've done my best to mark the normal-case uses of each card in the custom categories, so check that out if you're wondering why a card was included.

The cards that are good in this deck are very unique, so I am always looking for new ideas and upgrades. If you think you have something cool, please let me know!

The Chopping Block: Possibility Storm , Mercy Killing, Xenagos, the Reveler, Tinder Wall

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Exclude colors	B
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 25 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.88
Tokens	Copy Clone, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elf Warrior 1/1 GW, Monk 1/1 W, Satyr 2/2 GR, Spirit 1/1 C, Wolf 2/2 G