Ink-Treader Nephilim Nonsense

Commander / EDH Budget Combo Four Color Horde Magic Tokens

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Instant (27)

• 1x Bandage
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Blossoming Defense
• 1x Cerulean Wisps
• 1x Crib Swap
• 1x Crimson Wisps
• 1x Defiant Strike
• 1x Expedite
• 1x Lightning Helix
• 1x Mercy Killing
• 1x Misdirection
• 1x Natural Affinity
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Niveous Wisps
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Refocus
• 1x Shelter
• 1x Simic Charm
• 1x Spawning Breath
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swell of Growth
• 1x Twisted Image
• 1x Viridescent Wisps
• 1x Withstand Death

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Jeskai Ascendancy
• 1x Possibility Storm
• 1x Wild Defiance
• 1x Wild Research

Land (36)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 6x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 4x Island
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Khalni Garden
• 1x Kher Keep
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Sunpetal Grove

Sorcery (9)

• 1x All Suns' Dawn
• 1x Besmirch
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Bring to Light
• 1x Catch / Release
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Sylvan Scrying

Commander (1)

Creature (19)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloodbraid Elf
• 1x Elgaud Shieldmate
• 1x Gemhide Sliver
• 1x Goblin Flectomancer
• 1x Hunted Phantasm
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Knotvine Mystic
• 1x Manaweft Sliver
• 1x Mirrorwing Dragon
• 1x Nivmagus Elemental
• 1x Rattleclaw Mystic
• 1x Silverfur Partisan
• 1x Soulfire Grand Master
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Utopia Tree
• 1x Voyaging Satyr
• 1x Zada, Hedron Grinder

Artifact (2)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

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Instant (7)

• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Djeru's Resolve
• 1x Repulse
• 1x Sheltering Word
• 1x Sigil Blessing
• 1x Snakeform
• 1x Snap

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Aether Mutation
• 1x Blast of Genius
• 1x Fiery Gambit
• 1x Return to the Ranks
• 1x Rite of Replication

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Dovescape

Artifact (1)

• 1x Neurok Stealthsuit

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Ink-Treader Nephilim isn't legal as a commander, because it's not a legendary creature. If your playgroup does allow you to play him, decide whether he'll be treated as a legendary or not.

The deck strategy is to use cantrips like Crimson Wisps with a lot of creatures on the board targeting Ink-Treader Nephilim for massive and cheap card draw. To flood the deck with creatures this deck runs lots of mana dorks ( Sylvan Caryatid ). Eventually, a Sigil Blessing and/or Mark of Mutiny will seal the deal.

Single target removal will act like board wipes, and since an empty board is bad for this deck, Pongify and the likes are perfect.

Swiftfoot Boots, Shelter protect Ink-Treader Nephilim.

Untap like Jeskai Ascendancy gives mana, and combos of quickly.

For more-budget variants:

• A better land base
• Noble Hierarch, Bloom Tender , Knight of the Reliquary
• Mystical Tutor, Worldly Tutor, Chord of Calling
• Spellskite

Date added	9 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.50
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elf Warrior 1/1 GW, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Goblin 1/1 R, Human 2/2 G, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Manifest 2/2 C, Morph 2/2 C, Plant 0/1 G, Shapeshifter 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 C, Wolf 2/2 G