Jeleva's Desire - Storm

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive Storm UBR (Grixis)

Midnightcarnival

Instant (28)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Gush
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Hurkyl's Recall
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Snap
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Creature (3)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Notion Thief

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necropotence

Land (27)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 8x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Artifact (19)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

Commander (1)

Sorcery (19)

• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Doomsday
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Mind's Desire
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Sleight of Hand
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Transmute Artifact
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Dack Fayden

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Sideboard

Instant (9)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Negate
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Stifle
• 1x Trickbind

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Grapeshot
• 1x Personal Tutor
• 1x Pyroclasm
• 1x Rolling Earthquake

Artifact (2)

• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Tormod's Crypt

Land (1)

• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

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Jeleva grixis storm deck. This is a fairly traditional and incredibly explosive storm deck that was heavily inspired by Jeleva Slim. The winning lines you often take are either centered around Mind's Desire or Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal and Aetherflux Reservoir, Doomsday, Yawgmoth's Will and Ad Nauseam are 2 of the most important cards in the deck as they generate an obscene amount of card advantage and gives you the greatest number of lines of play, while Necropotence keeps you topped up at all times, which is simply fantastic in a deck like this.

One thing about Grixis Storm that gives it an edge in a lot of match ups is the sheer amount of interaction that you can pack. This allows you to tackle a wide variety of metas depending on what kind of interaction you need, with most of your interaction being very low on the mana curve. While I would never cut Pyroblast, it is quite possible to cut Red Elemental Blast if Dispel, Flusterstorm, Stifle or Trickbind is more needed in your meta. Likewise, if your meta runs a lot of low to the ground creature decks that are all low toughness, Pyroclasm is a very acceptable switch in for either Red Elemental Blast or Fire Covenant. Muddle the Mixture can also be used as another narrow tutor with a secondary effect if Lim-Dul's Vault is not your thing, however, it's a good way to find an answer if your opponent is able to get an Aven Mindcensor into play, as Lim-Dul's Vault does not search your library. If fighting against stax is not an issue, then replacing Lim-Dul's Vault with Intuition makes the deck even more explosive. Counterspell can be removed for Arcane Denial if you find that you prefer the easier mana cost of Arcane Denial (or if you like the draw effect), likewise, you can cut one of the more situational removal spells for Arcane Denial as an additional counter.

While I'm not personally a huge fan of Remand effects as they feel very clunky to me, I also recognize that some people really like having them. If you want to add Tendrils of Agony as a secondary Aetherflux Reservoir, then it makes significantly more sense to add either Remand or Unsubstantiate. I personally don't feel that having the Tendrils of Agony line is as important with Aetherflux Reservoir already as your main kill, but for those who greatly enjoy the storm mechanic and want to see more cards with storm other than Mind's Desire, I would recommend Grapeshot as an answer to hate bears, such as Gaddock Teeg or Aven Mindcensor.

(I have put all of the recommended meta dependent switches on the sideboard for easy reading)

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WG
Splash colors	R
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 6 Rares 21 - 4 Uncommons 22 - 6 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.99
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Dack Fayden, Frog Lizard 3/3 G
Folders	ha, deck idee