Kaalia, Mirror Breaker EDH

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive Infinite Combo Multiplayer RBW (Mardu)

Spirits

Land (30)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 1x Snow-Covered Plains
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Combo (4)

• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Orcish Bowmasters
• 1x Worldgorger Dragon

Protection (4)

• 1x Angel's Grace
• 1x Everybody Lives!
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Silence

Ramp (14)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

ADD (11)

• 1x Ancient Copper Dragon
• 1x Burning-Rune Demon
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Hoarding Broodlord
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood

Draw (8)

• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Street Wraith
• 1x Thrill of Possibility

Haste (3)

• 1x Dragon Tempest
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Lightning Greaves

Commander (1)

Tutor (13)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Mausoleum Secrets
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Tainted Pact
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Wishclaw Talisman

Control (9)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tibalt's Trickery
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Recursion (3)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Reanimate

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Maybeboard

ADD (13)

• 1x Archfiend of Despair
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Demonlord Belzenlok
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Gisela, the Broken Blade  ^Meld
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Lyra Dawnbringer
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Rakdos the Defiler
• 1x Sire Of Insanity
• 1x Steel Hellkite

Draw (6)

• 1x Black Market Connections
• 1x Kaalia, Zenith Seeker
• 1x Mishra's Bauble
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Ransack the Lab

Protection (5)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Flamescroll Celebrant  ^Flip
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Haste (1)

• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Control (11)

• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Chains of Mephistopheles
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Maralen of the Mornsong
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Withering Boon

Recursion (8)

• 1x Corpse Dance
• 1x Lurrus of the Dream-Den
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1x Twinflame
• 1x Underworld Breach
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Ramp (5)

• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Simian Spirit Guide
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Talisman of Conviction

Tutor (10)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Demonic Consultation
• 1x Doomsday
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Plunge into Darkness
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Spoils of the Vault
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire

Land (9)

• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of Champions

Aggro (2)

• 1x Hatred
• 1x Serra Ascendant

Combo (1)

• 1x Dualcaster Mage

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Archetype

Kaalia, Mirror Breaker EDH | Combo

Deck Link | Kaalia, Mirror Breaker EDH

1. Infinite Combo
2. Synergy

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Deck Stats

Infinite Combos

Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Restoration Angel | Infinite Haste Angels

Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Karmic Guide + Goblin Bombardment | Infinite Damage + Infinite Haste Angels

Leonin Relic-Warder + Animate Dead or Dance of the Dead + Goblin Bombardment | Infinite Damage

Worldgorger Dragon + Animate Dead or Dance of the Dead or Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker | Infinite Mana + Dragon Tempest or Orcish Bowmasters Infinite Damage

Synergies

Buried Alive + Reanimate or Animate Dead or Dance of the Dead | Tutor Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Restoration Angel + Karmic Guide then Reanimate for Kiki-Resto Combo

Kaalia of the Vast + Master of Cruelties | Eliminate Opponent

Razaketh, the Foulblooded + Leonin Relic-Warder | Tutor Animate Dead then Almost Infinite Tutor

Razaketh, the Foulblooded + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Karmic Guide | Almost Infinite Tutor

Turn 1 Win-Con

Sample Opening Draw:

1. Swamp | Alternative is any {B} producing land

2. Chrome Mox | Any {B} card to Imprint

3. Mana Crypt

4. Buried Alive | Tutor Karmic Guide + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Restoration Angel

5. Reanimate | Infinite Haste Angels

There are too many other alternative opening draw combinations to list them all.

Alternative cards that can enable a Turn 1 Win:

Chrome Mox {W} Imprint + Fetid Heath | {B}{B}

Chrome Mox {R} Imprint + Graven Cairns | {B}{B}

Dark Ritual | {B}{B}

Gemstone Caverns | {B}

Lotus Petal | {B}

Mana Crypt + Sol Ring + Talisman of Hierarchy | {B}{1}

Mana Crypt + Sol Ring + Talisman of Indulgence | {B}{1}

Mana Crypt + Sol Ring + Arcane Signet | {B}{1}

Mana Crypt + Sol Ring + Rakdos Signet | {B}{R}

Mox Diamond | {B}

Mox Opal | {B}

Game Winning Line: Kiki-Resto

Cards: Buried Alive + Reanimate

CMC: {2}{B}{B}

Reanimate alternates: Animate Dead, Dance of the Dead, Karmic Guide*

1. Cast Buried Alive {2}{B}
2. Resolve Buried Alive placing Restoration Angel, Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, and Karmic Guide (top) in graveyard
3. Cast Reanimate {B} target Karmic Guide
4. Resolve Reanimate and return Karmic Guide to the battlefield
5. Target Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker with the Karmic Guide ETB
6. Resolve Karmic Guide ETB returning Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker to battlefield
7. {T} Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker target Karmic Guide
8. Resolve Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker activated ability placing a Karmic Guide copy on the battlefield
9. Target Restoration Angel with the Karmic Guide copy ETB
10. Resolve Karmic Guide copy ETB and return Restoration Angel to the battlefield
11. Target Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker with the Restoration Angel ETB
12. Resolve Restoration Angel ETB exiling and returning Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker to the battlefield
13. {T} Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker target Restoration Angel
14. Resolve Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker activated ability placing a Restoration Angel copy on the battlefield
15. Repeat steps 11. though 14. an Infinite number of times for Infinite Restoration Angel with haste
16. Combat phase attack for lethal

Tips:

• Stopping the loop at 12. leaves Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker untapped so you can Instant speed restart the loop in response to removal

• Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker can be used to return another creature, such as Razaketh, the Foulblooded after 12. but this will stop the loop

• Animate Dead and Dance of the Dead are {B} so be careful not to let Karmic Guide protection from {B} resolve until you no longer need the Karmic Guide

• Faithless Looting or Thrill of Possibility or Thoughtseize can be used to get Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker or Restoration Angel into the graveyard if they are drawn

• Cast Karmic Guide to start the loop at 5. without Reanimate, in this case, I generally pull Razaketh, the Foulblooded to the graveyard

Game Winning Line: LRW

Cards: Entomb + Animate Dead + Goblin Bombardment

CMC: {2}{B}{B}{R}

Entomb alternates: Leonin Relic-Warder, Buried Alive

Animate Dead alternates: Dance of the Dead

Goblin Bombardment alternates: Razaketh, the Foulblooded*

1. Cast Goblin Bombardment {1}{R}
2. Resolve Goblin Bombardment to the battlefield
3. Cast Entomb {B}
4. Resolve Entomb placing Leonin Relic-Warder in graveyard
5. Cast Animate Dead {1}{B} target Leonin Relic-Warder
6. Resolve Animate Dead ETB and return Leonin Relic-Warder to the battlefield
7. Target Animate Dead with the Leonin Relic-Warder ETB
8. Resolve Leonin Relic-Warder ETB exiling Animate Dead
9. Do not let the Animate Dead LTB resolve!
10. Instead, activate Goblin Bombardment and sacrifice Leonin Relic-Warder placing in the graveyard
11. Goblin Bombardment activated ability goes on the stack to deal 1 damage to any target
12. Resolve Leonin Relic-Warder LTB to return Animate Dead to the battlefield
13. Repeat steps 6. though 12. an Infinite number of times for Infinite Goblin Bombardment damage
14. End the loop by not targeting the Animate Dead with the Leonin Relic-Warder ETB in 7.
15. Resolve Infinite Goblin Bombardment activated abilities from 11. and deal Infinite damage to any targets

Tips:

• To begin the loop with Leonin Relic-Warder instead of Entomb, instead of 3. and 4. simply cast Leonin Relic-Warder and then sacrifice to Goblin Bombardment activated ability. If you have a mana rock on the battlefield, Leonin Relic-Warder can exile and return it to the battlefield untapped for 1 mana recovery

• Razaketh, the Foulblooded can replace the Goblin Bombardment as the sacrifice outlet, simply Infinite tutor enough {0} and {1} mana rocks, Dance of the Dead and Goblin Bombardment, then stop the loop, cast them, and restart the loop

• Razaketh, the Foulblooded + Kaalia of the Vast can start this game winning line, simply sacrifice Kaalia of the Vast to tutor Leonin Relic-Warder, then cast Leonin Relic-Warder, sacrifice Leonin Relic-Warder to tutor Animate Dead, then cast Animate Dead. Then use the prior tip to tutor, stop, and restart the loop

Game Winning Line: WGD

Cards: Entomb + Animate Dead + Orcish Bowmasters

CMC: {1}{B}{B}

Entomb alternates: Buried Alive

Animate Dead alternates: Dance of the Dead, Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker*

Orcish Bowmasters alternates: Dragon Tempest, Rune-Scarred Demon, Hoarding Broodlord, Vilis, Broker of Blood

1. Cast Entomb {B}
2. Resolve Entomb placing Worldgorger Dragon in graveyard
3. Cast Animate Dead {1}{B} target Worldgorger Dragon
4. Resolve Animate Dead ETB and return Worldgorger Dragon to the battlefield
5. Resolve Worldgorger Dragon ETB exiling Animate Dead and all permanents you control
6. Resolve Animate Dead LTB and sacrifice Worldgorger Dragon
7. Resolve Worldgorger Dragon LTB returning Animate Dead and all permanents you control to the battlefield
8. Do not let the Animate Dead ETB resolve!
9. Instead, {T} all mana producing lands and artifacts
10. Repeat steps 4. through 9. to generate {6}{R}{R} mana
11. Cast Orcish Bowmasters with Flash
12. Resolve Orcish Bowmasters ETB to deal 1 damage to any target and amass orcs
13. Continue to repeat steps 4. through 9. having Orcish Bowmasters ETB deal Infinite damage to any targets

Tips:

• You can execute this combo without Orcish Bowmasters to generate Infinite mana during steps 4. through 9., with the goal of playing Kaalia of the Vast and your entire hand, however, to end the Infinite loop, there must be another target in any graveyard that you can choose during step 4., otherwise, the game ends in a draw

• A common tactic to disrupt this combo is for an opponent to remove the Worldgorger Dragon from play before the Worldgorger Dragon ETB has resolved, causing the Worldgorger Dragon LTB to resolve first, in effect exiling all of your permanents and no way to return them. A counter tactic to this, is to cast an Instant reanimation spell, such as Necromancy (to restart the loop) (where only Worldgorger Dragon will be exiled, protecting your permanents) and target the Worldgorger Dragon before the first Worldgorger Dragon ETB resolves

• Dragon Tempest replacing Orcish Bowmasters must be on the battlefield before starting the Infinite loop to deal the Infinite damage, or you must have a way to stop, and then restart the Infinite loop again, Dance of the Dead for example, as you will have Infinite mana from the first Infinite loop

• Rune-Scarred Demon replacing Orcish Bowmasters simply Infinite tutors the Orcish Bowmasters to your hand, and any other cards from your library you want

• Hoarding Broodlord replacing Orcish Bowmasters simply Infinite tutors the Orcish Bowmasters to your hand, and any other cards from your library you want

• Vilis, Broker of Blood replacing Orcish Bowmasters simply Infinite draws cards until you find Orcish Bowmasters or an Instant tutor, such as Tainted Pact to tutor for Orcish Bowmasters, if you draw a way to stop, and restart the loop first, you can use your Infinite mana to cast a tutor or Dragon Tempest as Sorcery speed, and then restart the loop.

• Angel of Despair destroys all of your opponents permanents (including lands) and then destroys herself (to protect your permanents) when on the battlefield during the Infinite loop

• Faithless Looting or Thrill of Possibility or Thoughtseize can be used to get Worldgorger Dragon into the graveyard if they are drawn

• Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker replacing Animate Dead you need to use Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker to copy the Worldgorger Dragon before you allow it's ETB to resolve. This allows an infinite loop, infinite mana, infinite ETB as expected, however, once you allow the original Worldgorger Dragon ETB to resolve, all of your permanents will be exiled, so it can be dangerous

Tell Me I'm Wrong

Dark Confidant | Low CMC Draw

Hall of the Bandit Lord | CMC1 One-Shot Dragon Tempest

Street Wraith | 98 Card Commander with 38 Life > 99 Card Commander with 40 Life

Tutor Recommendations

Buried Alive | Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, Karmic Guide, Restoration Angel, Leonin Relic-Warder, Worldgorger Dragon, Razaketh, the Foulblooded

Burning-Rune Demon | Animate Dead+Dance of the Dead, Faithless Looting+Worldgorger Dragon, Demonic Tutor+Vampiric Tutor, Orcish Bowmasters+Dragon Tempest

Demonic Tutor | Buried Alive, Reanimate, Leonin Relic-Warder, Animate Dead, Goblin Bombardment, Entomb, Dragon Tempest, Master of Cruelties, Lightning Greaves

Diabolic Intent | Buried Alive, Reanimate, Leonin Relic-Warder, Animate Dead, Goblin Bombardment, Entomb, Dragon Tempest, Master of Cruelties, Lightning Greaves

Enlightened Tutor | Animate Dead, Necropotence, Goblin Bombardment, Dragon Tempest, Lightning Greaves

Entomb | Leonin Relic-Warder, Worldgorger Dragon, Faithless Looting, Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, Razaketh, the Foulblooded

Gamble | Buried Alive, Reanimate, Leonin Relic-Warder, Animate Dead, Goblin Bombardment, Entomb, Dragon Tempest, Master of Cruelties, Lightning Greaves

Grim Tutor | Buried Alive, Reanimate, Leonin Relic-Warder, Animate Dead, Goblin Bombardment, Entomb, Dragon Tempest, Master of Cruelties, Lightning Greaves

Hoarding Broodlord | Buried Alive, Reanimate, Leonin Relic-Warder, Animate Dead, Goblin Bombardment, Entomb, Dragon Tempest, Master of Cruelties, Lightning Greaves

Imperial Seal | Buried Alive, Reanimate, Leonin Relic-Warder, Animate Dead, Goblin Bombardment, Entomb, Dragon Tempest, Master of Cruelties, Lightning Greaves

Mausoleum Secrets | Reanimate, Animate Dead, Entomb, Tainted Pact

Steelshaper's Gift | Lightning Greaves

Tainted Pact | Razaketh, the Foulblooded, Master of Cruelties, Angel of Despair

Vampiric Tutor | Buried Alive, Reanimate, Leonin Relic-Warder, Animate Dead, Goblin Bombardment, Entomb, Dragon Tempest, Master of Cruelties, Lightning Greaves

Razaketh, the Foulblooded | Leonin Relic-Warder, Animate Dead, Goblin Bombardment

Rune-Scarred Demon | Buried Alive, Reanimate, Leonin Relic-Warder, Animate Dead, Goblin Bombardment, Entomb, Dragon Tempest, Master of Cruelties, Lightning Greaves

Wishclaw Talisman | Hellkite Tyrant, Buried Alive, Reanimate, Leonin Relic-Warder, Animate Dead, Goblin Bombardment, Entomb, Dragon Tempest, Master of Cruelties, Lightning Greaves

Goldfishing

10/03/2017 | Avg. Turn 5.0

02/01/2019 | Avg. Turn 5.0 | Combo 50% | Synergy 20% | Damage 30%

01/27/2020 | Avg. Turn 4.3 | Combo 70% | Synergy 20% | Damage 10% | T3 Land 100%

Maybeboard Evaluation

Maybeboard Synergies

Maralen of the Mornsong + Opposition Agent | Eliminate Opponents Draw + Tutor Cards from Opponents Libraries

Twinflame + Dualcaster Mage | Infinite Human Wizards

Dockside Extortionist + Corpse Dance + Goblin Bombardment + [5 Opponent Artifact/Enchantment] | Infinite Damage

Razaketh, the Foulblooded + Dockside Extortionist + [5 Opponent Artifact/Enchantment] | Tutor Corpse Dance then Almost Infinite Tutor

Worldgorger Dragon + Necromancy | Infinite Mana + Dragon Tempest or Bogardan Hellkite Infinite Damage

Worldgorger Dragon + Animate Dead or Dance of the Dead or Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker | Infinite Mana + Bogardan Hellkite Infinite Damage

Leonin Relic-Warder + Necromancy + Goblin Bombardment | Infinite Damage

Buried Alive + Necromancy | Tutor Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Restoration Angel + Karmic Guide then Reanimate for Kiki-Resto Combo

Angel's Grace + Ad Nauseam | Draw Entire Library

Evaluation Cut-List

Comments with recommendations or criticism to improve deck and synergy is appreciated and would help me out!

Grim Tutor | High CMC

Praetor's Grasp | Required Thassa's Oracle interation?

Worldgorger Dragon | Dangerous Win-Con

Dude, Where's my Card?

Aurelia, the Warleader | 79% of 2036 decks | +59% synergy

• Power 3, Flying, Vigilance, Haste for CMC6 is too slow for cEDH Win-Con

• Ability doesn't trigger when put into play with Kaalia of the Vast

• Needs Adarkar Valkyrie + Aurelia, the Warleader + Goblin Bombardment | Infinite Combat Phases

Lord of the Void | 61% of 2036 decks | 51% synergy

• Requires a creature based Commander to attack, Animar, Soul of Elements, Prossh, Skyraider of Kher, Etc.

• Random effectiveness with a small, usually 7, random sample size

• Without Trample, shut down by cards as simple as Bitterblossom...

Boros Signet | 80% of 2054 decks | 11% synergy

• Excludes {B} 51.55% for {R} 20.62%, No statistical advantage

• Even though it's {2}, the {1}{T} makes it {3}, Too slow

I got Ninety-Nine Problems but Sushi Ain't One

Kaalia of the Vast responses to a {U} dominated meta and Thassa's Oracle

Mainboard:

1. Angel's Grace
2. Everybody Lives!
3. Pyroblast
4. Red Elemental Blast
5. Tibalt's Trickery
6. Praetor's Grasp

Interaction Package:

1. Hushbringer
2. Withering Boon
3. Thoughtseize

Interaction Cut-List:

1. Master of Cruelties
2. Worldgorger Dragon
3. Orcish Bowmasters

Considerations

Alternative Synergies Excluded

Bruna, the Fading Light   + Gisela, the Broken Blade   | Brisela, Voice of Nightmares    

Hellkite Charger or Aggravated Assault + Sword of Feast and Famine | Infinite Combat Phases

Crucible of Worlds + Armageddon or Ravages of War or Cataclysm | Synergy Land Destruction + Strip Mine + Wasteland

Crucible of Worlds + Command Beacon | Synergy CMC 5 Kaalia of the Vast

Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood + Damage or Life Gain | Infinite Damage + Life Gain

Sneak Attack + Imperial Recruiter or Recruiter of the Guard | Tutor Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Village Bell-Ringer or Felidar Guardian Infinite Flicker Combo

Adarkar Valkyrie + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Goblin Bombardment | Infinite Damage

Adarkar Valkyrie + Karmic Guide + Lightning Greaves or Dragon Tempest + Goblin Bombardment | Infinite Damage

Adarkar Valkyrie + Aurelia, the Warleader + Goblin Bombardment | Infinite Combat Phases

Adarkar Valkyrie + Zealous Conscripts + Goblin Bombardment | Infinite Damage

Thornbite Staff + Adarkar Valkyrie or Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Creature + Goblin Bombardment | Infinite Damage

Thornbite Staff + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Angel of Despair | Synergy Destroy All Creatures

Village Bell-Ringer or Zealous Conscripts or Felidar Guardian + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker | Infinite Haste Creatures

Village Bell-Ringer + Adarkar Valkyrie + Goblin Bombardment | Infinite Damage

Lightning Crafter + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Goblin Bombardment | Infinite Damage

Kormus Bell + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth + Linvala, Keeper of Silence or Balefire Dragon | Synergy No Mana

Sundial of the Infinite + Whip of Erebos or Sneak Attack | Exile Avoidance

Reveillark + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Goblin Bombardment | Infinite Damage

Reveillark + Karmic Guide + Goblin Bombardment | Infinite Damage

Wispweaver Angel + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker | Infinite Haste Angels

Combat Celebrant + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker | Infinite Combat Phases

Stranglehold + Maralen of the Mornsong | Prevent Opponents Draw

Conspicuous Snoop + Goblin Recruiter | Tutor Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker then Mogg Fanatic Infinite Damage

Hatred + Baneslayer Angel or Gisela, Blade of Goldnight or Gisela, the Broken Blade   or Lyra Dawnbringer or Kaalia of the Vast | Eliminate Opponent

Dockside Extortionist + Goblin Bombardment + Sigil of the New Dawn + 4 opponents artifact/enchantment | Infinite Damage

Leonin Relic-Warder + Animate Dead or Dance of the Dead or Necromancy + Blood Artist or Corpse Knight or Zulaport Cutthroat or Impact Tremors | Infinite Damage

Alternative Cards Excluded

Reya Dawnbringer, Tariel, Reckoner of Souls, Utvara Hellkite, Harvester of Souls, Rakdos, Lord of Riots | No Kaalia of the Vast Trigger ADD

Mortify, Utter End, Return to Dust, Bedevil, Merciless Eviction, Wrath of God | High CMC Control

Diabolic Tutor | High CMC Tutor

Sower of Discord | Low Synergy ADD

Platinum Angel, Whispersilk Cloak | High CMC Protection

Akroma, Angel of Wrath, Akroma, Angel of Fury, Sephara, Sky's Blade | High CMC, Low Impact ADD

Crackling Doom | Too Random Control

Vindicate, Akroma's Vengeance, Dreadbore, Earthquake | Sorcery Control

Unburial Rites | High CMC Recursion

Read the Bones, Liliana's Contract | High CMC Draw

Quicksilver Amulet, Strionic Resonator | Mid-range Strategy same as Kaalia of the Vast

Helm of the Host | High CMC Equip

Darksteel Plate | No Haste

Isolated Chapel, Dragonskull Summit, Clifftop Retreat | Not Turn 1 Land

Bojuka Bog | Enters Tapped Control

Rogue's Passage, Vault of the Archangel, Temple of the False God | Too Slow + Colorless

Chromatic Lantern, Darksteel Ingot, Commander's Sphere | Low CMC Conversion Ratio

Nomad Outpost, Evolving Wilds, Terramorphic Expanse | Enters Tapped Fix

Orzhov Basilica, Boros Garrison, Rakdos Carnarium | Enters Tapped Ramp + Too Slow

Temple of Triumph, Temple of Silence, Temple of Malice | Enters Tapped Scry

Combat Damage Line

In June 2020, I've decided to abandon the combat damage line.

Combat damage lines are a core strength of Kaalia of the Vast and I've have had fantastic success within that line.

Here are a couple reasons that led to the final decision to remove the combat damage line:

1. Win rates for combo/synergy began exceeding 90% combined; combat damage falling to 10% (1 in 10 wins)

2. I only ever tutor primary combo (Buried Alive+Reanimate) or alternative (Entomb+Animate Dead). On occasion I would Tainted Pact into a Master of Cruelties or Hellkite Tyrant, but almost never a Gisela, Blade of Goldnight. If I tutor combat damage lines, I don't have enough card advantage to draw into my combo cards and run out of gas.

3. I could outpace Prossh, Skyraider of Kher or Atraxa, Praetors' Voice with combat damage, as well as eliminate a Grixis ({U}{B}{R}) opponent, or disrupt their efficient win lines, however, with the popularity of Thassa's Oracle (less so post Flash ban), I'd often eliminate one opponent, only to see another opponent combo win uninterrupted.

Core contributors to include a combat line:

1. Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
2. Serra Ascendant
3. Balefire Dragon
4. Gisela, the Broken Blade  
5. Archfiend of Despair

Special mention:

1. Avacyn, Angel of Hope
2. Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
3. Demonlord Belzenlok
4. Hatred
5. Lyra Dawnbringer
6. Baneslayer Angel

Potential cuts:

1. Angel's Grace | Thassa's Oracle interaction
2. Praetor's Grasp | Thassa's Oracle interaction (Lose synergy with Tainted Pact)
3. Silence | Control Synergy
4. Worldgorger Dragon | Dangerous Win-Con
5. Orcish Bowmasters | Remove whenever Worldgorger Dragon is removed

Alternative cuts:

1. Night's Whisper | Draw
2. Dance of the Dead | Recursion for combo only (Lose synergy with Worldgorger Dragon and Leonin Relic-Warder)
3. Wishclaw Talisman | Tutor combo (Lose synergy with Hellkite Tyrant)
4. Mox Opal | Situational mana
5. Grim Tutor | High CMC Tutor

Mox Opal Discussion

This is a complicated discussion, it's not worth building a comprehensive model based on deck makeup, as it would be quite complicated

Commander decks are very unlikely to be truly randomized through shuffling due to their size

You only have a Mox Opal in opening hand 7% of the time anyway, intersecting probability is low, assumed drawn

Draw Street Wraith, Tutor Enlightened Tutor, Fetch Bloodstained Mire, Create Dockside Extortionist complicate and increase probability

I've include Steelshaper's Gift and Enlightened Tutor in my deck stats

Artifacts may not combine Vault of Whispers/Ancient Den, Wishclaw Talisman/Sol Ring, combine rates estimated

Assumes land drops are not missed and imprint costs are payable for Chrome Mox and Mox Diamond

Using a hypergeometric distribution, we assume, Population 98 (99 - Mox Opal), Sample size 6 (7 - Mox Opal), Success >=2 other artifacts

Turn	12 AF	13 AF	14 AF	15 AF	16 AF	17 AF	18 AF	19 AF	20 AF
T1	15.6%	17.9%	20.3%	22.7%	25.2%	27.7%	30.3%	32.9%	35.4%
T2	20.3%	23.2%	26.1%	29.0%	32.0%	34.9%	37.9%	40.8%	43.7%
T3	25.3%	28.6%	32.0%	35.3%	38.6%	41.9%	45.2%	48.4%	51.5%
T4	30.3%	34.0%	37.8%	41.5%	45.1%	48.6%	52.1%	55.4%	58.6%

Turn	Artifact + Tutors	Combine Rate	Success	Population	Sample	Probability
T1	18	50.8%	9	98	6	9.3%
T2	18	83.0%	15	98	7	29.0%
T3	18	100.0%	18	98	8	45.2%
T4	18	100.0%	18	98	9	52.1%

Tools

EDHREC

Kaalia of the Vast | EDHREC Statistics

Discord

Kaalia of the Vast | Discord cEDH Discussion

Online/Paper Differences

Future Acquireboard

Mox Diamond

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Top Ranked	Achieved #4 position overall 7 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH RBW (Mardu) 5 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	4 days
Exclude colors	UG
Splash colors	R
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 57 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.59
Tokens	Copy Clone, Orc Army, Treasure
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