Kalamax - Archmage's Nightmare

Commander / EDH Casual Combo Control RUG (Temur) Storm

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Other (99)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Honor-Worn Shaku
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Twinning Staff
• 4x Forest
• 3x Island
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1x Arcane Bombardment
• 1x Double Vision
• 1x Dual Casting
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Swarm Intelligence
• 1x The Mirari Conjecture
• 1x Underworld Breach
• 1x Wilderness Reclamation
• 1x Wizard Class
• 1x Artifact Mutation
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Evolution Charm
• 1x Expansion / Explosion
• 1x Expedite
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Fire Prophecy
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Galvanic Iteration
• 1x Growth Spiral
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Manamorphose
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Natural Connection
• 1x Negate
• 1x Nexus of Fate *list*
• 1x Opt
• 1x Prophetic Bolt
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Refuse / Cooperate
• 1x Remand
• 1x Return to Nature
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Soul's Fire
• 1x Telling Time
• 1x Tribute to the Wild
• 1x Twincast
• 1x Whiplash Trap
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Mossfire Valley
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Yavimaya Coast
• 1x Errant, Street Artist
• 1x Rootha, Mercurial Artist
• 1x Veyran, Voice of Duality
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1x Ral, Storm Conduit
• 1x Rowan, Scholar of Sparks  ^Flip
• 1x Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
• 1x Explore
• 1x Expressive Iteration
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Sylvan Scrying

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Counterspells (1)

• 1x Rewind

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Maybeboard

Other (22)

• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Winged Boots
• 1x Archmage Emeritus
• 1x Disciple of the Ring
• 1x Symmetry Sage
• 1x As Foretold
• 1x Double Vision
• 1x Interdict
• 1x Intervene
• 1x Manamorphose
• 1x Sublime Epiphany
• 1x Teferi's Response
• 1x Toralf's Hammer  ^Flip
• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Nassari, Dean of Expression  ^Flip
• 1x Will, Scholar of Frost  ^Flip
• 1x Ral Zarek
• 1x Bonus Round
• 1x Time Warp

Dig (1)

• 1x Lunar Mystic

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Focused Kalamx EDH Control Deck

My first control-type decklist uses Kalamax, the Stormsire to copy instants in order to intercept enemy plays and search for answers. Wincons are copies of Soul's Fire with an {INFINITY}/{INFINITY} Kalamax, insanely many copies of damage spells like Lightning Bolt, enemy spells stolen with Reverberate type cards or just pure commander damage.

General Strategies

1. **MULTIPLY** The main goal of this deck is, of course, copying spells. Every instant and sorcery which will be listed in the following sections, can be greatly improved if it is copied. While Kalamax is a great way to copy one instant each turn, there is more to the puzzle. Key pieces are Thousand-Year Storm, Twinning Staff and Swarm Intelligence. Having all three on the board can turn into a real mess for your stack: Lightning Strike + Narset's Reversal together with any of the three is a great way of learning how they synergize and how you arrange your triggers and targets for maximal copies. Other means of copying spells are Dualcaster Mage, Increasing Vengeance, Refuse / Cooperate, Reverberate or Twincast. Note that some of those provide the means to get an {INFINITY}/{INFINITY} Kalamax which will be discussed in a later section. Some more niche ways to copy spells are Ral, Storm Conduit, The Mirari Conjecture and Wort, the Raidmother. While The Mirari Conjecture also provides recursion for some of the key instants and sorceries, Wort let's you tap Kalamax. Note that he doesn't see the initial cast trigger, when tapped with Wort so rather use it on one of the sorceries. Ral is also an easy way to win the game, which will be discussed later on.
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2. **RAMP** While there are many standard ramp cards like Sol Ring, Fellwar Stone, Arcane Signet, Nature's Lore or Rampant Growth, some cards are on a whole new level when cast with a tapped Kalamax or other means of copying. Crop Rotation, Harrow, Evolution Charm, Natural Connection and Growth Spiral provide exceptional ramp when copied even just once. In many situations you will find yourself with the original cast and 3-5 copies which can get you ahead of your opponents really quick. Note that copies of Harrow and Crop Rotation do not require you to pay the additional cost as they are not cast. I included some standard mana dorks like Birds of Paradise, Arbor Elf and Rattleclaw Mystic to make some of the more expensive cards like Etali, Primal Storm or Thousand-Year Storm playable. Also note that Kalamax becomes quite expensive if removed just once.

Combos

TBD

• Lightning Bolt + Narset's Reversal

TBD

Date added	4 years
Last updated	2 years
Key combos	Lightning Strike + Narset's Reversal Lightning Bolt + Narset's Reversal
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 29 - 1 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.79
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Elemental 4/4 UR, Emblem Rowan, Scholar of Sparks, Saproling 1/1 G, Servo 1/1 C, Treasure
Based on	Kalamax, The Stormsire PRECON ihadapetlion EDH