Kess LabMAN ETI

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive UBR (Grixis)

ShadowMizzix_cEDH

Land (29)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Tarnished Citadel
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Creature (5)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Notion Thief

Instant (27)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Delay
• 1x Demonic Consultation
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Opt
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Tainted Pact
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Winds of Rebuke

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Burning Inquiry
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Enter the Infinite
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Mizzix's Mastery
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Commander (1)

Artifact (17)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Cursed Totem
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Chains of Mephistopheles
• 1x Counterbalance
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rhystic Study

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Dack Fayden

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Sideboard

Instant (3)

• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Impulse

Artifact (1)

• 1x Isochron Scepter

Creature (1)

• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Waste Not

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Toxic Deluge

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (5)

• 1x By Force
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Rolling Earthquake
• 1x Subterranean Tremors

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Oppression

Instant (4)

• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Stifle
• 1x Thought Scour

Creature (2)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Snapcaster Mage

Land (4)

• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 1x Underground River

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Basic goal(s): Midrange

Set up mana and value engines, extend the game (aka slow or stop opponents from setting up and winning) via removal and countermagic, then combo to win.

Routes that lead to LabMan wins include:

1. Cast LabMan, then Tainted Pact or Demonic Consultation to empty the library.
2. Entomb plus Mizzix's Mastery on Enter the Infinite.
3. Value Ad Nauseam for the above.
4. Any tutor with Kess in play gets two cards for the above combos.
5. Kess plus Tainted Pact or Demonic Consultation finds Lab Maniac on the first cast and empties the library when cast a second time from the graveyard.

Sideboard includes the hot list of cards to go in:

1. Praetor's Grasp to have a LabMan backup (or other win con from opponents) in the event we lose ours.
2. Scepter package (Dramatic Reversal, Isochron Scepter, Copy Artifact) for value, combo, backup win condition.
3. Necro, Impulse, Thada Adel for more CA and recursion.
4. Waste Not for wheel synergy along the lines of Chains and Notion Thief which already are part of the deck.
5. Chain of Vapor, Toxic Deluge for more control options.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 1 Mythic Rares 45 - 6 Rares 16 - 1 Uncommons 19 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.93
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Dack Fayden, Zombie 2/2 B
Based on	Grixis Lab Experiment ShadowMizzix_cEDH EDH