Kydele Looting

Commander / EDH Competitive GU (Simic) Infinite Combo Value Engine

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Instant (32)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Benefactor's Draught
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Vigor
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Meditate
• 1x Memory's Journey
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Quicken
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Tolarian Winds
• 1x Touch of Vitae
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Vitalize
• 1x Whir of Invention
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Careful Study
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Ideas Unbound
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Windfall

Land (28)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 4x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 5x Island
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Waterlogged Grove
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Artifact (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Umbral Mantle

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Instill Energy
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Training Grounds
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Wild Growth

Commanders (2)

Creature (10)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Biomancer's Familiar
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 1x Vizier of Tumbling Sands

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Maybeboard

Instant (2)

• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Muddle the Mixture

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1x Oko, Thief of Crowns

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Attunement
• 1x Nature's Chosen

Artifact (2)

• 1x Sword of the Paruns
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

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Experimental list combining elements of tempo value decks like medium green, as well as bits of Selvala, Explorer Returned.

Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix & Thrasios, Triton Hero provide both an outlet for infinite mana, as well as 1 piece of infinite mana generation combos. This, along with the massive value the two can provide when together, especially with a Training Grounds effect, mean that the deck can pivot from a grindy gameplan directly into a combo finish at almost any given draw. Umbral Mantle and Staff of Domination are the main two combos, with Mantle requiring Kydele to tap for 4, and Staff needing 5. Mantle, however is restricted to mainly sorcery speed lines, unless pre-equipped, whereas Staff can go off on other people's turns with a Shimmer Myr or Alchemist's Refuge on field, Quicken in hand, or a Whir of Invention.

The instant speed lines are, admittedly, highly experimental tech, but given how Kydele scales her mana generation, having the capability to win on any player's turn post-wheel is high enough upside to test. Also, it's spicy as hell. Priest of Titania is another possible combo creature, although, honestly, a bit more difficult to enable, in my opinion. Of course, there is also the classic Thrasios combo with Dramatic Reversal & Isochron Scepter to fall back on, should all else fail.

The actual wincons are Timetwister loops, as they do cost the fewest slots in terms of card quality. Typical fare for the loop outlets, Beast Within and Reality Shift, Swan Song. Additionally, due to the deck construction, there are a couple of interesting minutia to consider. Quicken allows for the twister loops to occur at instant speed (though this can also be done with Noxious Revival and Memory's Journey replacing Timetwister), and when doing the Swan loop, you can win on the same turn by dropping a Concordant Crossroads after. Anyway, this list is very much a prototype, so I won't write too much more for this short primer.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.82
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Manifest 2/2 C