Kydele/Ludevic Apocalypse Hydra

Commander / EDH

ReckonerCeleste

Land (36)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 4x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 4x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Rugged Highlands
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove

Artifact (11)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Diviner's Wand
• 1x Gemstone Array
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Teferi's Puzzle Box
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Umbral Mantle

Creature (22)

• 1x Aphetto Alchemist
• 1x Apocalypse Hydra
• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Archivist
• 1x Arjun, the Shifting Flame
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Horizon Chimera
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
• 1x Lorescale Coatl
• 1x Murkfiend Liege
• 1x Polukranos, World Eater
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Rattleclaw Mystic
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Whirlpool Warrior

Instant (11)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Commit / Memory
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Fall of the Titans
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Stroke of Genius

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Helix Pinnacle
• 1x Mindmoil
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Quest for Renewal
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Upwelling

Commanders (2)

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Animist's Awakening
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Earthquake
• 1x Hull Breach
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Molten Psyche
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Savage Twister
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Wheel of Fate
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Winds of Change

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This deck plays really really funky and also really really fun. I have a thing for decks that play really awkwardly/deviant from the norm, and this deck does both. The best way to set up Kydele is with wheels, and Ludevic helps her get the colors she needs. Sure, I could have done something like Vial Smasher the Fierce for a stronger early game threat and more wheel colours, but I think there's something to be said in favour a 3 coloor manabase over a 4 colour one.

Your true infinite combos are sparse and few between, and mostly involve Umbra Mantle. Otherwise, everything in the deck is meant to be synergistic with everything else in one way or another, so every game with it can set up a different combo. The randomness of wheeling away your hand adds to the decision making involved with playing the deck as well, and when you have a Arjun, the Shifting Flame + Mindmoil effect out those decisions get increasingly more important.

Note: I have considered adding Alhammarrett's Archive + Thought Reflections, but in playtests they felt "win more" and too slow for the deck's curve. This deck is extremely volatile though so I'm sure they could find a place in lists and are definitely worth thinking about when brewing yourself.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Key combos	Arjun, the Shifting Flame + Mindmoil
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.08
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Hydra */* G, Morph 2/2 C, Spirit 1/1 C, Squid 1/1 U
Folders	EDH 2018