Maelstrom Wanderer: Cascading into the Future

Commander / EDH* Aggro Battlecruiser Combo Competitive Ramp RUG (Temur)

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Land (38)

• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 8x Forest
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Homeward Path
• 5x Island
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Ketria Triome
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Sanctum of Eternity
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

ETB (10)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Deceiver Exarch
• 1x Dragonlord Atarka
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Molten Primordial
• 1x Pestermite
• 1x Phyrexian Ingester
• 1x Reclamation Sage

Future (6)

• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Saheeli Rai

Free Spells (3)

• 1x Genesis Storm
• 1x Genesis Ultimatum
• 1x Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty

Blink (1)

• 1x Release to the Wind

Extra Turn (1)

• 1x Nexus of Fate

Pump (1)

• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker

Steal (1)

• 1x Archmage's Charm

Ramp (16)

• 1x Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
• 1x Beanstalk Giant
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Far Wanderings
• 1x Hunting Wilds
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Midnight Clock
• 1x Migration Path
• 1x Nissa's Pilgrimage
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Ranger's Path
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Traverse the Outlands
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Removal (14)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Dragonlord Atarka
• 1x Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Molten Primordial
• 1x Phyrexian Ingester
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Storm's Wrath
• 1x Sunder Shaman
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Trygon Predator
• 1x Tyrant's Familiar

Bounce (6)

• 1x Commit / Memory
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Sanctum of Eternity
• 1x Sublime Epiphany
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant

Combo (5)

• 1x Deceiver Exarch
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Pestermite
• 1x Splinter Twin
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Copy (3)

• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Saheeli Rai
• 1x Sublime Epiphany

Recursion (3)

• 1x Midnight Clock
• 1x Scholar of the Lost Trove
• 1x Timeless Witness

Commanders (2)

Draw (13)

• 1x Archmage's Charm
• 1x Commit / Memory
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Midnight Clock
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1x Sublime Epiphany
• 1x Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1x Tireless Tracker
• 1x Yidaro, Wandering Monster
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Counterspell (6)

• 1x Archmage's Charm
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Sublime Epiphany
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant

Overrun (5)

• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1x Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
• 1x Thunderfoot Baloth
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

Tokens (2)

• 1x Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 1x Rampaging Baloths

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Maybeboard

Cards I Would Add (3)

• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Scourge of the Throne

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This is just a glorified ramp beatdown deck that also abuses ETB (Enters The Battlefield) effects on creatures. Having a broken ass commander like Maelstrom Wanderer doesn't hurt either. Cards that allow the top card to be revealed are used to enhance the cascade quality.

The "Fair" Plan:

• 1.) Efficiently cast your ramp spells.

• 2.) Play some creatures with ETB effects (like Flametongue Kavu or Wood Elves).

• 3.) If you can afford to, cast Maelstrom Wanderer and smash.

• 4.) Keep killing stuff and gaining card advantages with ETB dudes and attacking until you win.

The "Unfair" Plan:

• Splinter Twin/Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

+

• Pestermite/Deceiver Exarch/Zealous Conscripts

Or just

• Triumph of the Hordes

Card Choices and Deck Notes

• Every card in the deck can be cascaded into and be cast for profit, so I never have to miss on a cascade trigger. Especially the counterspells, I only chose ones that are always good to cascade into for maximum value.

• Normally I avoiding playing cards that create infinite loops to instantly win games of EDH, but after some serious soul searching and self reflection.... I realized I wanted to be able to play them sometimes. But not always so there are some fun cards in the maybeboard that can come in for some of the "Unfair Plan" cards listed above. Not actually Twin or Kiki since they're still great value cards without infinite combos.

Budget suggestions appreciated most. I'm anyways looking for suggestions of other fun cards to abuse my opponents with.

I've tried to collect all the best land ramping spells that get 2+ lands, and all the counterspells that you can cascade into and still be good to cast...let me know if I missed any you like.

Thanks for your time :)

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Date added	7 years
Last updated	2 years
Exclude colors	WB
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 55 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	101
Avg. CMC	4.98
Tokens	Beast 4/4 G, Clue, Copy Clone, Elemental 5/5 RG, Timeless Witness 4/4 B
Folders	EDH - Interesants, Funny, Cool Decks, Maelstrom, edh, Deck Ideas, Liked Decks, Decks to play