Mikaeus, Extreme Sub $20 Budget EDH

Commander / EDH Sleazebag

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Description fixes —March 23, 2019

Phew. All the links, spoilers etc had been broken in the description for some time, no idea how it happened but fixing it all was so daunting that I didn't get down to it until now. Hopefully all the buttons and stuff work now, it does for me at least!

ZendikariWol says... #1

An intriguing deck, but... it's 45$. Yeah sorry, I'm gonna be THAT guy. But 45. False advertising. Time to update the description & name.

November 14, 2017 10:38 a.m.

PickleNutz says... #2

Its only 45 if you dont bargain shop the cards though, I can still pull up this entire list on TCG for 22.37

November 14, 2017 10:47 a.m.

ZendikariWol says... #3

Oh. That makes sense. Seems like a well-balanced deck. 1/2 fun, 1/2 unimaginable suffering.

November 14, 2017 10:52 a.m.

ZendikariWol says... #4

Oh. That makes sense. Seems like a well-balanced deck. 1/2 fun, 1/2 unimaginable suffering.

November 14, 2017 10:54 a.m.

BobJeph says... #5

+1 Very Nice Deck, can you give me some advice on my own deck A Noob needs help with his deck

January 5, 2018 8:07 p.m.

darklord1135 says... #6

February 23, 2018 8:41 p.m.

darklord1135 says... #7

February 23, 2018 8:42 p.m.

Sleazebag says... #8

darklord1135: I started typing out an answer for why I wouldn't be running him, but I realized, he is already in the deck!

If there is a creature with a sac ability that is not present in the deck, it's simply because there are more of them than I have room for. I have made the deck so that combo pieces will be available at every converted mana cost, so that if you draw a transmute card you will always be able to tutor for a sac outlet or sac fodder, depending on what you need at the time.

February 24, 2018 1:06 a.m.

Low-key_loki says... #9

where's the sol ring?

February 25, 2018 12:22 a.m.

Sleazebag says... #10

Low-key_loki: Too expensive. But yes, everyone should run Sol Ring.

February 25, 2018 12:34 a.m.

Low-key_loki says... #11

Sleazebag its like $2. And most commander players should have a few lying around. i sure do.

February 25, 2018 5:48 a.m.

enpc says... #12

Not sure if it's been mentioned or not but what're your thoughts on Razaketh's Rite? It's cheap as chips money wise and it's not bad mana wise. Plus cycling is nice.

February 25, 2018 5:54 a.m.

Dareme001 says... #13

I built this deck about 5 months ago and absolutely live it replaced a few minor bits like diabolical t for demonic t and theres a sol ring and a no mercy other then that its a exact copy I love this deck my friends hate it and my best is combo turn 4 win. Just looking up other decks and saw this is highest scoring multiplayer deck well done man thanks for the brilliant build.

March 5, 2018 8:32 a.m.

Sleazebag says... #14

enpc: that's actually a really good suggestion. Worth considering. Not exactly sure what I'd take out for it but if you have one lying around, give it a go. Been kinda disappointed with new sets and cards for Mikaeus, nothing revolutionary in a while and if they are good they are too expensive.

Dareme001: Glad there are still people out there building this deck and having fun with it. Always slightly worried that it will become outdated. They need to reprint Mikaeus!

March 6, 2018 4:05 p.m.

raiott says... #15

i noticed in the primer you mentioned blasting station, but it's in the maybeboard, what would you replace for it? great deck btw love it

March 10, 2018 10:58 p.m.

Lord_Khaine says... #16

I bow the knee to this deck as the solution to my need for a competitive commander deck that is cheap, and not too crazy to play. (Recently played a deck that involved messing with an opponent's entire collection, table was not mentally prepared for it.)

I gladly upvote.

March 23, 2018 2:20 p.m.

rapak says... #17

Fantastic deck, got it for $50 incl. shipping here in EU.

March 24, 2018 9:13 a.m.

sg_86 says... #18

Cool deck +1

April 1, 2018 12:46 p.m.

rapak says... #19

Recently played this deck couple times against my friends, got it for $50 incl. shipping here in EU. I can confirm it does 100 percent what the description says. Can be very fun, you dont have to use triskelion miky combo to win. Can defeat expensive decks. I truly recommend this fantastic build.

April 6, 2018 12:58 p.m.

What would you replace from the deck with the cards from the maybeboard? Because I'm looking for some upgrades for the deck but cant swing for the all-out deck

May 5, 2018 3:51 a.m.

Sleazebag says... #21

DeadlyDoughnut7: that depends on how many cards from the maybeboard you are adding.

I'd go all out for effective ramp and fast mana. Since that is the biggest weakness of this deck. Sol Ring, Heartless Summoning. Take out the weaker mana rocks. You can even lower the land count with better ramp. The reason it is so high is that you have limited good ramp.

One thing I caution against doing is taking out engines/fodder that are tutorable. Make sure your transmutes can always hit something. But say the 3 mana slot has Ghoul, Nantuko, Swarm and Grinding Station as outlets in the same cost. So you can safely cut a couple of those.

Another option is taking out entire cmc brackets entirely. Like cutting all the the 5 cmc combo cards Since they are a bit overcosted. (Say pith driller and fallen Angel).If you add a new engine/outlet. A good bet is taking out a card in the same cmc slot unless you are downshifting the decks curve (since it is a bit high, and low is better).

Contamination is a great add since it can win games on its own or buy you time to so so with Mikaeus.

In essence: add ramp, take out high mana cost stuff.

May 5, 2018 10:18 a.m.

I want to add contamination blasting station and sol ring i dont know what to switch for contamination and blasting station but I was gonna take out work powerstone for sol ring just having a bit of a hard time dont wanna take out too much and ruin the deck

May 6, 2018 2:40 p.m.

Sleazebag says... #23

DeadlyDoughnut7: I'd take out Grinding station for Blasting Station, Fractured Powerstone for Sol Ring and Fallen Angel for Contamination.

Three excellent cards to start with.

May 6, 2018 3:05 p.m.

Thank you for the help I appreciate it Ive played my friends with this deck and its great

May 6, 2018 4:48 p.m.

Naivx says... #25

Have you ever considered Thoughtpicker Witch? Goes infinite with a colorless mana generator like Ashnod's Altar. One extra card for a combo but picking through a deck to exile the whole deck is fun times(?)

May 11, 2018 4:43 p.m.