N-Card Monte

Commander / EDH* BR (Rakdos) Casual Voltron

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Creature (30)

• 1x Akroma, Angel of Fury
• 1x Cairn Wanderer
• 1x Changeling Berserker
• 1x Changeling Outcast
• 1x Curious Killbot
• 1x Delighted Killbot
• 1x Despondent Killbot
• 1x Dragon Tyrant
• 1x Dunerider Outlaw
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x Enraged Killbot
• 1x Fire-Belly Changeling
• 1x Ghostly Changeling
• 1x Graveshifter
• 1x Jalum Grifter
• 1x Moonglove Changeling
• 1x Overt Operative
• 1x Phyrexian Crusader
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Skeletal Changeling
• 1x Steamflogger Boss
• 1x Steamflogger of the Month
• 1x Tahngarth, Talruum Hero
• 1x Taurean Mauler
• 1x Universal Automaton
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Venomous Changeling
• 1x War-Spike Changeling
• 1x Wrench-Rigger
• 1x Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed

Land (34)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 9x Mountain
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vesuva

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Finders, Keepers
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Shrouded Lore
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Work a Double

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Conspiracy
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation

Commander (1)

Artifact (14)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Heartstone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (7)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Goblin Tutor
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Kill! Destroy!
• 1x Murder
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

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Sideboard

Contraptions (15)

• 1x Arms Depot
• 1x Bee-Bee Gun
• 1x Buzz Buggy
• 1x Dual Doomsuits
• 1x Faerie Aerie
• 1x Genetic Recombinator
• 1x Goblin Slingshot
• 1x Hard Hat Area
• 1x Oaken Power Suit
• 1x Quick-Stick Lick Trick
• 1x Record Store
• 1x Refibrillator
• 1x Top-Secret Tunnel
• 1x Turbo-Thwacking Auto-Hammer
• 1x Widget Contraption

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Three-card Monte is a con game where the mark attempts (and, inevitably, fails) to find the money card among three cards.

Mary O'Kill lets us play this game with more than three cards. Mary, of course, is never where you think she is.

Unfortunately, Commander is a singleton format, and there are a limited number of Killbot cards printed. We thus lean on changelings and Conspiracy to fill the gap.

Most Curious Voltron

Mary makes for a curious voltron commander. If she swaps with a creature that has +1/+1 counters, she has those counters. If she swaps with a creature that was given first strike until end of turn, she has first strike. And so on.

Instead of loading Mary up with auras or equipment, we can swap her with killbots:

• Cairn Wanderer can gain evasion abilities, attack unblocked, and then switch into Mary. It's like she's a ninja!
• Changeling Berserker can attack, and then we switch in Mary who is already attacking.
• Fire-Belly Changeling can give itself +2/+0, and then switch to Mary who's now a 7/5, a 3-turn clock.
• Ghostly Changeling can give itself +X/+X (given enough mana), and then switch to Mary to go from a base 2/2 to a base 5/5.
• Moonglove Changeling can give itself deathtouch, inheritable by Mary.
• Skeletal Changeling can give itself regeneration shields, inheritable by Mary. (Mary can also just switch out to the Skeletal Changeling and let it actually regenerate itself.)
• Taurean Mauler can accumulate +1/+1 counters for Mary to hold.
• War-Spike Changeling can give itself first strike for Mary.

For Cairn Wanderer specifically, we have a package of creatures intended to be used:

• Akroma, Angel of Fury: flying, trample, protection from white and blue
• Dragon Tyrant: flying, trample, double strike
• Dunerider Outlaw: protection from green
• Emrakul, the Promised End: flying, trample, protection from instants
• Phyrexian Crusader: first strike, protection from white and red
• Shriekmaw: fear
• Spirit of the Night: flying, trample, haste, protection from black
• Tahngarth, Talruum Hero: vigilance
• Vampire Nighthawk: flying, deathtouch, lifelink

This potentially gives Cairn Wanderer flying, trample, fear, protection from all colors, protection from instants, haste, double strike, deathtouch, lifelink, vigilance. (And first strike, but that's redundant with double strike.)

Recursion Options

Because Conspiracy is so nice for this deck (cheating non-changelings in and out of play with Mary), we want to be able to get it back if it's destroyed. Unfortunately, BR isn't especially good at recurring enchantments. Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed and Shrouded Lore fill that role, and both can pull double-duty, recurring almost anything.

Because we're likely to dump something scary like Akroma, Emrakul, or Dragon Tyrant in the graveyard with the likes of Buried Alive or Entomb, Animate Dead and Necromancy are useful. Phyrexian Reclamation lets us put dead Killbots back in our hand to continue (or expand) our N-Card Monte game.

Flavor Picks

Jalum Grifter has us play an actual game of Three-Card Monte, so it seems a slam-dunk for a deck based on the concept. Kill! Destroy! seems very thematic for a deck full of Killbots.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 3 Mythic Rares 30 - 5 Rares 25 - 4 Uncommons 20 - 3 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.21
Tokens	Faerie Spy 1/1 U, Morph 2/2 C
Folders	Other peoples fun decks I like, First 32, Other combination