Never Bargain with a Flying Hippo

Commander / EDH Casual GWU (Bant) Jank Multiplayer Pillow Fort Theme/Gimmick

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1 Land (37)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 4x Forest
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x High Market
• 6x Island
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 4x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Quicksand
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Seachrome Coast
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

2 Ramp (9)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Collective Voyage
• 1x Veteran Explorer
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Rites of Flourishing
• 1x Selvala, Explorer Returned
• 1x Awakening
• 1x Scholarship Sponsor
• 1x Smothering Tithe

3 Card Draw (11)

• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Flumph
• 1x Steal Enchantment
• 1x Tenuous Truce
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Manifold Insights
• 1x Mirrormade
• 1x Secret Rendezvous
• 1x Viridian Revel
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Fact or Fiction

4 Win Conditions (4)

• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Dovescape
• 1x Guile
• 1x Divine Intervention

5 Tutors (6)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Weird Harvest
• 1x Moon-Blessed Cleric
• 1x Noble Benefactor
• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Birthing Pod

6 Political Cards (15)

• 1x Spurnmage Advocate
• 1x Sylvan Offering
• 1x Angus Mackenzie
• 1x Gluntch, the Bestower
• 1x Nullmage Advocate
• 1x Orzhov Advokist
• 1x Pulsemage Advocate
• 1x Visions of Duplicity
• 1x Aura Thief
• 1x Master of Ceremonies
• 1x Empress Galina
• 1x Fractured Identity
• 1x Sludge Monster
• 1x Cultural Exchange
• 1x Dawnbreak Reclaimer

7 Pillowfort (5)

• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Martyr's Cause
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Mystic Barrier

8 Removal (9)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Wrong Turn
• 1x False Prophet
• 1x Settle the Wreckage
• 1x Promise of Loyalty
• 1x Tragic Arrogance
• 1x Farewell

9 Utility (3)

• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Soul Foundry

Commander (1)

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Other (40)

• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 1x Dakra Mystic
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Altar of Bone
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Dawnstrider
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Magus of the Balance
• 1x Righteous Aura
• 1x Split Decision
• 1x Voyaging Satyr
• 1x Wall of Shards
• 1x Winds of Abandon
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Faeburrow Elder
• 1x Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer
• 1x Holistic Wisdom
• 1x Nils, Discipline Enforcer
• 1x Protective Sphere
• 2x Shieldmage Advocate
• 1x Victory Chimes
• 1x Bubble Matrix
• 1x Coercive Portal
• 1x Mirrorhall Mimic  ^Flip
• 1x Questing Phelddagrif
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Bring to Light
• 1x Corrupted Conscience
• 1x Replication Technique
• 1x The Council of Four
• 1x Mirror-Sigil Sergeant
• 1x Regal Behemoth
• 1x Fated Retribution
• 1x Ghosts of the Innocent
• 1x Play of the Game

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Most people build Phelddagrif as a group hug deck, but I find group hug to be an unexciting deck type so I went with politics instead. Why give things away for free when you can cut deals for them?

This is a political EDH deck that combines political cards and pillow fort. Basically you drop pillow fort early and try to manipulate other players so that the weaker players gang up on the strongest player until they are dead or neutralized. After that you make alliances and back stab until you can draw into Dovescape + Guile or Divine Intervention. Is this an efficient way to win? Probably not, but it's fun!

This is a janky deck full of political bears and pillow fort cards that are terrible in 1v1, but end up being powerful political tools in multiplayer games. You can convince people to stop attacking you in exchange for cards, hippo tokens, life gain, political favors... you name it.

Also, as a side theme, I try to put as many gaudy cards in the deck as possible. My theory is that when my opponents see cards cards that look stupid looking they don't perceive me as a real threat.

The biggest downsides are that this deck can't compete against fast competitive decks and takes a long time to win. This deck also plays horribly in a 1v1 scenario, which is why you want to avoid that at all costs. If you like EDH politics it's a lot of fun though.

Divine Intervention Count: 4

Date added	7 years
Last updated	1 year
Exclude colors	BR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 59 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.40
Tokens	1/1 G Creature Hippo, 1/1 WU Token Creature Bird, Citizen 1/1 GW, Copy Clone, Elephant 3-3 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Spirit 1/1 C, Treasure, Treefolk */* G
Folders	EDH Jank Inspo, EDH - Other People's Decks, Cool Decks I Like, Commander, interesting, EDH