Heavy Metal Auras

Commander / EDH Aura Hexproof Control Enchantment UB (Dimir)

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Lands (39)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 11x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

CardDraw (10)

• 1x Hateful Eidolon
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Crystal Chimes
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Ashiok's Reaper
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Thassa's Emissary
• 1x Bloodgift Demon

OtherStuff (7)

• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Magewright's Stone
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

Creatures (19)

• 1x Hateful Eidolon
• 1x Hypnotic Siren
• 1x Protean Thaumaturge
• 1x Wicked Visitor
• 1x Nighthowler
• 1x Agent of Erebos
• 1x Ashiok's Reaper
• 1x Blightcaster
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Rootwater Matriarch
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Thassa's Emissary
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Doomwake Giant
• 1x Perplexing Chimera
• 1x Willbreaker
• 1x Visara the Dreadful
• 1x Avatar of Woe

Stealing (11)

• 1x Hypnotic Siren
• 1x False Demise
• 1x Minion's Return
• 1x Shade's Form
• 1x Unholy Indenture
• 1x Puca's Mischief
• 1x Rootwater Matriarch
• 1x Corrupted Conscience
• 1x Fool's Demise
• 1x Perplexing Chimera
• 1x Willbreaker

Removal (7)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Blightcaster
• 1x Doomwake Giant
• 1x Visara the Dreadful
• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Decree of Pain

Commander (1)

Ramp (11)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Worn Powerstone
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

Auras (8)

• 1x Despondency
• 1x Dragon Shadow
• 1x Dragon Wings
• 1x Glistening Oil
• 1x Launch
• 1x Nighthowler
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Screams from Within

Counters (3)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Ashiok's Erasure
• 1x Force of Will

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Other (4)

• 1x Aphemia, the Cacophony
• 1x Awakened Awareness
• 1x Thirst for Meaning
• 1x Evil Twin

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I don't think there is a name more metal than Ramses Overdark in Magic. The RKF artwork is appropriately metal as well.

The game plan of the deck is very unique. I use a bunch of auras that return to hand when the creatures dies (like Launch) in order to abuse them with Ramses's activated ability. The auras also give me fringe benefits when played on my own creatures or creatures I steal from my opponent.

The main win condition is usually through stealing other people's creatures or with infect beatdown using either Glistening Oil or Corrupted Conscience. Nighthowler is also a good way to steal games, sometimes with commander damage with Ramses himself, or by stealing someone else's commander.

Aside from the heavy aura theme, there is a sub-theme of creature theft. Unholy Indenture, False Demise, Fool's Demise, Minion's Return and Shade's Form have great synergy with Ramses. Rootwater Matriarch and Puca's Mischief work really well with all the auras and I finished it off with Corrupted Conscience, Hypnotic Siren, and Perplexing Chimera. I'm not sold on the Siren; it could be just about any other Control Magic-style card, but flying is really nice to get as a bonus.

I am running "better" versions of Ramses for when he gets too expensive or if I just want a lot of the same killing effect without necessarily having to replay auras: Visara the Dreadful and Avatar of Woe. They also pair really nicely with Thousand-Year Elixir and Magewright's Stone for lots of death.

Other than that, I think the deck is pretty self-explanatory. I put in a few cards I like in the colours. Torpor Orb is an especially nice include in this deck because so few of our synergies rely on ETB effects, which is really rare in Commander. This makes it a really powerful equalizer for decks that abuse their triggers with bounce.

Any help with the deck would be really appreciated!

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Enchantment 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH UB (Dimir) 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	2 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.23
Folders	Commander, ideas, Commander