Saskia Stax

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Creature (38)

• 1x Alms Collector
• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Dryad Militant
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Faerie Macabre
• 1x Felidar Guardian
• 1x Harsh Mentor
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Kataki, War's Wage
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Manglehorn
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Sanctum Prelate
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1x Thought-Knot Seer
• 1x Tymna the Weaver
• 1x Village Bell-Ringer
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie
• 1x Vryn Wingmare
• 1x World Queller
• 1x Yisan, the Wanderer Bard
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Land (32)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 3x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 2x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Driven / Despair
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Mind Twist
• 1x Regrowth

Commander (1)

Instant (13)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Unravel the Aether
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Wrap in Vigor

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Stony Silence
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library

Artifact (5)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring

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Maybeboard

Creature (29)

• 1x Agent of Erebos
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Combat Celebrant
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Gaddock Teeg
• 1x Ghave, Guru of Spores
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Jotun Grunt
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Kinjalli's Sunwing
• 1x Leonin Arbiter
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Qasali Pridemage
• 1x Queen Marchesa
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
• 1x Samurai of the Pale Curtain
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sire Of Insanity
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Thrashing Brontodon
• 1x Underworld Cerberus
• 1x Voyaging Satyr

Instant (13)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Ancient Grudge
• 1x Back to Nature
• 1x Fatal Push
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Patrician's Scorn
• 1x Punishing Fire
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Ray of Revelation
• 1x Wear / Tear
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Artifact (4)

• 1x Damping Sphere
• 1x Null Rod
• 1x Sphere of Resistance
• 1x Trinisphere

Land (3)

• 1x Grove of the Burnwillows
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Dark Tutelage
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Mirri's Guile
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Oath of Nissa
• 1x Onslaught
• 1x Root Maze
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Splinter Twin
• 1x Stranglehold

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Adventurous Impulse
• 1x Armageddon
• 1x By Force
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Fragmentize
• 1x Meltdown
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Reverent Silence
• 1x Vandalblast

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An anti-meta deck. My current competition is Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain Cheerios/eggs, Kess Scepter (notably not storm), Food Chain Tazri, Selvala, Explorer Returned elfball, and to a lesser extent Brago stax, Ruric Thar stax, and Ghave/Ashnod's Altar combo.

What's the big idea?

My meta is currently dominated by fast combo, and I figured it was time to slow things down a bit. The central conceit of this deck is to play as many relevant and hateful effects as I could possibly fit onto creatures, with the rest mostly tied up in enchantments.

Winning the Game

Plan A is to grind the game to a halt and beat down. While that wouldn't normally be a viable strategy, strangling the table's resources and running such a dense creature package puts it in reach. There's also a combo line available with Kiki-Jiki and Zealous Conscripts.

Questions and Answers

Q: Why are you running Saskia? Aren't Tana + Tymna strictly better?
A: They are, but partners were a bullshit, terrible design choice that fundamentally ruined format diversity, and I want no part in it. Saskia gives me my colors, a beater that passes the Bolt test, and a way to aggressively push extra damage onto my opponents.

Q: Isn't this just a worse Blood Pod?
A: Kind of, yes, but it's specifically designed for my meta and exclusively uses cards I own.

Q: Wait, then why are you running Tymna in the 99?
A: Partners are bullshit in the command zone, not in the main deck. In the 99, the word "partner" is just flavor text. Flavor for a shit sundae.

Q: Aren't you super weak to Tabernacle?
A: Everyone is weak to hefty wallets, but we can answer Tabernacle (or convincing facsimiles) with Strip Mine, Wasteland, or salty tears.

Q: You're not running Contamination, Blood Sun or Choke?
A: I can't reliably feed Contamination, and Choke hurts blue players in ways I don't like--I have essentially no stack interaction, and keeping the blue guy from countering a game-winning combo piece is a good way to lose games. Blood Sun would be a much better inclusion if someone shows up with a Tabernacle, and that seems unlikely at this point.

Q: How do you handle Wrath effects?
A: Currently, I'm heavily reliant on Wrap in Vigor or Thought-Knot Seer. There's probably a compelling argument to be made for adding another slot into the mix to help address that weakness, but I want to test things where they stand before I dick about too much. I'd ultimately like to try Selfless Spirit over Wrap in Vigor, but I don't own one at the moment

Q: Wait a second. Mind Twist?
A: There are few better ways to put an opponent dead in the water, and the deck is capable of generating enough mana to fuel X=7 fairly easily, especially since a number of the creatures enter off of Yisan or Birthing Pod rather than traditional casting.

Q: Have you considered running _?
A: Maybe, maybe not. Feel free to suggest it.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	U
Splash colors	R
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.22
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone