Shadow of the Hegemon

Commander / EDH

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Instant (4)

• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Careful Study
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Rise from the Grave
• 1x Sever the Bloodline
• 1x Sift
• 1x Soulscour
• 1x Unburial Rites

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Artificer's Intuition
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Volition Reins

Artifact (15)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Brittle Effigy
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Skyship Weatherlight
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Voltaic Key

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Liliana Vess
• 1x Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
• 1x Venser, the Sojourner

Creature (23)

• 1x Angel of Despair
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Coffin Queen
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Dreamscape Artist
• 1x Filigree Angel
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Magister Sphinx
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Memnarch
• 1x Mistmeadow Witch
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Nephalia Smuggler
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sphinx of Lost Truths
• 1x Sphinx of the Steel Wind
• 1x Sphinx of Uthuun
• 1x Sphinx Sovereign
• 1x Sphinx Summoner
• 1x Treasure Mage
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Vexing Sphinx

Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Calciform Pools
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dreadship Reef
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 8x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Plains
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Vivid Meadow

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Instant (2)

• 1x Batwing Brume
• 1x Enlightened Tutor

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Blatant Thievery
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Reshape
• 1x Transmute Artifact

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Debtors' Knell

Artifact (4)

• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Dispeller's Capsule
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top

Creature (6)

• 1x Dimir Doppelganger
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Ethersworn Adjudicator
• 1x Netherborn Phalanx
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Vedalken Engineer

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Syphon Mind

Artifact (2)

• 1x Executioner's Capsule
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Creature (5)

• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Ertai, the Corrupted
• 1x Sawtooth Loon
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Wall of Omens

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Looking for a balance of draw/discard, reanimation + targets, and blinking for recursion without losing the artifact + sphinx theme and without relying on going infinite as a wincon. As long as something is on the field or in the graveyard, this deck is alive and dangerous.

Date added	12 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 4 Mythic Rares 32 - 10 Rares 28 - 3 Uncommons 16 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.86
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Venser, the Sojourner