Sisay Stax/Combo

Commander / EDH* biopouvoir

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May Reflections —May 31, 2017

Cuts:

  • Arbor Elf - this deck actually doesn't run that many forests and I didn't have a Savannah when I made this cut. Considering putting back in now that I have the Savannah though.
  • Gaddock Teeg - good silver bullet against Teferi and some spell-based lists, but was otherwise dead. Hulk unban was the nail in the coffin.
  • Joraga Treespeaker - figuring out the line with Rishkar means having two mana is no longer as important.
  • Loyal Retainers - never good unless I also had Survival.
  • Shaman of Forgotten Ways - similar to Joraga Treespeaker, only requiring one mana means this card is more dead.
  • Spirit of the Labyrinth - good hatebear but often not good enough - doesn't stop food chain decks and Hulk unban made it worse.
  • Voyaging Satyr - too slow, although the synergy with Cradle is good.
  • Apostle's Blessing - replaced with permanent-based protection in Mother of Runes and Sylvan Safekeeper
  • Disenchant - replaced with Qasali Pridemage, which is easier to fetch.
  • Reclaim - only included for Noxious Revival loops with Selvala, but repeated GSZ for 0 works better.
  • Silence - dead card against Gitrog and Hulk, would rather run other types of interaction
  • Null Rod - too often shutting off my own mana rocks hurt me
  • Aura Shards - repeated enchantment destruction wasn't super necessary, usually there's only one stax piece that hurts me or creature stax
  • Survival of the Fittest - not great without Loyal Retainers, and there were too many awkward hands with combo pieces I couldn't pitch.
  • Tangle Wire - great card but doesn't do enough against flash hulk or other hatebear decks.
  • Torpor Orb - Hushwing Gryff is more fetchable and the second effect is bad as it shuts off Curio.
  • Sunpetal Grove - acquired a Savannah.

Adds:

  • Banisher Priest - better than Fiend Hunter because it's fetchable with Recruiter of the Guard. Creature removal is key to get rid of opposing Aven / Linvala.
  • Containment Priest - good against a plethora of decks like Yisan and Hulk.
  • Eternal Witness - great card for Curio loops, but a fine card to cut, as Bow does most things that Witness would do.
  • Ethersworn Canonist - stopping tutor + win is useful against a lot of decks, also shuts down storm and food chain lists.
  • Mother of Runes - protection piece for Sisay and hatebears - makes it harder for decks to just remove a hatebear and win.
  • Phyrexian Revoker - names commanders with activated abilities, food chain, or mana rocks in a pinch.
  • Qasali Pridemage - fetchable artifact and enchantment removal that goes through Hushwing Gryff and Torpor Orb.
  • Recruiter of the Guard - tutors every creature Sisay can't, and then some.
  • Sylvan Safekeeper - another protection piece for Sisay.
  • Ravages of War - turns out the judge foil is not nearly as expensive as the original and having the extra Armageddon is useful.
  • Gemstone Caverns - enables faster combo turns.
  • Mistveil Plains - often fetchable and can help get back Paradox Engine
  • Chord of Calling - an instant speed tutor for a hatebear has been backbreaking.
  • Eladamri's Call - see above, but gets better with the hatebears with flash (Hushwing, Aven, Containment Priest)
  • Chrome Mox - just didn't have one, but fast mana helps fast combo.
  • Mox Diamond - same as above.
  • Savannah - obvious.