Sydri's Paradox

Commander / EDH Artifact Lifegain Theme/Gimmick Tokens WUB (Esper)

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Lands (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Forsaken Sanctuary
• 6x Island
• 1x Island
• 1x Island
• 1x Island
• 1x Meandering River
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 6x Plains
• 1x Plains
• 1x Port Town
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Removal (7)

• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Silence the Believers
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Utter End

Lifegain (5)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Ashes of the Abhorrent
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Filigree Angel
• 1x Honden of Cleansing Fire

Stax (5)

• 1x Ashes of the Abhorrent
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Dovin Baan
• 1x Honden of Night's Reach

Killjoy (3)

• 1x Blinkmoth Urn
• 1x Inspiring Statuary
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Draw (11)

• 1x Arguel's Blood Fast  ^Flip
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Dovin Baan
• 1x Honden of Seeing Winds
• 1x Myojin of Seeing Winds
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Tamiyo's Journal
• 1x Thopter Spy Network

Ramp (9)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Blinkmoth Urn
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Inspiring Statuary
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip

Counterspells (7)

• 1x Commandeer
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Stoic Rebuttal
• 1x Teferi's Protection

BoardWipe (6)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x End Hostilities
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Phyrexian Rebirth
• 1x Rout

EveryoneWillHateYou (4)

• 1x Kindred Boon
• 1x Myojin of Night's Reach
• 1x Myojin of Seeing Winds
• 1x Psychosis Crawler

JackOfAllTrades (1)

• 1x Mirage Mirror

LoveBoardWipes (1)

• 1x Grave Betrayal

Commander (1)

ParadoxPackage (9)

• 1x Honden of Cleansing Fire
• 1x Honden of Night's Reach
• 1x Honden of Seeing Winds
• 1x Mechanized Production
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Tamiyo's Journal
• 1x Thopter Spy Network

WinConditions (8)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Felidar Sovereign
• 1x Gonti's Aether Heart
• 1x Mechanized Production
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Planar Bridge
• 1x Tamiyo's Journal

Can'tTouchThis (6)

• 1x Blazing Archon
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Meishin, the Mind Cage
• 1x Night of Souls' Betrayal
• 1x Teferi's Moat
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip

Tutors (4)

• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Planar Bridge
• 1x Tamiyo's Journal

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Sideboard

Other (2)

• 1x Ashes of the Abhorrent
• 1x Sentinel Totem

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Tired of the typical EDH decks? You like obscure cards that aren't heavily played but are actually good? Then this is the place for you!

Paradox package

Most of the deck's win conditions and mechanics rely on the magical phrase "At the beginning of your upkeep", so I instantly though about an old card I had from the Time Spiral expansion. And after 11 years of sitting patiently in my binder, it finally found its purpose. Combined with the other cards in the package it represent value in its purest form. Massive card draw, lifegain, opponents discarding cards or simply by speeding our timetable for the win conditions, Paradox Haze is doing it all.

Winning has never felt so good

As you can imagine the main goal of the deck is to steal the victory with an alternate win condition. For that purpose we use various different combinations:

WinCon1 Show

Our primary goal is getting Anointed Procession + Mechanized Production + Paradox Haze online. With these 3 cards we get 4 tokens of a given artifact per turn. Do it once, cast Teferi's Protection and just chill.

WinCon2 Show

Super sneaky way to win is with Mechanized Production + Tamiyo's Journal get 6 inconspicuous Clues, then cast Mechanized Production on the Clue token and enjoy the awesomeness.

WinCon3 Show

Our third fun option is winning with Revel in Riches, either by casting it and then boardwiping, or if you want to score extra meme points you can cast Mechanized Production on a Treasure token.

Everyone Will Hate you

Apart from those fun ways to win we do have other options in case we run into way too much enchantment removal or if you really hate the other 3 people at your play group. Firstly, Kindred Boon + Myojin of Seeing Winds + Psychosis Crawler , if uninterrupted will win you the game outright (if you have Laboratory Maniac, it's another WinCon on it's own). If you want to go a darker path Kindred Boon + Myojin of Night's Reach will deprive your opponents from their hands...every turn. Just make sure you name spirits for Kindred Boon wink. For extra evil points, remember that Sydri, Galvanic Genius's first ability targets any artifact on the field, so you can turn your opponents' precious toys into creatures right before a board wipe.

Killjoy

If these plans fail and you still want to win cast Torment of Hailfire with improvise from Inspiring Statuary or with mana from Blinkmoth Urn for like 20+ mana. Or maybe both? Evil laugh

Lifegain

This is our last resort in most cases, if our combos are ruined and Torment of Hailfire gets countered. With the full Honden cycle and Paradox Haze you should have enough life to nuke at least 1 or 2 people from the table with Aetherflux Reservoir.

Counterspells

These are the various ways to protect our win conditions. This section is pretty self-explanatory, so moving on.

Can't Touch This

As expected we don't run too many creatures so we have to rely on good old board wipes and massive pillow fort to stay alive. Teferi's Moat is a solid card against aggro/voltron decks that don't have many fliers. If your meta has a lot of those you can switch it for Propaganda.

Tutors

Lastly I want to give general tips for the various tutor that we run in the deck.

Diabolic Tutor and Tamiyo's journal Show

Pretty straightforward - you can tutor for any card according to the situation, be it board wipe or win condition.

Perplex Show

Main targets for transmuting this card are Paradox Haze and Inspiring Statuary.

Muddle the mixture Show

Main targes for transmuting this card are Torment of Hailfire and Thaumatic Compass  .

Planar Bridge Show

Main targes are our win conditions, mainly Tamiyo's Journal, Mechanized Production and Revel in Riches. Keep in mind that this is instant speed, so you can do it on opponents turn if they are boardwiping, or at the end of their turn, if you have enough (6 or more) Treasure or Clue tokens to simply win on your turn.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	RG
Key combos	Anointed Procession + Mechanized Production + Paradox Haze Kindred Boon + Myojin of Night's Reach Kindred Boon + Myojin of Seeing Winds + Psychosis Crawler Mechanized Production + Tamiyo's Journal
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 1 Rares 13 - 1 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.31
Tokens	Clue, Copy Clone, Emblem Dovin Baan, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Phyrexian Horror X/X C, Thopter 1/1 C, Vampire Knight 1/1 B
Folders	Decks to Build, Commander Things, decks, Commander