Thrasios Bruse Blue Pod

Commander / EDH Competitive Midrange RGWU Toolbox

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Creature (33)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Biomancer's Familiar
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Corridor Monitor
• 1x Deceiver Exarch
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Faeburrow Elder
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Ghostly Pilferer
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Manglehorn
• 1x Noble Hierarch
• 1x Oakhame Adversary
• 1x Pestermite
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Vexing Shusher
• 1x Yisan, the Wanderer Bard
• 1x Zirda, the Dawnwaker

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Neoform

Artifact (1)

• 1x Birthing Pod

Land (30)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Waterlogged Grove
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Cindervines
• 1x Deafening Silence
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Splinter Twin
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Wild Growth

Commanders (2)

Instant (20)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Negate
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Return to Nature
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Wear / Tear

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This is a Adaptive midrange deck designed to either grind away at your opponents until their resources are too exhausted or combo fast. Often the deck will play the grind game then pivot to fast combo at an opportune moment. The first few turns should be focused on ramp and playing Thrasios to establish a draw engine. You then apply pressure through disruptive soft stax pieces (e.g. Cindervines, Rhystic Study, Verity Circle), counter magic, and removal. Rather than trying to combo immediately, you usually will want to go for mid or late game combos after other players have had their games disrupted. You will want to hold mana open almost every turn for instant speed interaction that can be funneled through Thrasios if it isn't used. This helps to keep you from running out of cards as you attempt to disrupt 3 opponents.

Since you have redundant combo pieces, it can sometimes be a valid play to use Splinter Twin or Kiki-Jiki in pre-combo turns to copy creatures like Reclamation Sage or Glen Elendra Archmage in order to continue applying pressure. The creatures in the deck have lots of abilities attached to them that allow you to keep the pressure on, all while giving you bodies to eventually Pod away and further your own game plan. Should your combo fail or be shut off, the backup win con is beat down your various other creatures (possibly pumped by a huge Finale of Devastation).

Do not underestimate the ability of Birthing Pod or other creature tutors to pivot your strategy and turn a seemingly harmless board state into an immediate winning combo.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Splash colors	WR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 60 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.34
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Treasure
Folders	Commander / EDH