Tefearsome

Commander / EDH*

NarejED

Instant (15)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Whir of Invention

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Reshape
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Transmute Artifact
• 1x Windfall

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Back to Basics
• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Overburden
• 1x Pendrell Mists
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Rising Waters
• 1x Stasis

Artifact (30)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Candelabra of Tawnos
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Cursed Totem
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sphere of Resistance
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Tangle Wire
• 1x The Chain Veil
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Trinisphere
• 1x Voltaic Key
• 1x Winter Orb

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Creature (5)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Trinket Mage

Land (33)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x City of Traitors
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Mishra's Workshop
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 22x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Commander (1)

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Savor the Moment

Artifact (2)

• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Thorn of Amethyst

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Nearly optimized Teferi Mana denial deck designed for competitive multiplayer matches. The goal is to slow down opponents in the early game. Cards like Tangle Wire, Static Orb, Back to Basics, and Sphere of Resistance ensure that fast combo builds struggle to get off of the ground. Teferi ensures that these lock peices are entirely one-sided, using his -1 to effortlessly dodge taxes and effects that attack the untap step. He can Stasis lock indefinitely while steadily accruing value if needed.

For the few dangerous nonland permanents opponents manage to get into play, there is a slew of of mass removal effects waiting. Cyclonic Rift, All Is Dust, Ugin, the Spirit Dragon, and Wash Out take out the bulk of threats while a few efficient counterspells and targeted removal effects shore up any possible gaps in the early game.

The deck wins most games by one of the two methods. The first involves ramping into giant game-ending threats using Teferi's ability. These include Void Winnower, Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur, and to a lesser extent, Ward of Bones . All three are incredibly difficult to play around if an answer is not immediately at hand, and often lead to scoops, depending on how degenerate the board state is by that point.

The second win condition is far stronger. It involves The Chain Veil. The deck packs a huge pile of mana rocks and lands that can tap for 2, 3, and sometimes even 4 or more mana. This means that Teferi can spam his -1. accruing extra mana off of three of these large rocks/lands, until he dies. He's then recast from the command zone. The recast Teferi has no memory of activating his ability, so he can now be activated as many times as The Chain Veil was tapped plus one. This leads to infinite mana, infinite draw off of his first two abilities, and infinite PW activations. From there, it's all but impossible not to win. One personal favorite avenue is Ulting Jace, the Mind Sculptor on each opponent, then casting Time Spiral or one of its other iterations.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.40
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Emblem Teferi, Temporal Archmage
Folders	Official Commander Decks, Teferi, Temporal Archmage, Teferi, Temporal Archmage, Teferi