Teferi, mage of Zhalfir lock

Commander / EDH Control Mono-Blue Stax

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Instant (28)

• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Echoing Truth
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Foil
• 1x Gush
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Insidious Will
• 1x Lat-Nam's Legacy
• 1x Logic Knot
• 1x Mindbreak Trap
• 1x Misdirection
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical TutorGC
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Telling Time
• 1x Whir of Invention
• 1x Whispers of the Muse

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC

Artifact (14)

• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Knowledge Pool
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana VaultGC
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Planar Bridge
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Sorcery (9)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Reshape
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Transmute Artifact
• 1x Treasure Cruise

Creature (6)

• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Torrential Gearhulk
• 1x Treasure Mage
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Voidmage Husher

Commander (1)

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 24x Island
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Sea Gate Wreckage
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Tolaria West

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

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Artifact (3)

• 1x Grim MonolithGC
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Staff of Nin

Instant (2)

• 1x Force of WillGC
• 1x Mana Drain

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This is a mono-U lock that revolves around one card: Knowledge Pool .

Gameplan

Your commander + Knowledge Pool locks the stack for your opponents in a way that they can't cast any spells from their hand anymore. Use tutors like Fabricate, Whir of Invention, Treasure Mage, Drift of Phantasms, Mystical Tutor, Inventors' Fair, Planar Bridge, Tezzeret the Seeker or Reshape and cantrips to find your piece and lock them up.

First, set up your mana with the mana rocks, shape your hand with all the cantrips, and resolve your commander. You have a lot of counterspells to buy you time before you are ready. If any aggro decks threaten your life totals, then go ahead and chump block them with your little wizards - you will easily compensate the card disadvantage later.

Once your commander is in play, he makes your spells effectively uncounterable, so you can go ahead and resolve all those tutors to get Knowledge Pool into play. Critically assess the board - although your opponents can't cast more spells, they can still use w/e is already on the board. For example, Breya can snipe your Teferi, or your opponents can try and beat you down with combat damage. It's best to go for the lock after you bounce w/e your opponents have left on the battlefield to their hands with Cyclonic Rift.

Once your opponents are locked, you can win with any way you can - jace activations, combat damage, commander beats - anything works, because your opponents can really only do land drops.

Plan B

Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter + any rocks that tap for 3 or more gives you infinite mana, which can be used with Capsize or Blue Sun's Zenith for lots of cool plays.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 28 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.00
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U
Folders	EDH, Terefi, Mage of Zhalfir, Brainstorm Brewery