The Fateshifter | **PRIMER**

Commander / EDH Enral

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Version 1.1 —Aug. 2, 2018

Added the following:

  • Entomber Exarch: The versatility of removing interaction before comboing off or return an important creature back to my hand from the GY is great.

  • Magister Sphinx: Provides a path to an aggro victory, prevents lifegain strategy from going out of control, and ability to target two people with a flicker engine out.

  • Knight-Captain of Eos: Protects Aminatou, keeps infinite token strategies in check, and ability to redirect aggro away from me. Other than the ability to generate obscene amount of tokens with flicker effects, he's a great political tool too.

WUBRG97 says... #1

How about running Teferi's Protection, an extremely useful card, very similar to blink, and most importantly can be real good to cast in response to Aminatous Ultimate :)

July 29, 2018 11:36 a.m.

Enral says... #2

Odysseus_97: Hey great suggestion! I initially wanted to test it out but forgot about it in the end...I might just have to test it out. Thanks!

July 29, 2018 11:56 a.m.

Sh1ftyL0ck3 says... #3

I'd highly suggest playing a copy of Noxious Gearhulk. I'm currently building my own Aminatou flicker deck, and the ability to destroy a creature whiling gaining life at least once every turn (or infinite times) seems at least a little playable. And The Chain Veil acts as a second oath of Teferi, which makes it pretty much an auto include.

July 29, 2018 2:48 p.m.

Enral says... #4

Sh1ftyL0ck3: Thanks for the suggestions, both cards seems great and will definitely test them out! Do you happen to have a decklist I can look at? I'm always looking for other similar build for new ideas.

July 29, 2018 2:53 p.m.

Sh1ftyL0ck3 says... #5

My decklist is still in progress, and funny enough, I've been using yours for ideas. Aminatou, the Fateflickerer is the current list, which will be getting updates for a while. The land base is still in development upon posting

July 29, 2018 3:07 p.m.

Oceanlord says... #6

I love this decklist! This is almost the exact one I was going to start making.

Some recommendations/suggestions:

  1. The Chain Veil I feel is not an auto include. The amount of extra mana needed to activate the card is questionable. It would need some playtesting however.

  2. Teferi's Protection should be included. It has so much value in this deck. Maybe cut a swamp. There seems to be a high amount of land considering the curve of the deck.

  3. Reality Acid should also be in serious consideration. It's basically a reoccurring removal spell against any permanent.

  4. Entreat the Angels might have a place in this deck. Being able to guarantee the miracle trigger is what makes the card so good.

Keep up the good work!

July 29, 2018 4:36 p.m.

Enral says... #7

Oceanlord: I share the same sentiments as you regarding the chain veil...what kills it for me is that it requires 4 mana to activate but I'm probably gonna still test it to see if it exceeds my expectations. Other users have suggested reality acid too which I will be testing out. Not sure about entreat the angels tbh...it really doesn't have any synergies with the blink theme other than a value angel tokens with miracle. I agree that Teferi's Protection is super strong will test it out and see how it goes. Thanks for the feedback and suggestions!

July 29, 2018 5:19 p.m.

BlackyMTG says... #8

Why isn’t Restoration Angel in this list? You have two combos where you need two instances(same ability) of Archaeomancer in play, but if you just had one and a resto angel than you can Combo off the same.

July 29, 2018 11:47 p.m.

Megalomania says... #9

Finally got my list together bro. Hope you don't mind me sharing it here as your list was the initial inspiration for it. Would love to get your inputs as well.


Aminatou: Halloween Stax

Commander / EDH* Megalomania

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July 30, 2018 1:22 a.m.

ScionLocke says... #10

What about The Scarab God? I know people tend to shy away from him in strategies that involve repeatedly forcing creatures into the battlefield from other zones but I'm a fan so I like throwing the suggestion out there.

July 30, 2018 3:07 a.m.

Enral says... #11

BlackyMTG: Restoration angel was in my testing list however since I don't run Altar of the Brood..it makes no sense for me to include her for the infinite etb effect.

Megalomania: Not a prob, I'll take a look at your list later. Stax seems like another great strategy for Aminatou!

ScionLocke: Hmmm..scarab god is interesting but I'm not sure if she fits well in this build. Thanks for the suggestion though!

July 30, 2018 8:14 a.m.

irindumaster says... #12

Paragraph three of "Her Story"... should that be "Pragmatic" instead of "Programmatic"? Just trying to help improve this masterpiece. Great primer.

July 30, 2018 5:37 p.m.

Enral says... #13

irindumaster: Good catch!

July 30, 2018 5:41 p.m.

Mizeov says... #14

Vela the Night-Clad is a felidar outlet for infinite blinks. 3 card combo where one of the cards is your commander is very easily doable with all the tutors.

I might also recommend Pull from Eternity as it can protect against those pesky opponents exiling stuff you don’t want exiled

July 31, 2018 1:36 a.m.

Enral says... #15

Mizeov: Great suggestions...unfortunately I'm not too keen in including a 3-card combo in my deck due to meta reasons and for the same reason why I didn't include Altar of the Brood, Vela the Night-Clad doesn't really contribute much to my overall strategy. Pull from Eternity is interesting though...I might include it when I add Teferi's Protection later.

July 31, 2018 2:13 a.m.

Omega505 says... #16

You can also include Parallax Wave. Parallax Wave does give you another angle on Felidar Guardian. You can use Parallax Wave on Felidar Guardian and another ETB creature, and use Aminatou [-1] on the Parallax Wave. This way you can get infinite value out of whatever your other ETB creature is.

July 31, 2018 4:10 a.m.

Postt says... #17

What about Search for Azcanta  Flip? It seems really good in the deck, along with Jace, the Mind Sculptor

July 31, 2018 6:06 a.m.

Enral says... #18

Omega505: Wow...I've never thought of Parallax Wave...I will definitely test that out. Thanks for the suggestion!

MtgMaster02: I don't have Jace in my deck anymore since I'm not concentrating on the top deck matters theme...but Search for Azcanta  Flip is not a bad inclusion actually since I run quite a few non-creature spells. Will definitely test that out, thanks!

July 31, 2018 8:50 a.m.

ScionLocke says... #19

I just remembered something I want to recommend. Whip of Erebos is another way to buy back etbs and if you target the reanimated creature with your commander the creature will return to play because the whip doesn't care if you exile it on your own.

July 31, 2018 11:52 a.m.

Enral says... #20

ScionLocke: That's a spicy tech...I'll need to test whip out!

July 31, 2018 11:58 a.m.

Tacia says... #21

Similar to the whip is Dreams of the Dead. It's a bit more niche since you can't bring back your blue creatures, but it also doesn't tap, costs less mana and most people don't seem to know it exists.

July 31, 2018 12:40 p.m.

shadowmage says... #22

pretty cool list! a lot of bouncing goin on ! you have all the heavy hitters too! wave, drake, lavinina and chimera are def the best ones

check out my competitive edh version of this general !

The Aminatou Cat-astrophe cEDH

July 31, 2018 1:25 p.m.

miha22 says... #23

I took a few ideas from you as I was building my deck. I ended up with a fun list that I am pretty happy about. Although the goal was to have it play on a more casual table, I am gonna drop it here since it might be helpful to other people:

Aminatou Blink-Control-Drain

I've added a few more aggressive wincons to drain other players' life such as Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Obzedat, Ghost Council

July 31, 2018 1:26 p.m.

Bababad says... #24

great build! well done!

have you considered running Brago, King Eternal to give you aggressive post combat main phases by flickering all your rocks or w.e. you feel like abusing/giving pseudo vigilance?

even though enchant auras run the risk of being card disadvantage, Gift of Immortality usually generates absolutely disgusting levels of value if left unchecked.

July 31, 2018 4:19 p.m.

Enral says... #25

Bababad: I've considered Brago but considering that he doesn't really do anything when cast and have to wait an entire turn to get his benefit I don't think he's a good fit for my build. Casting him and getting immediately removed (which is going to happen because my meta is removal heavy) is going to set me back significantly. I also don't run lightning greaves or any haste effect to justify his inclusion. Gift of immortality seems to be more fitting on a sac/etb value build...so it is probably not worth it in my deck. I do have several recursive effects in my deck so getting my creatures back from the gy is very easy. Thanks for the suggestions though!

July 31, 2018 9:42 p.m.