I suspect you’re right about Altar of the Brood; just looking for one cheap CMC card that combos with Felidar and Aminatou without also needing to be blinked.

Ixidron would have saved my bacon, and I did tutor/play it in the game where I was Archenemy, but I got owned pretty hard by a ramped out Akroma’s Monument on one side and counters staying on flipped creatures on the other. Can’t win them all, and that isn’t the goal for 75% builds anyway, but I’m definitely looking at a sideboard of sorts to combat tuned aggro more consistently.

This doesn't exactly solve the lingering "What is a three card combo with Felidar + Aminatou that also synergizes with the deck, and is on-color" question, but I thought you'd appreciate the fact that I was able to use Clever Impersonator to copy Purphoros, against Food Chain Prossh last night, and use that plus Felidar + Aminatou for an instant win.

It also makes me potentially very excited to see an Atraxa or Ghave Counters Matter player slam Champion of Lambholt, as, at least in Magical Christmasland, you can one-shot someone, ideally the Atraxa player, right back with your copy.

Through testing with my own list I’ve found that Final Parting is an absolute powerhouse. If I already have some combo pieces like a Aminatou, the Fateshifter + Oath of Teferi in play I’ll put Archaeomancer in my hand and Time Warp into my grave. If I’m low on resources I’ll put Karmic Guide into my hand and Archaeomancer into the grave. Return arch, return parting, and probably tutor for more combo pieces. (I didn’t notice you’re not playing Karmic, but recommend that as well.)

Additionally, Possessed Skaab can be worse and better than Salvager of Secrets. Skaab costs UB instead of UU, is a 3/2 instead of a 2/2, can return creatures too instead of just instants/sorceries, and when it dies it exiles, but it can still be blinked.

NeonEndymion: Good finding...I like the new winning angle on Clever Impersonator. Might be something we can explore more on in the future.

BlackyMTG: I like the idea of Final Parting...it will probably replace Rune-Scarred Demon if I were to test it out. Not really a big fan of Possessed Skaab because my meta is pretty removal and wrath heavy. I've tested Karmic Guide and the echo cost sometimes force me to timewalk myself and it's harder to abuse it with blinking. I prefer it in more graveyard-centric decks like karador. Without a sac outlet it's not really that useful.

@Enral what about Phyrexian Delver then? You have a large life total, use it.

What do you do with for example land screw? You don't have Land Tax, or Solemn Simulacrum

Upon further idiotness I realized you had Reveillark which works for Final Parting putting archaeomancer into the grave and then returning him to refill your resources. Which means you don’t need Karmic Guide or Phyrexian Delver.

Omega505: This deck ramps via mana rocks so land is typically not an issue. I had solemn initially but he has been proving to be very lackluster. Once I get my draw engine down, getting land drops down is a nonissue. Also, aminatou herself lets us see a card deeper which reduces the landscrew situation.

What do you think of Vendilion Clique?

I play this in my version and it did a very good job until now.

Since it contains "target player" it can get rid of combo pieces or other bad-for-me cards my opponents have in their hand or it can replace a card that I don't need at the moment with a new one!

And not to throw too many other options into the mix here, but it did occur to me that if you have 1-3 creatures w/ evasion that can get through blockers, Goldnight Commander could do some work (and help enable your own aggro backup plan). Though it's probably strictly worse than most of the other combo pieces up for discussion.

dommes89: It's not a bad card per se...just that my list is getting to a point that it's kinda tight and I don't think V.Clique does enough to warren a spot at the moment. That might change in the future if my meta shifts.

NeonEndymion: Not a fan of that card tbh...I'm still holding out hope that some new cards will be printed in the upcoming Guilds of Ravnica set that will fit in the 3 card combo.

Sorry if this seems like a silly question, but I'm trying to get a little bit more serious about deck building and I really like how you are doing the Versions 1.0 etc. How are you going about creating those sections?

P.S. Thank you for the list it's helped me a lot and I've taken a lot of points from it.

Naughton: It's actually pretty simple, all you have to do is click on the "add" button before the comment section of your deck page.

I don't know how I've missed that every time I've gone down there. Thanks a bunch <3

Does anybody have experience with Sunblast Angel in Aminatou? It's the only ETB wrath I've found that destroys instead of -#/-#. I can see how it's better against aggro decks and not as good in a board stall, but I can see it being a really good effect to have on board. I've only played it in 1v1 where it was a 6 CMC Chupecabra on my opponent's one creature that had attached.

Jthomas3592: I've tested it in my initial build but it's too situational and clunky imho. I prefer Massacre Wurm and Ixidron as my boardwipe on a stick.

My argument for Karmic Guide would be that it is searchable via Recruiter of the Guard. I had a game the other night where if I had been able to search it with Recruiter and reanimate Palinchron, I would have won.

Unfortunately, I've never seen Emeria Shepherd when I needed her, and she's costly with a somewhat clunky activation ability in my opinion. Being able to grab Panharmonicon or Teferi's Oath back from the bin is nice, but I've never been in those types of situations. I have since cut her for Karmic Guide.

Why run Salvager of Secrets over Mnemonic Wall?

greatgoofini: Salvager of Secrets is tutorable with Recruiter of the Guard.

Gotcha! I was trying to see what edge he had over the wall in here.

Why do you use tolaria west. Given that you only have mana crypt as the only non land 0 cmc you have,

PandaZerg: Tolaria west can tutor for lands too...I have a few important ones that I can get like Volrath's Stronghold.

How much work is Knight-Captain of Eos doing for you? My playgroup has a large amount of creature decks in it and I think it could of some use for me, but I was curious how it was doing for you?

BlackyMTG:

For me, Knight-Captain of Eos has won me multiple games!

And it also has driven my opponents crazy :P

You can also use it in a very political way to save one of your opponents from combat damage.

But the best usage of this card was for me after I played Ixidron. They started to attack each other to let their commanders die (because they were all 2/2 :P ). But I denied this with Knight-Captain of Eos :)

BlackyMTG: dommes89 has touched on most points why Knight-Captain of Eos is amazing. In addition to that, it also protects Aminatou from losing loyalty through combat damage and is another infinite mana/flicker outlet to win. Obviously, if your meta is less combat-centric this card may not be as amazing.