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Commander / EDH MagmaArmor0

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October 9th, 2021 Update —Oct. 9, 2021

It's been a little longer than it should have been since the last update, so here we go with another batch! Most of these are minor, some of them may actually be downgrades (but the cards in question are personal favorites of mine, so they're being included)

Parallel Lives --> Adrix and Nev, Twincasters

Parallel Lives was wonderful, and the classic piece to use here, but Adrix and Nev have Ward 2, can be recurred with Ravos, Soultender or Havengul Lich, and is a wizard for Patron Wizard, Voidmage Prodigy, or Path of Ancestry shenanigans. They can be found off of any of our creature tutors as well, which locked in Adrix and Nev as being the correct choice. This does mean that the core "silliness" of the deck no longer requires Clever Impersonator, since both Mana Reflection and Parallel Lives now have creature versions, but we'll keep the impersonator so we can copy other things as well.

Sublime Epiphany --> Littjara Mirrorlake

The deck needs at least one way to make a token copy of something already in play to really feel comfortable. Previously, we had things like Repudiate / Replicate and Sublime Epiphany in this slot, since they could also be counterspells, but the mirrorlake also being a land is just so much better.

Spark Double --> Sakashima of a Thousand Faces

Turns off the legend rule, and can be played waay before we set up the combo and still do its job. A fantastic card at any point of the game, and a very welcome addition to the deck.

Canopy Vista --> Kaya the Inexorable

We added in a land with the Littjara Mirrorlake switch above, so now we can pull one out to bring in Kaya. Kaya is probably not the best card for this slot, but she's a personal favorite of mine, and her effects synergize with the deck pretty well. Most of the time, she'll just come down and -3 to exile a problematic nonland permanent, and draw a bit of aggro away from our valuable face. If she sticks around, her +1 is incredibly valuable for its ability to buy back our creatures, while also creating a second blocker to keep protecting her face. Her +1 can create some crazy lines, like playing Venser, Shaper Savant to bounce a potential attacker, +1, targeting the Venser, chump blocking one attack with Venser to return him to our hand, chump blocking a second player's attacker with the spirit token we got, and flashing in Venser again to bounce a third player's attacker. She basically becomes a backup form of Ravos, with her ability to refresh dead creatures, but also serves as a powerful deterrent for even removing your creatures in the first place.

Sea of Clouds --> Rejuvenating Springs

Our deck is more Green than it is White. Pretty self-explanatory switch here.

Prairie Stream --> Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Yavimaya gives us a ton of green mana, while also giving us an option for fetchlands when we run out of fetchables. There's also the benefit of making lands like Reliquary Tower and Alchemist's Refuge able to tap for Green mana, and giving Ancient Tomb an option for making mana without making us hurt.

Plains --> Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

With the last of the tango lands coming out of the deck, we need our basic lands much less. Thus, we cut a plains to bring in Teferi, Hero of Dominaria. bringing our Teferi count up to 3. Removal of problematic permanents, extra draw power, and untapping counterspell mana combined with a really potent ult make him a strong inclusion in our deck

Future Sight: Changes being currently tested:

Luminous Broodmoth --> Asceticism

Creature protection, in two different ways. Asceticism gives us both Hexproof and the ability to regenerate our creatures, but also costs one more mana and can't be recurred with Ravos. Luminous Broodmoth can be tutored more easily than Asceticism, and can retrigger Enters-the-Battlefield or dying effects, which Regenerate doesn't do.

Supreme Verdict --> Damn

"Can't be countered" versus "can be single target" - this one may end up coming down to your personal playgroup and how many decks both want to counter spells and prevent boardwipes.

Heroic Intervention --> Flawless Maneuver

Protection for everything, with hexproof, versus usually-free creatures-only protection.