Thrasios Paradox

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive GU (Simic) Ramp Storm

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Artifact (26)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mindslaver
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Voltaic Key
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Reshape
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Windfall

Land (32)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 6x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 7x Island
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Tree of Tales
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Instant (10)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Opt
• 1x Stroke of Genius
• 1x Whir of Invention

Commander (1)

Creature (16)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Tidespout Tyrant
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Walking Ballista

Enchantment (5)

• 1x City of Solitude
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Wild Growth

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Get Paradox Engine out while having some mana rocks/dorks in play and win the game?

This deck uses and abuses the ever living hell out of Paradox Engine. That card is the name of the game and without it this deck does not function, so if you aren't a fan of the some how yet unbanned Paradox Engine, this may not be for you. This deck also plays out a lot like storm so if that's also not your thing then sorry. This deck may be for you if you love to generate huge amounts of mana and figuring out how to win along the way. Thrasios, Triton Hero is a great mana sink and worst comes to worst you can use him to start drawing cards, and with infinite mana (which is basically the amount of mana we'll be generating) you can draw your whole deck and put ever land into play tapped.

Early game cast one of our 28 mana rocks/ dorks. We run most of the elves that seem to fit, and every good manarock (I know I'm missing the Crypts and mox but I'm on a slight budget) so that we can consistently explode in the early turns. Next step is to search for a way to find Paradox Engine. Kuldotha Forgemaster, Fabricate, Reshape, Whir of Invention, and Inventors' Fair (which Crop Rotation, Sylvan Scrying, and Expedition Map fetch) all go and find Paradox Engine, which you get into play as fast as possible. Now with Paradox Engine in play and a ton of mana rocks/dorks in play you start casting rocks while floating tons and tons of mana, untapping and tapping every rock you play, and every rock you play nets you more mana.

What to do with this mana??? Cast X spells like Blue Sun's Zenith and Stroke of Genius of huge amounts. Cast sweet spicy creatures like Kozilek, Butcher of Truth, Consecrated Sphinx, and Tidespout Tyrant, and dump all that mana into a Walking Ballista and dome everyone to death. Don't forget your draw 7's with Time Spiral, Windfall, and Memory Jar to continue to full your mana floating/ rock casting engine.

How do we finish out the game? An early Tidespout Tyrant while we are storming off will let us bounce everybody's permanents to their hands. Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter and any amount of rocks/ dorks that tap for 3 makes infinite mana, which then we can cast Thrasios, Triton Hero and activate his ability until we draw Laboratory Maniac, cast it and deck ourselves for the win. Cast Omniscience. No explanation there if you cast this you win. Academy Ruins + Mindslaver with enough mana to recast and activate is a hard lock letting you control a players turn forever. Or just find your own line. I've been shocked with how many different fun ways there are to find an early and quick combo kill.

This deck has been a blast to play as someone who loves to ramp and also someone who likes combo. Like a huge puzzle it has many lines and feels satisfying to figure out, and rewards tight play. Thrasios Paradox is a storm deck at heart, but feels like a big mana timmy deck.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Academy Ruins + Mindslaver Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.53