Tricksy Wizards

Commander / EDH Wizards WUB (Esper)

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Instant (11)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dream Fracture
• 1x Dromar's Charm
• 1x Ixidor's Will
• 1x Ojutai's Command
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Silumgar's Command
• 1x Soul Manipulation

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Brilliant Ultimatum
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Obzedat's Aid

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Celestial Dawn
• 1x Crab Umbra
• 1x Faces of the Past
• 1x Sphinx's Tutelage
• 1x Telepathy

Artifact (10)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Crystal Ball
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Fieldmist Borderpost
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Obelisk of Esper
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, Architect of Thought

Creature (34)

• 1x Archivist
• 1x Barrin, Master Wizard
• 1x Circu, Dimir Lobotomist
• 1x Disruptive Pitmage
• 1x Duskmantle Seer
• 1x Elite Arcanist
• 1x Ertai, the Corrupted
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Galvanic Alchemist
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Information Dealer
• 1x Isperia, Supreme Judge
• 1x Master of Predicaments
• 1x Medomai the Ageless
• 1x Merieke Ri Berit
• 1x Mundungu
• 1x Nameless One
• 1x Nebuchadnezzar
• 1x Oona, Queen of the Fae
• 1x Patron Wizard
• 1x Prodigal Sorcerer
• 1x Profaner of the Dead
• 1x Razorfin Abolisher
• 1x Shadowmage Infiltrator
• 1x Sharding Sphinx
• 1x Sharuum the Hegemon
• 1x Skill Borrower
• 1x Sphinx of the Steel Wind
• 1x Sphinx Sovereign
• 1x Stonybrook Angler
• 1x Suq'Ata Firewalker
• 1x Thraben Heretic
• 1x Triad of Fates
• 1x Zuran Spellcaster

Land (35)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 8x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 3x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Watery Grave

Commander (1)

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Tribal Wizards.

I tried to build this around certain wizard constructs/themes, so it has a sample of everything that wizards may do, without one dominating the entire deck. I threw in sphinxes as well for some degree of evasion, and their abilities mesh/complement wizards nicely.

Themes (with # of cards with that ability in deck):

***Card Draw (7 cards) - several wizards and sphinxes use this ability. I tried to pull what I had from my collection.

***Return X to Hand (6 cards) - Either sending a creature back or returning something from a graveyard

***Ping for 1 Damage (3 cards) - I like running these guys. I wish there were more of em in my collection...

***Counterspells/Counter Unless Opponent Pays X (13 cards) - maybe a little too controlly, but for the wizards its more about paying the extra 1 colorless to resolve the spell

***Exile (5 cards) - I play against a lot of zombie reanimators/graveyard decks...so sue me.

***Untap/Tap Target (5 cards) - Merieke Ri Berit combos well here, as well as the "Ping for 1 Damage" wizards, "counterspell unless 1 colorless is paid", etc.

***Foresight/Scrying (7 cards) - maybe not a 'pure' wizard mechanic, but its fun to play with

***Misc/Goodstuff (12 cards) - Doesn't fit into any of the above categories, but they are fun to play/have fun mechanics. Cards include: Elite Arcanist, Havengul Lich, Master of Predicaments , Medomai the Ageless , Nameless One , Sharding Sphinx, Sharuum the Hegemon, Sphinx of the Steel Wind (biggest beater in the deck), Sphinx Sovereign, Sphinx's Herald , Demonic Tutor, Obzedat's Aid

Updates:

***1.1 (current version) - I cut Sphinx's Herald , Isperia the Inscrutable , Brine Seer , & Palace Siege, in favor of nebuchadneszzar, Celestial Dawn , and some extra land.

***1.0 - The deck feels a little land-light by 2-3 cards. Should I cut from a theme or from misc/goodstuff?

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 23 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.58
Tokens	Faerie Rogue 1/1 UB, Manifest 2/2 C, Morph 2/2 C, Thopter 1/1 U