Vela Super Budget

Commander / EDH* Budget Casual UB (Dimir)

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Creature (36)

• 1x Azra Smokeshaper
• 1x Banshee of the Dread Choir
• 1x Brood of Cockroaches
• 1x Broodbirth Viper
• 1x Clone
• 1x Coral Barrier
• 1x Corpse Augur
• 1x Deathbringer Regent
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Fallen Shinobi
• 1x Ingenious Infiltrator
• 1x Inkfathom Witch
• 1x Mist-Syndicate Naga
• 1x Moonblade Shinobi
• 1x Nighthowler
• 1x Nightveil Predator
• 1x Nightveil Sprite
• 1x Ninja of the Deep Hours
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Phantom Ninja
• 1x Phantom Warrior
• 1x Phyrexian Rager
• 1x Portal Mage
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Shadowmage Infiltrator
• 1x Taigam, Sidisi's Hand
• 1x Tandem Lookout
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Thalakos Seer
• 1x Thopter Assembly
• 1x Throatseeker
• 1x Tormented Soul
• 1x Triton Shorestalker
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Whisper Agent

Instant (10)

• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Familiar's Ruse
• 1x Memory Plunder
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Price of Fame
• 1x Psychic Strike
• 1x Soul Manipulation
• 1x Teferi's Time Twist
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Vona's Hunger

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Artful Dodge
• 1x Baral's Expertise
• 1x Connive / Concoct
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Open Into Wonder
• 1x Portent
• 1x Stolen Identity
• 1x Voidwalk

Commander (1)

Artifact (6)

• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Keyrune
• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Kefnet's Monument
• 1x Mind Stone

Land (39)

• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 20x Island
• 16x Swamp

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Maybeboard

Creature (39)

• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Ashen Ghoul
• 1x Blood Pet
• 1x Cephalid Pathmage
• 1x Cloud of Faeries
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Deepchannel Mentor
• 1x Dimir Cutpurse
• 1x Etrata, the Silencer
• 1x Glen Elendra Liege
• 1x Graveshifter
• 1x Harbor Serpent
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Higure, the Still Wind
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Kukemssa Pirates
• 1x Mindleech Mass
• 1x Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
• 1x Mistblade Shinobi
• 1x Mothdust Changeling
• 1x Nightveil Specter
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Quickling
• 1x Raven Guild Master
• 1x Riptide Entrancer
• 1x Ruination Guide
• 1x Sai, Master Thopterist
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Silent-Blade Oni
• 1x Slither Blade
• 1x Tenacious Dead
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x Thief of Sanity
• 1x Throat Slitter
• 1x Walker of Secret Ways
• 1x Wonder
• 1x Wrexial, the Risen Deep

Artifact (6)

• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Blade of Selves
• 1x Grappling Hook
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Quietus Spike
• 1x Sword of the Animist

Land (5)

• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dreadship Reef
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Rogue's Passage

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Entreat the Dead

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Mirrodin Besieged
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Snake Cult Initiation
• 1x Spreading Seas

Instant (4)

• 1x Disappearing Act
• 1x Displace
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x String of Disappearances

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1x Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
• 1x Tezzeret, Artifice Master

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Vela Commander deck for a local league with a starting budget of $25 (according to mtggoldfish) that will get a $10 upgrade each week from other players.

The goal of this deck is to play dimir creatures that are hard to block, cause nasty effects with them, and/or sub them out with ninjutsu to cause other nasty effects.

Some ways that this is done is by: islandwalk, "can't be blocked", flying, fear/intimidate, "x can't be blocked by y", etc.

There is lots of card draw too (at least considering the budget). There's also a few hidden value gems unrelated to this goal that were too hard to pass up with this budget. Such as Portal Mage , Nighthowler , Clone , Notion Thief , Deathbringer Regent , Memory Plunder , etc.

This deck can be potentially made into a ninja tribal or various other dimir decks

Some noteworthy cards:

Fireshrieker : unblocked Double strike creates two occurances of damaging a player and thus causes most triggers to occur twice.

Banshee of the Dread Choir and Broodbirth Viper : the myriad tokens they create can also be used for ninjutsu too.

Thopter Assembly : Flying and going wide in this deck are both good. Additionally, we get the actual 5/5 on top of that too! Great for when/if we need to sac something too.

Stolen Identity and Voidwalk : cipher on unblockable creatures is awesome. Make sure you place it on the right creature at the right time. Especially Stolen Identity

Mist-Syndicate Naga : It's tokens can make tokens! Remember that!

Two other ways this deck could have gone if I had realized sooner, is focusing on artifact or devoid creatures. at this point however, it is too late haha.

Upgrades/changes are listed above in the "maybe" section but some key ones are:

Wrexial, the Risen Deep , Sword of the Animist , Quietus Spike , all the enchantments listed, Creeping Tar Pit , and Glen Elendra Liege and Kukemssa Pirates

Archetype of Imagination or some other similar card that is cheaper mana-wise would be a very convenient upgrade.

For other inspirations of cards to get from our local league, check out Mitchell's Mairsil, the Pretender Deck and Gavin's Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive Deck; along with maybe Rae's Aboshan, Cephalid Emperor Deck and Elijah's Traxos, Scourge of Kroog Deck.

There also is potential small subtheme of interacting with other players graveyards? Havengul Lich , Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker , Puppeteer Clique , Consuming Aberration , Mindcrank , and Wrexial, the Risen Deep are some examples that would combo well.

Didn't know skulk was a thing so check out these cards too? https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&text=+[skulk]&set=|[%22Shadows%20over%20Innistrad%22]|[%22Eldritch%20Moon%22]&color=+![W]+![R]+![G]

If Etrata, the Silencer is added, consider Dimir House Guard or Clutch of the Undercity

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 14 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.39
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Illusion 1/1 U w/ Flying, Plant 0/2 G, Squid 1/1 U, Thopter 1/1 C