The Biggest, Bluest Deck

Commander / EDH* Casual Control Mono-Blue Multiplayer Wizards

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Instant (21)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Commit / Memory
• 1x Counterlash
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Insidious Will
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Polymorphist's Jest
• 1x Quicken
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Redirect
• 1x Reins of Power
• 1x Remand
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Snap
• 1x Summary Dismissal
• 1x Supreme Will

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Clone Legion
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Enter the Infinite
• 1x Spelltwine
• 1x Switcheroo
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Time Stretch
• 1x Walk the Aeons

Creature (20)

• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Beguiler of Wills
• 1x Champion of Wits
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Galecaster Colossus
• 1x Kheru Spellsnatcher
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Magus of the Future
• 1x Magus of the Mind
• 1x Nimble Obstructionist
• 1x Portal Mage
• 1x Serendib Sorcerer
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Timestream Navigator
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Voidmage Husher
• 1x Wizard Replica

Artifact (8)

• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Mirror of the Forebears
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Venser's Journal

Commander (1)

Land (36)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Coral Atoll
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 25x Island
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Tolaria West

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Jace Beleren
• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
• 1x Teferi, Temporal Archmage

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Control Magic
• 1x Omniscience

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Maybeboard

Creature (8)

• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Guile
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Lighthouse Chronologist
• 1x Patron Wizard
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Sigil Tracer
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

Enchantment (3)

• 1x As Foretold
• 1x Mind Over Matter
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Ancestral Vision
• 1x Beacon of Tomorrows
• 1x Breaking Wave
• 1x Cultural Exchange
• 1x Inundate
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Temporal Mastery

Instant (5)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Trickbind

Artifact (4)

• 1x Diviner's Wand
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

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The singular goal of this deck is to make you feel like a Blue Mage. Pulling from all of the quintessential Blue effects, this deck is a deluge of wizards, card draw, counterspells, tapping, returning to hand, foresight, extra turns, and the most ridiculous effects that only Blue has access to.

Commanders

While Azami, Lady of Scrolls is assumed to be the default commander for this deck, Baral, Chief of Compliance, Talrand, Sky Summoner, and Teferi, Temporal Archmage can all assume the helm of the deck.

What I find particularly delightful is that each of these commanders bring with them a unique playstyle that alters how the deck feels, and how you win, to a certain extent.

• Azami wins through draw. Card advantage and putting together combo pieces is how you'll likely be playing her.
• Baral enjoys taking advantage of all the counterspells in this deck, and if you can put one on Isochron Scepter your table is likely to take notice. He also makes the bigger spells in the deck slightly more attainable, and as such can be seen as a decent all-rounder commander.
• Talrand just wants you to play instants and sorceries so you can beat down opponents with drakes, or chump with them while you build up Planeswalker ultimates or combo pieces.
• Teferi is a great toolbox commander who synergizes with all of the above, he is rather expensive to play and you'll rarely get his ultimate off, though, so I play him the least.

Win Conditions

• Enter the Infinite + Laboratory Maniac
• Omniscience (if you can't win with Omniscience on the field I feel really bad for you)
• Token beatdown via Talrand, Sky Summoner, Docent of Perfection  , or Clone Legion.
• The ultimate of Tamiyo, the Moon Sage.
• The ultimate of Jace, the Mind Sculptor, although this will only deal with one player (unless you add Rings of Brighthearth style shenanigans).

There's also a lot of further shenanigans that will reveal themselves through play, but I felt like listing the obvious so that other synergies can show themselves through play or scrutiny.

Philosophy

Being a deck filled with quintessential blue things, it also features a tribal sub-theme of Wizards. A few other creatures would definitely not be out of place, especially sphinxes, but for my own sake I decided to limit it to wizards. Therefore all creatures in this deck must either be wizards or make wizards in order to be included.

This deck definitely plays off of some blue goodstuff, and can easily be a threat if it weren't for the fact that you're not really much of a threat until something falls into place. For the most part, you'll be annoying, but not unfun.

At the end of the day, all you have to do is durdle around, give people permission to do things, wait until the end step before your turn to do things, and generally be the archetypal wizard stereotype.

Suggestions Welcome

I'm always looking for some ways to optimize this deck. Especially obvious replacements where a card is simply strictly better than a card already in the deck. I want to keep the wizard theme going creature-wise, and keep things predominantly instants and sorceries otherwise. As such, consider replacing permanents with other permanents when able.

I'm looking to make this (ideally) a 75% deck that plays fantastically in multiplayer and holds its own 1v1.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.14
Tokens	Boar 2/2 G, Champion of Wits 4/4 B, City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Drake 2/2 U, Emblem Tamiyo, the Moon Sage, Emblem Teferi, Temporal Archmage, Human Wizard 1/1 U, Manifest 2/2 C, Morph 2/2 C
Folders	Suggestions, Commander, Arsenal