In EDH, what colors can make infinite colored mana the best?
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on April 23, 2014, 9:51 p.m. by MagicalHacker
I'm thinking about making an EDH deck about generating infinite mana, and I can't decide between going rakdos, dimir, izzet, orzhov, or gruul.
What do you think? Of those five color combinations, which color combination is gonna work the best for tutoring out pieces for an infinite colored mana combo and for having infinite colored mana combos that use a variety of cards (for example, not just with Phyrexian Altar )?
i know Deadeye Navigator + Deceiver Exarch (or a card with similar effect) + Gilded Lotus will give you infinite blue
April 23, 2014 10:09 p.m.
ChiefWannaHacka says... #4
Usually Green/Blue has the easiest time making infinite mana, or more accurately Palinchron does.
April 23, 2014 10:10 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #5
GoofyFoot U has Palinchron . There are about 1,000,000 ways to go infinite with him. U also has Grim Monolith + Power Artifact , Freed from the Real /Pemmin's Aura + anything that can make U (Axebane Guardian /Wirewood Channeler type cards)
I'd say that U/G has FAR more combos that net infinite mana than G/R. However, one of the ways that Palinchron goes infinite IS Riku of Two Reflections .
April 23, 2014 10:18 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #6
Also, U/G's Kruphix, God of Horizons will reward you for having infinite mana. Allowing you to store it for later use if you can't use it right away.
April 23, 2014 10:19 p.m.
There is an infinite mana combo with only artifacts Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth as long as you have open mana to pay the Ring's cost. I guess a better question is what colors can abuse infinite mana? And each color can abuse it in different ways, but the main win-cons are Blue Sun's Zenith and Genesis Wave . I'll put in Banefire as an honorable mention.
April 23, 2014 11:13 p.m.
Unforgivn_II says... #10
Green is my favorite, with Argothian Elder + Maze of Ith . Unfortunately, you need things with flash or activated abilities to use it. So, Helix Pinnacle or Yeva, Nature's Herald mainly
April 23, 2014 11:17 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #11
Hmm, simic definitely seems like the best comination for the game plan, but I'd either have to do dimir, izzet, or gruul instead. Just because of all the tutor effects in black, I think I like dimir the most though. :) thanks everyone!
April 23, 2014 11:18 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #12
(The five color combinations are for commanders that can be the mana dump.)
April 23, 2014 11:20 p.m.
vampirelazarus says... #13
@MagicalHacker: Why not a three color commander?
Damia, Sage of Stone comes to mind
April 24, 2014 1:58 a.m.
MagicalHacker says... #14
vampirelazarus, I'm trying to find afive commander decks that form a star with all five colors.
For example, other than five mono-colored decks, I could do izzet, dimir, orzhov, selesnya, gruul. Or izzet, simic, golgari, orzhov, Boros. See where I'm coming from?
I know I want one infinite combo (Oona, Ulasht, or new Niv-Mizzet), and one "show and tell"-like combo (new Rakdos or Jhoira), one voltron deck (Sigarda), and two control decks (I don't even know yet).
Although, to address your question, the reason I want dual colored decks is because I really think Sigarda, Host of Herons is the best voltron commander, and that's my opinion, and I really want to build around it.
The more I think about it, the more I want to screw the symmetry idea and just build what I want.
April 26, 2014 1:50 p.m.
vampirelazarus says... #15
That's what I would do; build what you want.
And yes, sigarda is very good.
GoofyFoot says... #2
90% of infinite mana loops come from green, with red making up most of the remander. I'm sure you can get infinite mana in other colors, such as Pili-Pala and Grand Architect , but gruul, simic(probably the best for this), and a little bit of izzet are probably your best bets. why not pick Riku of Two Reflections ? he's a good commander for things like that.
April 23, 2014 9:59 p.m.