Double Trouble - Prison Time !

Commander / EDH Bracket 3 Control Lifegain Lifelink Prison WU (Azorius)

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Creature (25)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Aerith Gainsborough
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Archivist of Oghma
• 1x Auriok Champion
• 1x Cosmogrand Zenith
• 1x Exemplar of Light
• 1x Faramir, Prince of Ithilien
• 1x Haliya, Guided by Light
• 1x Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1x Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
• 1x Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
• 1x Oji, the Exquisite Blade
• 1x Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant  ^Flip
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Sphinx of the Revelation
• 1x Starfield Shepherd
• 1x Starfield Vocalist
• 1x Station Monitor
• 1x Taigam, Master Opportunist
• 1x Tataru Taru
• 1x The Council of Four
• 1x Ultimecia, Temporal Threat
• 1x Wingblade Disciple

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Gift of Estates
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Replenish

Instant (2)

• 1x Enlightened TutorGC
• 1x Tithe

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ajani, Strength of the Pride

Land (37)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Deserted Beach
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Floodfarm Verge
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Ishgard, the Holy See
• 8x Island
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Meticulous Archive
• 9x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Seachrome Coast
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Vesuva

Artifact (14)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Archaeomancer's Map
• 1x Excalibur II
• 1x Field-Tested Frying Pan
• 1x Forcefield
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Pearl Medallion
• 1x Phyrexian Processor
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Wind Crystal
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Tome of Legends
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Commanders (2)

Enchantment (16)

• 1x Angelic Chorus
• 1x Aurification
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Crackdown
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Light of Promise
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Mirrormade
• 1x Monologue Tax
• 1x Norn's Decree
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Smothering TitheGC
• 1x Storm of Saruman

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Sideboard

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Lifetap
• 1x Mystic Barrier
• 1x Test of Endurance

Artifact (2)

• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Wurm's Tooth

Instant (1)

• 1x Argivian Find

Creature (1)

• 1x Felidar Sovereign

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Space-Time Anomaly

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Maybeboard

Creature (21)

• 1x Absolute Virtue
• 1x Archon of Absolution
• 1x Azor, the Lawbringer
• 1x Boromir, Gondor's Hope
• 1x Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
• 1x Exalted Sunborn
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IVGC
• 1x Heliod, the Radiant Dawn  ^Flip
• 1x Krile Baldesion
• 1x Lyse Hext
• 1x Medomai the Ageless
• 1x Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
• 1x Sage of the Skies
• 1x Shackle Slinger
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Starfield Mystic
• 1x Stenn, Paranoid Partisan
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Walking Ballista

Artifact (11)

• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Orb of Dreams
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x The Seriema
• 1x Thopter Fabricator
• 1x White Auracite

Instant (3)

• 1x Focus the Mind
• 1x Mystical TutorGC
• 1x Scour for Scrap

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Aligned Heart
• 1x Archmage Ascension
• 1x Boon Reflection
• 1x Cradle of Vitality
• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Monk Class
• 1x Moonlit Meditation
• 1x Murmuration
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC

Land (3)

• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Secluded Steppe

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Dovin, Hand of Control

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This decks purpose?

ANNOYANCE & PRISON

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What is "Prison" in Magic the Gathering ? Show

"Prison" is a meta term, describing deck/card mechanics like Ghostly Prison, Norn's Annex, Crackdown, Authority of the Consuls and many more that:

• Slow down your opponents game

• Make them "pay" to attack you

• Stop them from gaining momentum

• Let you sit back and watch the table burn

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- Gain Life & Lifelink

• Creating minions for lifegain

• Control / Annoyance / Prison

• Card draw

• Land tutoring & Ramp

• Tutor cards

• Mana saving / Non-creature spell triggers

• Copy mechanics

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Deck strategies

- Prison enemies

• Drown in life points with 1CMC Creatures like Soul Warden or Soul's Attendant, tutor them with Starfield Shepherd

• Token generators will generate lifepoints: Station Monitor, Cosmogrand Zenith, Wingblade Disciple, Hermes, Overseer of Elpis

• Make use of lifegain triggers like Aerith Gainsborough, Exemplar of Light, Light of Promise, Archangel of Thune and more

• Use Alisaie Leveilleur to pump out Prison cards

• Use Alphinaud Leveilleur to draw

• Combine Tutor Cards with mechanics like Land Tax to draw lands out of your deck to keep momentum

• Be an absolute menace when things like Crackdown and Ultimecia, Temporal Threat combine

• New warp mechanic! Abuse 1CMC Haliya, Guided by Light and 2CMC Starfield Vocalist

• Go wild with Storm of Saruman and fun cards like Taigam, Master Opportunist!

Excluded Win Cons and Gamechangers

Is there a win con?

Not really. The real winning is people people finding your deck really annoying !

The goal is to slow down enemy gameplay. Lean back and watching the table swing at each other in slowmotion

So I willingly excluded the following win cons:

Switch them in if you do not love your local players or friends

• Felidar Sovereign

• Test of Endurance

• Space-Time Anomaly

• Rhystic StudyGC (too strong for local power level)

• Cards like Winter Orb, Static Orb or Back to Basics because you'll be targeted immediately

Regluar Win cons?

Pretty much just getting counters on your Commanders and swinging

Whilst you prison control with all the artifacts and enchantments

You could add Walking Ballista for the Combo with Heliod

(Target the Balista with Heliod's Lifelink, combo the whole table to death instantly)

Turn based strategies

Turn 1 and Turn 2

• Drop 1CMC Creatures like Soul Warden, Soul's Attendant

• Tutor and draw lands

Turn 3

• Drop Alisaie Leveilleur

Turn 4

• Drop Alphinaud Leveilleur or

• Use Alisaie Leveilleur to play two Artifacts/Enchantments that slow/prison enemies

Turn 5

• Prioritize droping Alphinaud Leveilleur. We need the card draw!

Turn 6 and following

• Slowing your own gamplay is ok! Let others fight. Lean back. Watch.

• Oftentimes it is better to not play a 2 or 3 CMC Enchantment/Artifact just to be able to play two in the next turn to trigger Alphinaud Leveilleur's draw mechanic

• Whenever possible get lands out of your deck with Land Tax, Archaeomancer's Map etc.

• Sac these lands willingy at end of turn → upping the chance of drawing cards other than lands

Examples of good synergies

Exemplar of Light plus any life gain trigger = card draw on every enemies turn

Hermes, Overseer of Elpis to create life gain triggers with every artifact

Load up Aerith Gainsborough, Excalibur II and Exemplar of Light with counters

The Wind Crystal allows for hard swings of smaller creatures

Crackdown will make you the most resented player at the table. Meekstone too. Combine it with Ultimecia, Temporal Threat to flip tables.

Only Boardclear with Ajani, Strength of the Pride :(

Abuse Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant  

Create creatues with Luminarch Ascension, Phyrexian Processor, Hermes, Overseer of Elpis and Station Monitor

Use Starfield Shepherd's warp to Tutor 1CMC Lifegain Soul Warden and Soul's Attendant

Start copying a lot of shit with Mirrormade, Taigam, Master Opportunist and Storm of Saruman

Combine Starfield Vocalist's warp with Starfield Sheperds warp for a cheap double tutor

Example of a good start

Starting hand needs Station Monitor, Haliya, Guided by Light and Starfield Vocalist and 2-3 Lands

Play a Plains

Play an Island, drop Station Monitor

Play a land, drop Alisaie Leveilleur

(Play a land) and drop Haliya, Guided by Light for 1CMC warp cost → Drop Alphinaud Leveilleur for 2CMC → Station Monitor creates a token → Haliya, Guided by Light triggers → Draw a card

If you have 5 lands: Drop Haliya, Guided by Light from exile for 3 CMC then Starfield Vocalist for 2CMC → Draw card with Alphinaud Leveilleur → Station Monitor creates two tokens → Draw card at endstep

Starting Hand & Mulligan

Mulligan?

• You need least two lands in your starting hand

Ideal cards to look for on starting hand

• A tutor (Either Enlightened TutorGC or Idyllic Tutor) or

• Land Tax and/or Archaeomancer's Map or

• Gift of Estates and/or Tithe

• Station Monitor, Starfield Shepherd, Haliya, Guided by Light, Starfield Vocalist, Cosmogrand Zenith

Lands to tutor first

• Hallowed Fountain / Prairie Stream / Meticulous Archive

Cards to proxy to save 80% of deck price

Academy Rector

Archangel of Thune

Emeria, the Sky Ruin

Land Tax

Smothering TitheGC

Enlightened TutorGC

Replenish

Forcefield

Date added	2 months
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 2 Mythic Rares 55 - 2 Rares 14 - 4 Uncommons 3 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.05
Tokens	Ajani's Pridemate, Angel 4/4 W, Bird 1/1 U w/ Vigilance, Bird 1/1 W, Copy Clone, Drone 1/1 C, Energy Reserve, Food, Halfling, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Knight 2/2 W, Minion X/X B, On an Adventure, Treasure