Brago EDH - Flickering Death (Value Combo)

Commander / EDH* Combo WU (Azorius)

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Creature (30)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Cloudblazer
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Eldrazi Displacer
• 1x Felidar Guardian
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Heliod's Pilgrim
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Kor Cartographer
• 1x Lavinia of the Tenth
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Nevermaker
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Reflector Mage
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Riftwing Cloudskate
• 1x Rishadan Brigand
• 1x Sea Gate Oracle
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sphinx of Uthuun
• 1x Stonehorn Dignitary
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Whirler Rogue

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Teferi, Temporal Archmage
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1x Venser, the Sojourner

Land (36)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x High Market
• 8x Island
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 7x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Skycloud Expanse
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Windswept Heath

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Act of Authority
• 1x Cloudform
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Lightform
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Reality Acid
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Steel of the Godhead
• 1x Treachery
• 1x Unquestioned Authority

Commander (1)

Artifact (15)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Instant (6)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Supreme Verdict

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Brago, King Eternal is all about value! ETB-effect cards are extremely powerful, and Brago is one of few commanders who allows you to abuse them relentlessly.

(As a side note, this isn't a heavily controlling or stax build. Brago can be built that way, and is superb at it, but my meta can't support that kind of oppression. If you generally play with a more cutthroat group, then consider cards like Winter Orb and Stasis.)

The deck's primary win condition comes through Strionic Resonator. With it and two mana worth of mana rocks (or a land untapper like Treachery), you can create an infinite number of Brago's blink triggers. Reality Acid, Riftwing Cloudskate, Rishadan Brigand, Spine of Ish Sah, or Venser, Shaper Savant will then win you the game on the spot by destroying/bouncing/forcing the sacrifice of every opposing permanent. Lightform and Cloudform will also immediately create a win; by repeatedly blinking them and the cards they manifest, you can put your whole deck into play face-up. Hit one of the other four wincon cards and it's all over.

Of course, these cards are also very effective if you merely blink them every turn with Brago; additionally, going all out with Strionic Resonator and other (non-winning) ETB cards can also put you in a great position (draw down to a winner with Mulldrifter? Create millions of Thopter tokens off Whirler Rogue? Pull every creature out of your graveyard with Karmic Guide?).

If you can't win that way, you have a few other options. Most creatures in this deck are evasive, so controlling the board while chipping away at life totals and drowning your opponents in value is a viable option. Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite speeds this process up enormously, especially if you've managed to abuse strong token generators like Elspeth, Sun's Champion. You also have the parts to generate infinite mana (Peregrine Drake and either Deadeye Navigator or Eldrazi Displacer) to dump your hand onto the board and go from there.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	103
Avg. CMC	3.60
Tokens	Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Teferi, Temporal Archmage, Emblem Venser, the Sojourner, Manifest 2/2 C, Soldier 1/1 W, Thopter 1/1 C