Konda's Yojimbo Learns Aikido

Commander / EDH

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Instant (25)

• 1x Abeyance
• 1x Acolyte's Reward
• 1x Angel's Grace
• 1x Awe Strike
• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Condemn
• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Divine Deflection
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Eye for an Eye
• 1x Harsh Justice
• 1x Honorable Passage
• 1x Kor Chant
• 1x Mana Tithe
• 1x Mirror Strike
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Orim's Chant
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Rebuff the Wicked
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Reverse Damage
• 1x Shining Shoal
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Tithe

Artifact (7)

• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Forcefield
• 1x Pariah's Shield
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Enchantment (16)

• 1x Aegis of Honor
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Axis of Mortality
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Near-Death Experience
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Pariah
• 1x Phyrexian Unlife
• 1x Prison Term
• 1x Righteous Aura
• 1x Shielded by Faith
• 1x Soul Echo
• 1x Spiritual Asylum
• 1x Story Circle
• 1x Worship

Creature (14)

• 1x Beacon of Destiny
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
• 1x Hushwing Gryff
• 1x Kitsune Healer
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Oriss, Samite Guardian
• 1x Palisade Giant
• 1x Platinum Angel
• 1x Platinum Emperion
• 1x Restoration Specialist
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Commander (1)

Land (33)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Drifting Meadow
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 19x Plains
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thespian's Stage

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Final Judgment
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Reverse the Sands

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Maybeboard

Instant (12)

• 1x Blaze of Glory
• 1x Blessed Reversal
• 1x Cease-Fire
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Festival
• 1x Harm's Way
• 1x Honor the Fallen
• 1x Indestructible Aura
• 1x Pure Intentions
• 1x Righteousness
• 1x Safe Passage
• 1x Scout's Warning

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Endless Horizons
• 1x Indestructibility
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Lightmine Field
• 1x Transcendence

Artifact (1)

• 1x Lich's Mirror

Creature (3)

• 1x Samurai of the Pale Curtain
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 1x Sustaining Spirit

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Invincible Hymn

Land (1)

• 1x Eiganjo Castle

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In life, there are multiple ways you can respond to a punch being thrown at you: 1. Avoid the punch by fleeing 2. Surrender to the punch, and take it 3. Resist the punch and fight back ... 4. Submit to the fact that your opponent has thrown a punch, step to the side and, with appropriate force, guide their arm/fist in a way that prevents harm from coming to both you AND your opponent (unless of course, you want to practice Steven Seagal's aikido and just smash everybody's noses in - that's cool too).

This deck is meant to essentially sit back, play your defenses, come across as the non-threat that we really are, maybe play life saver for an opponent every once in a while and then when people feel that it's time to come for your life - play some spells that redirects fatal damage towards THEM instead. There are some control elements included to ensure that you're able to play things the way you want (see the three white counter spells, Gryff that prevents ETB abilities, several exile cards, etc.). Anyways, hope you enjoy, and if you don't, that's all good too :)

Top Ranked	Achieved #9 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.85
Folders	Inspiration, Cool Decks, Inspirations, EDH, Interesting Commander Decks, soo, Interesting Decks, Aikido Strategies