Phage the Uncastable

Commander / EDH Jank Mono-Black Theme/Gimmick Unblockable Voltron

Immortalys

Artifact (26)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Brotherhood Regalia
• 1x Campfire
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Chariot of Victory
• 1x Decanter of Endless Water
• 1x Demon's Horn
• 1x Endless Atlas
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Haunted Cloak
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Netherborn Altar
• 1x Prowler's Helm
• 1x Silver Shroud Costume
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sonic Screwdriver
• 1x Staff of the Death Magus
• 1x Sundial of the Infinite
• 1x The Darkness Crystal
• 1x The Golden Throne
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Black Market Connections
• 1x Curse of Death's Hold
• 1x Dauthi Embrace
• 1x Illness in the Ranks
• 1x Lich's Mastery
• 1x Night of Souls' Betrayal
• 1x Oubliette
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Tainted AEther

Land (31)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Demolition Field
• 1x Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 17x Swamp
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x The Black Gate
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Blight Grenade
• 1x Cloudkill
• 1x Crippling Fear
• 1x Fortuitous Find
• 1x Gruesome Realization
• 1x Insatiable Avarice
• 1x Languish
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Shadows' Verdict
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Virtus's Maneuver
• 1x Yahenni's Expertise

Commander (1)

Instant (15)

• 1x Ashnod's Intervention
• 1x Blood Pact
• 1x Bloodline Culling
• 1x Darkness
• 1x Defile
• 1x Fell the Profane  ^Flip
• 1x Hagra Mauling  ^Flip
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Rush of Vitality
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Stinging Study
• 1x Stunning Reversal
• 1x Succumb to Temptation
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Withering Boon

Creature (3)

• 1x Kaervek, the Spiteful
• 1x Platinum Angel
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

---

Sideboard

Artifact (3)

• 1x Commander's Plate
• 1x Patchwork Banner
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Cover of Darkness
• 1x Endless Whispers

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Disturbed Burial
• 1x Malicious Eclipse
• 1x Return to Battle

Instant (1)

• 1x Wretched Confluence

Creature (2)

• 1x Ascendant Evincar
• 1x Silent Arbiter

---

Maybeboard

Artifact (12)

• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Dross Skullbomb
• 1x Mithril Coat
• 1x Paradise Plume
• 1x Prism Ring
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Profane Memento
• 1x Sceptre of Eternal Glory
• 1x Smoke Bomb
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x World Map

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Demonic Vigor
• 1x Engineered Plague
• 1x Nowhere to Run
• 1x Parasitic Impetus
• 1x Polluted Bonds
• 1x The Meathook Massacre
• 1x Virulent Plague

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Cry of the Carnarium
• 1x Evil Presents
• 1x Flaying Tendrils
• 1x Gix's Command
• 1x Gravedig
• 1x Grim Discovery
• 1x Malicious Malfunction
• 1x Massacre
• 1x Resourceful Return
• 1x Risky Shortcut
• 1x Soul Transfer

Creature (5)

• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Grim Servant
• 1x Night Incarnate
• 1x Plague Engineer
• 1x Suspicious Bookcase

Instant (11)

• 1x Archenemy's Charm
• 1x Consuming Corruption
• 1x Cower in Fear
• 1x Erebos's Intervention
• 1x False Cure
• 1x Long Goodbye
• 1x Make Obsolete
• 1x Slice from the Shadows
• 1x Soul Shatter
• 1x Suffocating Fumes
• 1x Wail of War

Land (5)

• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Haunted Fengraf
• 1x Urza's Cave
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Witch's Cottage

---

Well, as we all know, Phage is notoriously hard to play as a commander, given that she instantly loses you the game when you cast her from the command zone. On the other hand, just look at this gorgeously designed card. Who wouldn't want to slap people out of the game with this single bad B? So, despite the difficulties, lets try to put together a deck that will last long enough to give our opponents the Bad Touch.

So, what does the deck consist of? As this is still a first attempt at the deck, it isn't as focussed on a single thing as one might like, but I'll focus in on a direction as I play the deck more. The first category is of course:

How Do I Cast The Untouchable? To this end I employ a couple of different effects. First up are the effects that put your Commander from the Command Zone into your hand, so you can cast her safely from there. These include: Netherborn Altar, Command Beacon, and Campfire. Then we have the effects that allow us to cast her from our command zone safely. These include: Torpor Orb, and Lich's Mastery, as well as cards that replace the effect of losing the game such as Stunning Reversal, and The Golden Throne. An adjacent group of cards like Phyrexian Reclamation, and Fortuitous Find seek to return Phage from the grave back to our hand to be recast, so we do not have jump through the hoop of Command Zone -> Hand again. Then, for the second category:

How Do I Touch My Opponents? To this end I employ a myriad of cards that make it easy for our Phage to get that precious combat damage in. These include: Whispersilk Cloak, Dauthi Embrace, Shizo, Death's Storehouse, Sonic Screwdriver, and some others, as well as a couple cards that don't make her unblockable necessarily, but the combination of Haste and Trample seems juicy: Haunted Cloak, and Chariot of Victory. The third category is the inverse of this one, but maybe even more important:

How Do I Keep My Opponents From Touching Me? And in extension of this: How Do I Keep My Opponents From Touching The Untouchable? For the first category I looked to employ some cards that grant -X/-X to my opponents creatures such as Night of Souls' Betrayal, Kaervek, the Spiteful, and Illness in the Ranks for permanent shrinkage and cards like Mutilate, Yahenni's Expertise, and Languish, as well as some other general boardwipes and removal, and cards like Darkness and Sudden Spoiling. For the second category I have cards like Mithril Coat, Lightning Greaves, and Rush of Vitality.

With all large categories of cards out of the way, there is of course a solid base for drawing cards, and I put in a little bit additional ramp to make sure we can cast Phage as soon as possible.

NOTE: Please be mindful of the Torpor Orb and Tainted AEther non-bo (or combo if you really can't afford the triggered ability yourself)

I also noticed that this deck uses quite a lot of cards that cost us life, in addition to the fact we are on the defensive in the early game, our life might get threatened to the extent our card draw gets hampered... or we die. So in order to combat this I put a potential lifegain package in the Maybeboard consisting of: Demon's Horn, Paradise Plume, Pristine Talisman, Profane Memento, and Staff of the Death Magus. On top of that you could opt for cards like Erebos's Intervention, Consuming Corruption, and Parasitic Impetus.

Top Ranked	Achieved #2 position overall 4 months ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Mono-Black 4 months ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Theme/Gimmick 4 months ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Voltron 4 months ago
Date added	5 months
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 1 Mythic Rares 41 - 5 Rares 28 - 3 Uncommons 13 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.04
Tokens	Shapeshifter 3/2 C, Treasure
Folders	DEKS PITOTES XD, Proxied Decks