The Expendables

Commander / EDH Counterspell Mono-Blue Sacrifice Tokens

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Creature (22)

• 1x Academy Elite
• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Chronozoa
• 1x Deceiver of Form
• 1x Deep-Sea Kraken
• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Guile
• 1x Inkwell Leviathan
• 1x Loyal Drake
• 1x Merchant of Secrets
• 1x Murmuring Mystic
• 1x Pathrazer of Ulamog
• 1x Phyrexian Ingester
• 1x Reef Worm
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Selhoff Occultist
• 1x Spiny Starfish
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Ulamog's Crusher
• 1x Wonder

Enchantment (5)

• 1x False Demise
• 1x Homarid Spawning Bed
• 1x Puppet Master
• 1x Skywise Teachings
• 1x Thopter Spy Network

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor

Instant (18)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Artificer's Epiphany
• 1x Blink of an Eye
• 1x Blustersquall
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cackling Counterpart
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Dismiss
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Engulf the Shore
• 1x Exclude
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Negate
• 1x Polymorphous Rush
• 1x Redirect
• 1x Supplant Form
• 1x Synthetic Destiny
• 1x Unwind

Land (38)

• 1x Coral Atoll
• 1x Foundry of the Consuls
• 1x High Market
• 30x Island
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Temple of the False God

Commander (1)

Artifact (9)

• 1x Druidic Satchel
• 1x Genesis Chamber
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Journeyer's Kite
• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Nuisance Engine
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of the Mind Magus
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Hour of Eternity
• 1x Mass Polymorph
• 1x Polymorph
• 1x Recall
• 1x Rise from the Tides

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This was a budget commander deck made as part of a group event. The goal was to get a deck that was no more than $50 that was decent enough to play. I decided to go far from meta and choose a pretty gimmicky play style. The basic idea is to use regenerating or just a lot of tokens to shield yourself long enough to summon some decent creatures with the commander's ability.

From what I've played of it, I would say this deck works best as a counter to "beef stick" decks or anything that can deal a lot of single target damage. If you get the right setup you can summon a bunch of fairly strong creatures for basically free. However this deck is typically not very fast, lacks clear or easy win conditions, and tends to suffer pretty hard if you get hit with board wipes at the wrong time (keep those counters ready!). But eh. It was fun to make and fun to play. You can probably make it stronger pretty easily if you try.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	1 year
Exclude colors	WBRG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	29 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.89
Tokens	0/1 U Creature Starfish, 1/1 U Creature Camarid, Bird Illusion 1/1 U, Boar 2/2 G, Copy Clone, Djinn Monk 2/2 U, Drake 2/2 U, Fish 3/3 U, Human Wizard 1/1 U, Kraken 9/9 U, Myr 1/1 C, 0/1 C Artifact Creature Pest, Saproling 1/1 G, Squid 1/1 U, Thopter 1/1 C, Whale 6/6 U, Wizard 2/2 U, Zombie 2/2 B