(S)Tax and Loop

Introduction

When playing there are two major things you’re lacking the ramp of and counter back-up of . The stax pieces and hate cards in this deck aims to remedy this problem while pushing forward with a value oriented gameplan with a combo finish.

Hate and Taxes

Introducing the tax collectors

My list of hate and stax cards are built to combat my local meta, if you feel that some of these cards won’t do anything in your playgroup do take them out.

Value generation creatures

Creature and play reason

Sacrifice outlets

Combos and Loops

Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker combos

  1. Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Restoration Angel / Felidar Guardian
  2. Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker targeting Restoration Angel or Felidar Guardian let the ability resolve and have the tokens enter the battlefield trigger target Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker you can then tap Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker again targeting Restoration Angel or Felidar Guardian, this will net you as many haste tokens you want. If you can't attack due to some reason sacrifice them to i.e. Altar of Dementia.
  3. Karmic Guide + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
  4. Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker targeting Karmic Guide hold priority and sacrifice Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker then let the token enter the battlefield, have the token target Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker that is now in your graveyard, return Kiki. Rinse and repeat this will give infinite enter the battlefield and dies triggers.
  5. Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Reveillark
  6. Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker targeting Reveillark, sacrifice Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker then sacrifice Reveillark. Return Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker to the battlefield. This will give you infinite enters the battlefield, dies triggers, all the sacrifices you’ll need and you can reanimate all your < 2 creatures.
  7. Fiend Hunter + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
  8. Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker targeting Fiend Hunter, when the token enters the battlefield have it target Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker you can then sacrifice the token, Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker will then return and you can do this again and again.

Fiend Hunter combos

  1. Fiend Hunter + Sun Titan
  2. Cast Sun Titan with Fiend Hunter in your graveyard or cast Fiend Hunter with Sun Titan in play. When Fiend Hunter enters the battlefield have it exile Sun Titan with Sun Titan exiled under Fiend Hunter sacrifice it, Sun Titan will then return to play, you can then return Fiend Hunter from your graveyard and exile Sun Titan again. This will net you infinite enters the battlefield, dies triggers, all the sacrifices you’ll need.
  3. Fiend Hunter + Karmic Guide
  4. See the Sun Titan combo but replace Sun Titan with Karmic Guide.
  5. Fiend Hunter + Reveillark
  6. Cast Fiend Hunter with Reveillark in play, have Fiend Hunter exile Reveillark, Reveillark leaves the battlefield trigger goes on the stack hold priority and sacrifice Fiend Hunter to return Reveillark to play, now let the Reveillark ability resolve and bring back Fiend Hunter to exile Reveillark again. Repeat for infinite enters the battlefield, dies triggers, all the sacrifices you’ll need and to bring back all other < 2 power creatures.

Reveillark combos

  1. Karmic Guide + Reveillark
  2. A classic loop, if you haven’t seen this before follow these simple as seen on TV steps. Cast Karmic Guide with Reveillark in your graveyard or evoke Reveillark while Karmic Guide is in your graveyard. With Karmic Guide’s leaves the battlefield trigger you can return Karmic Guide to play when Karmic Guide enters the battlefield you can return Reveillark then sacrifice Karmic Guide after that sacrifice Reveillark to bring back Karmic Guide. Repeat forever.
  3. Felidar Guardian + Reveillark
  4. Play Felidar Guardian target Reveillark, then sacrifice it. Reveillark, leaves, then comes back, then you place Reveillark trigger on the stack targeting Felidar Guardian in the graveyard. Repeat for infinite enters the battlefield, dies triggers, all the sacrifices you’ll need and to bring back all other < 2 power creatures.

Purphoros, God of the Forge combos

    The only real combo with Purphoros, God of the Forge is playing Felidar Guardian with Restoration Angel in play or the other way around, these two creatures can blink each other indefinitely. This will give you infinite enters and leaves triggers, Purphoros, God of the Forge is the only card in the deck that cares about this. Other than that any other combo in the deck making infinite creatures or looping creatures from your graveyard will kill your opponents without a combat step.

Rest of the Deck

Tutors

  • Demonic Tutor: Get any card for 2 mana
  • Vampiric Tutor: Get any card for 1 mana
  • Enlightened Tutor: Most combo pieces in the deck can be fetched up
  • Gamble: Usually works as second demonic tutor where the discard can be a upside
  • Entomb: Can put a combo piece on your graveyard in response to Alesha’s trigger
  • Buried Alive: Put a combo + 1 more into your graveyard

Sweepers

Card draw

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Casual

98% Competitive

Top Ranked
Date added 4 years
Last updated 1 year
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Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

14 - 0 Mythic Rares

47 - 0 Rares

25 - 0 Uncommons

3 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 2.68
Tokens Copy Clone, Elemental 1/1 R, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, The Monarch, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders Commander
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