Aminatou Flickering Queen

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive Infinite Combo Multiplayer Theme/Gimmick WUB (Esper)

Daggerfella

Land (33)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Eiganjo Castle
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 5x Island
• 1x Isolated Watchtower
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 3x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave

Artifact (11)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Creature (26)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Augury Owl
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Brago, King Eternal
• 1x Cloudblazer
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Eldrazi Displacer
• 1x Emeria Shepherd
• 1x Entomber Exarch
• 1x Felidar Guardian
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Mistmeadow Witch
• 1x Mnemonic Wall
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Nevermaker
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Reflector Mage
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Stonehorn Dignitary
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Wall of Omens

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Portent
• 1x Terminus

Commander (1)

Instant (18)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Ghostway
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Momentary Blink
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Utter End

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Soothsaying

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Kaya, Ghost Assassin
• 1x Venser, the Sojourner

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Maybeboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Sakashima the Impostor
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Vizier of Many Faces

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Finally a commander who can flicker AND has access to black! She's A Flicker Queen!

The deck specializes with Enter The Battlefield (ETB) effects and abusing the Flicker Effect to get continual use out of the ETB Triggers for things like removal, Countering, Graveyard Retrieval, Digging, and Utilitarian combos to do a vast number of effects, one of my favorites is winning the game. ha ha ha

I have built this and am attempting to not break the bank by adding in overly expensive cards by trying to keep the price under or around $700 and am considering this a average budget for a competitive commander deck. but i might break that eventually.

This deck makes GREAT use of the Stack.

Playing a game of stacking effects and flickering can be quite troublesome for your opponent and a deck like this is pretty technical. and Much like that Kenny Rogers song, you gotta know when to hold em, know when to play the game boy. If you have any confusion on how the Stack works, remember its last in, first out.

Threat Management and Assessment are key to this deck. even tho the abilities of the deck are quite cool in their own right, an amateur could fail quickly using this deck. Every ability is quite modular and consistent but you have to know when it is appropriate to use these abilities. Especially if an opponent has white or blue mana open to be used.

Every effect, Card, Potential Win State and Combo in the deck is meant to put pressure on your opponents to remove their focus from their win-states or to potentially play the politics of a multiplayer magic the gathering game.

I have been polishing this for a while now and i think its 100% set and doesnt need any changes at this time, however prove me wrong with suggestions if you would like.

Below are the sources i used to make the initial build or so of the deck and helped me learn how such a deck is to be used and built:

Budget MTG Decks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCeMoyDeUQo and We Are Gamers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Tm8rMICz-g For the videos on the Pre-con with changeable suggestions to improve the deck out of the box.

Top Ranked	Achieved #3 position overall 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	RG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.25
Tokens	Emblem Venser, the Sojourner
Folders	COMMANDERS, Commander, Decks under $200, EDH References, A Wild Esper Appears, ddd, EDH Decks, nice, Fun Decks by Other People, aminatou
Based on	Subjective Reality (Pre-Con) autoshmo EDH