Aminatou upgrades Deck

Commander / EDH

aeginidae

Land (35)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 7x Island
• 1x Isolated Watchtower
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x New Benalia
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 3x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thespian's Stage

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Baneful Omen
• 1x Counterbalance
• 1x Mastery of the Unseen
• 1x Oath of Liliana
• 1x Oath of Teferi
• 1x Precognition Field
• 1x Primordial Mist
• 1x Soothsaying

Creature (18)

• 1x Arbiter of the Ideal
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Conundrum Sphinx
• 1x Djinn of Wishes
• 1x Dream Eater
• 1x Enigma Sphinx
• 1x High Priest of Penance
• 1x Jeskai Infiltrator
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Ninja of the Deep Hours
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sigiled Starfish
• 1x Silent-Blade Oni
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sphinx of Uthuun
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Artifact (12)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Crystal Ball
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Druidic Satchel
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Perpetual Timepiece
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sol Ring

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Kaya, Ghost Assassin
• 1x Narset Transcendent
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis

Commander (1)

Instant (12)

• 1x AEthermage's Touch
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Crib Swap
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Esper Charm
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Predict
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Supreme Will
• 1x Telling Time

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Aminatou's Augury
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Entreat the Angels
• 1x Entreat the Dead
• 1x Hour of Revelation
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Temporal Mastery
• 1x Terminus

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Maybeboard

Creature (14)

• 1x Adarkar Valkyrie
• 1x Brago, King Eternal
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Duskmantle Seer
• 1x Flickerwisp
• 1x Magus of the Balance
• 1x Mistblade Shinobi
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Riverwise Augur
• 1x Sage Owl
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Sphinx of Jwar Isle
• 1x Throat Slitter

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Advice from the Fae
• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Dream Cache
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Treasure Cruise

Land (1)

• 1x Rupture Spire

Artifact (3)

• 1x Mangara's Tome
• 1x Seer's Lantern
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Cloudform
• 1x Lightform

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The accepted way to play Aminatou is as an Esper blink commander. That's fantastic and I love that it exists; however, I want to try to be creative in building a top-of-library deck. It's gonna be jank, and there aren't really enough payoffs to make it work consistently, but I love it.

Aminatou alone can't really do all the work of top-of-library manipulation for you, though Oath of Teferi certainly helps (and encourages me to put in a few other Planeswalkers). We need a few pricier pieces to really dig into our library as frequently as we would like -- namely, Scroll Rack, Sensei's Divining Top, and Soothsaying. The only tutor we have for these is Rune-Scarred Demon, which makes me think we could really use Enlightened Tutor to help out. We also have several scry options, as well as Dream Eater because surveil lets us reorder the cards we look at.

So, what do we do with this rearrangement of our library? First of all, we dig out appropriate answers. Counterbalance can get the mileage it deserves at last! We can also dig out our board wipes, making us very popular. Targeted removal can also be nice to pull out from the depths of the library.

Second of all, as the precon acknowledged: miracles! Terminus and Devastation Tide are brilliant at their miracle costs, Temporal Mastery is obviously great, and both Entreat the Angels and Entreat the Dead are big blowout plays that will end the game if unanswered. I would also like to consider the less-good miracles.

The third payoff is the one I'm the most excited about. Baneful Omen, Twilight Prophet, Sorin, Grim Nemesis, and Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow all let us directly hit every opponent for the CMC of the top card of your deck, and we have a few high CMC cards out there. If you reveal a Silent-Blade Oni and slam the board for its CMC, that may not immediately win you the game, but it puts you in a much better position without painting a huge target on your forehead.

My pet mechanic here is Manifest. I love Primordial Mist, Lightform, Cloudform, and Jeskai Infiltrator as ways to cheat out permanents. Manifest a land? Get it flipped over (e.g. by blinking it) and that's ramp. Manifest your Conundrum Sphinx? Blink it and have a big Sphinx on the field (that also helps you draw the cards you already know are on top of your library).

I'm not sure if this will actually work well, but I'm determined to make it happen! Please feel free to give feedback (assume a fun and dynamic meta that avoids oppressive decks but doesn't slouch on power level).

Date added	5 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.82
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, City's Blessing, Emblem Narset Transcendent, Manifest 2/2 C, Saproling 1/1 G, Shapeshifter 1/1 C, Vampire Knight 1/1 B, Zombie 2/2 B