Cormela, Pauper Thief ( EDH / PDH )

Commander / EDH Infinite Combo Pauper Sacrifice Spellslinger UBR (Grixis)

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Instant (26)

• 1x Abnormal Endurance
• 1x Banishing Knack
• 1x Big Score
• 1x Burnt Offering
• 1x Condescend
• 1x Deadly Dispute
• 1x Demonic Gifts
• 1x Disembowel
• 1x Fake Your Own Death
• 1x Feign Death
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Goblin Wizardry
• 1x Howl from Beyond
• 1x Majestic Metamorphosis
• 1x Negate
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Raise the Draugr
• 1x Refocus
• 1x Retraction Helix
• 1x Return to Action
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Supernatural Stamina
• 1x Teach by Example
• 1x Twiddle
• 1x Undying Malice
• 1x Village Rites

Artifact (7)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Dimir Locket
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Izzet Locket
• 1x Rakdos Cluestone
• 1x Rakdos Locket
• 1x Spidersilk Net

Creature (21)

• 1x Augury Raven
• 1x Battered Golem
• 1x Bone Picker
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Clever Conjurer
• 1x Dimir Infiltrator
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Goblin Electromancer
• 1x Karfell Harbinger
• 1x Kozilek's Sentinel
• 1x Maze Abomination
• 1x Midnight Assassin
• 1x Nettle Drone
• 1x Nivix Cyclops
• 1x Pillardrop Warden
• 1x Prismari Pledgemage
• 1x Pyre Hound
• 1x Thermo-Alchemist
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Wee Dragonauts
• 1x Witty Roastmaster

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Argivian Restoration
• 1x Disintegrate
• 1x Elemental Masterpiece
• 1x Field Research
• 1x Fireball
• 1x Fortuitous Find
• 1x Grim Bounty
• 1x Lava Burst
• 1x Rolling Thunder
• 1x Seize the Spoils
• 1x Serpentine Curve

Commander (1)

Land (33)

• 1x Archway Commons
• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 7x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Maestros Theater
• 7x Mountain
• 1x Prismari Campus
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Tramway Station
• 1x Waterfront District

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Flight of Fancy

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Sideboard

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Emergency Weld

Creature (1)

• 1x Gixian Infiltrator

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Maybeboard

Creature (23)

• 1x Arena Trickster
• 1x Bloodflow Connoisseur
• 1x Body Dropper
• 1x Bushmeat Poacher
• 1x Cinder Pyromancer
• 1x Delver of Secrets  ^Flip
• 1x Drake Familiar
• 1x Etherium Spinner
• 1x Festival Crasher
• 1x Fetid Imp
• 1x Kederekt Creeper
• 1x Leapfrog
• 1x Merrow Bonegnawer
• 1x Merrow Levitator
• 1x Mistwalker
• 1x Piston-Fist Cyclops
• 1x Rakdos Roustabout
• 1x Reaper of Night
• 1x Selhoff Occultist
• 1x Spectacle Mage
• 1x Spikewheel Acrobat
• 1x Tidehollow Strix
• 1x Watcher in the Mist

Sorcery (19)

• 1x Act of Treason
• 1x Bloody Betrayal
• 1x Elemental Summoning
• 1x Expanded Anatomy
• 1x Hidden Strings
• 1x Improvised Weaponry
• 1x Mark of Mutiny
• 1x Mind Extraction
• 1x Of One Mind
• 1x Paranoid Delusions
• 1x Pilfered Plans
• 1x Pirate's Prize
• 1x Price of Loyalty
• 1x Seismic Spike
• 1x Shackles of Treachery
• 1x Shattered Crypt
• 1x Soul Strings
• 1x Stir the Grave
• 1x Strangle

Artifact (1)

• 1x Thieves' Tools

Instant (17)

• 1x Balduvian Rage
• 1x Convolute
• 1x Death Denied
• 1x Death Wind
• 1x Depths of Desire
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Induce Paranoia
• 1x Jaded Response
• 1x Keep Safe
• 1x Leap of Flame
• 1x Lofty Denial
• 1x Otherworldly Outburst
• 1x Professor's Warning
• 1x Spell Syphon
• 1x Sudden Breakthrough
• 1x Syncopate
• 1x Wrecking Ball

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Candlekeep Sage
• 1x Pursuit of Flight
• 1x Sticky Fingers
• 1x Strands of Undeath

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EDH and PDH legal

This deck has a focus on sacrificing Cormela and bringing her right back to the battlefield with different payoffs (infinite mana, untapping, pumping creatures, direct damage, card draw). I love how versatile this commander is!

Because she is a thief (rogue), I thought cards that steal from opponents and treasures would be flavourful and I generally like evasion on my creatures (deathtouch, flying).

How to win with this* (no guarantees given)

• Infinite Mana: Cormela + Ashnod's Altar + Demonic Gifts (though Ashnod's Altar is expensive...). Mana could be used for Rolling Thunder or some of the red burn spells which take out single players (Combo pieces can be tutored with the Transmute ability of Drift of Phantasms, Perplex, Shred Memory, and Dimir Infiltrator). I was also thinking about pump spells with X (e.g. Howl from Beyond) but the deck is more defensively oriented.
• Banishing Knack/Retraction Helix combo (inspired by the PDH primer on combos)
• I am currently trying to find a way to cycle the deck by repeatedly casting Deadly Dispute (sacrifice Cormela and get Deadly Dispute back) and using any "When this creature dies, return it [...]" spells. This might also work with Viscera Seer and sacrificing her to scry repeatedly until hitting missing combo pieces. It costs 3 mana to activate Cormela's ability and cast Deadly Dispute, but gives access to UBR floating and a treasure plus card draw; the main issue is: only Demonic Gifts has her enter untapped. Maybe combined with any of the Helix untap combo, the other spells allow her to be activated again (e.g. Merrow Bonegnawer, Cinder Pyromancer, Merrow Levitator, Thermo-Alchemist should all trigger to the other spells of the combo).
• Witty Roastmaster might be an interesting alternative for damage and an alternative to way-too-posh uncommon spells like Blood Artist - what leaves the battlefield, enters the battlefield again for the same effect.

Mulligans: From playing around with this, you do want to hit your land drops for the four first turns to get UBR by turn four. A minimum of three lands with one colour missing is not ideal but can play out if you manage to draw or have a mana rock. Cormela can come out on turn four or five (i.e. with mana for activating her ability).

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Uncommons 68 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.45
Tokens	Elemental 4/4 UR, Fractal 0/0 GU, Goblin Wizard 1/1 R, Soldier, Treasure
Folders	Aktuelle EDH, Pauper Commander