Counter-Intuitive Alirios

Commander / EDH* Budget Casual Mono-Blue

IllyriaSirene

Instant (21)

• 1x AEther Tradewinds
• 1x Annul
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cancel
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Countervailing Winds
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Dismiss
• 1x Displace
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Mind Games
• 1x Nullify
• 1x Ovinize
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Spell Blast
• 1x Steel Sabotage
• 1x String of Disappearances
• 1x Teferi's Time Twist
• 1x Triton Tactics
• 1x Void Shatter

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Betrayal
• 1x Confiscate
• 1x Legacy's Allure
• 1x Malfunction
• 1x Mind Control
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Psychic Impetus
• 1x Sigil of Sleep
• 1x Time of Ice

Creature (21)

• 1x Air Elemental
• 1x Aven Wind Mage
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Cold-Water Snapper
• 1x Deep-Sea Terror
• 1x Echo Mage
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Fogwalker
• 1x Jace's Phantasm
• 1x Loyal Drake
• 1x Mnemonic Wall
• 1x Murmuring Mystic
• 1x Naiad of Hidden Coves
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Spined Megalodon
• 1x Wall of Frost
• 1x Wall of Runes
• 1x Wall of Tears
• 1x Windstorm Drake
• 1x Wonder

Artifact (5)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Pacification Array
• 1x Prism Ring
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Unstable Obelisk

Commander (1)

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
• 1x Drain Power
• 1x Flow of Ideas
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Of One Mind
• 1x Rush of Knowledge
• 1x Sea God's Scorn
• 1x Tamiyo's Epiphany
• 1x Tempt with Reflections
• 1x Tidings

Land (33)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 29x Island
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Nephalia Academy
• 1x Warped Landscape

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Sideboard

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Domineer
• 1x Teferi's Curse
• 1x Telekinetic Bonds

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Fade Away

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Maybeboard

Instant (15)

• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Boomerang
• 1x Command of Unsummoning
• 1x Convolute
• 1x Disrupt
• 1x Enervate
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Jolt
• 1x Leave in the Dust
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Ray of Command
• 1x Rescind
• 1x Syncopate
• 1x Unsummon
• 1x Voyage's End

Creature (3)

• 1x Apprentice Wizard
• 1x Gearseeker Serpent
• 1x Wizard Mentor

Artifact (1)

• 1x Cathar's Shield

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Breakthrough
• 1x Dream Cache

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This deck started as a joke to see if I could build a reasonable deck with only the limited commons and uncommons I had with the one legendary creature I had as commander. It isn't quite there yet, especially regarding cohesion, but it's way more effective in both single and multi-player than I or my friends anticipated. I was hoping with this to make a playable commander deck with stuff I had around without having to spend big money on rare and hard to come by cards. Suggestions absolutely welcome as this is the first commander deck I've ever made.

As I don't have a lot of blue or artifacts that works with Alirios' token gen ability, there are a few things in there intended to help him out, and a wall of counters to deal with everyone else.

This is v3 of this deck. V1 was pretty successful for an initial try, and then I swapped in some cards a friend had to give them a try, especially addressing the card draw issues. V2 was better. V3 yet untested, but I added back in a few low cost "return-to-hand" and mana ramp cards in lieu of a few more high-cost cards, as V2's biggest issues I encountered were lack of enough mana.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 1 Rares 32 - 1 Uncommons 35 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.96
Tokens	Bird Illusion 1/1 U, Copy Clone, Reflection 3/2 U