Do Nothing, Then Die

Commander / EDH Control Prison Stax WUB (Esper)

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Land (36)

• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Dread Statuary
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Meandering River
• 1x Mishra's Factory
• 1x New Benalia
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 9x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Skyline Cascade
• 1x Submerged Boneyard
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Vivid Meadow

Instant (3)

• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Mystic Confluence

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Dovin, Hand of Control
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

Enchantment (24)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Journey to Nowhere
• 1x Suspension Field
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Mirrormade
• 1x Monastery Siege
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Prison Realm
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Stasis Snare
• 1x Vow of Duty
• 1x Vow of Malice
• 1x Citadel Siege
• 1x Conclave Tribunal
• 1x Control Magic
• 1x Doom Foretold
• 1x Mystic Barrier
• 1x Sigil of the Empty Throne
• 1x Starfield of Nyx
• 1x Ethereal Absolution

Creature (10)

• 1x Hushbringer
• 1x Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Hushwing Gryff
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Baird, Steward of Argive
• 1x Rankle, Master of Pranks
• 1x Clackbridge Troll
• 1x Sun Titan

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Damping Sphere
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Crystal Chimes
• 1x Orzhov Cluestone
• 1x Worn Powerstone
• 1x Aligned Hedron Network
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x God-Pharaoh's Statue

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Dance of the Manse
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Smallpox
• 1x End Hostilities
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Single Combat
• 1x Crush of Tentacles
• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Phyrexian Rebirth
• 1x Dusk / Dawn

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Basic Gameplan

Hopefully it's someone else dying, not me, but that's secondary to doing nothing first.

This is a (bad) control deck based around getting inconvenient lock/hate pieces out, putting any threats under an o-ring, and generally just making it too bothersome for opponents to attack me rather than someone else.

Ways to actually win are... limited, but options include: (1) Starfield of Nyx , especially in combo with Doom Foretold ; (2) Sigil of the Empty Throne ; (3) Dance of the Manse for 6+; (4) Gideon, Ally of Zendikar / man-land beat-down; or (5) Blind Obedience or God-Pharaoh's Statue I guess?

Things to fetch with Zur

O-Rings

• Banishing Light
• Grasp of Fate
• Journey to Nowhere
• Prison Realm
• Stasis Snare
• Suspension Field
• Vow of Duty
• Vow of Malice

Lock/Hate Pieces

• Aura of Silence
• Blind Obedience
• Eidolon of Rhetoric
• Ghostly Prison
• Karmic Justice
• Monastery Siege
• Rule of Law

Other

• Mirrormade
• Phyrexian Arena

The basic priority order for things to fetch is: (1) o-ring for threat that will kill you; (2) phyrexian arena; (3) ghostly prison, blind obedience, karmic justice, monastery siege; (4) o-rings for threats that might kill you if left unattended; (5) other lock pieces. Obviously matchups change that.

Future Plans

This thing definitely needs a big tune-up. The manabase is inefficient; I could use dropping some ineffective pieces in exchange for more ramp; I'm not really using blue/black as best as I could; the lock pieces aren't actually strong enough to keep me safe, if I end up the focus; and I want to look into adding a couple combo win conditions, if I can do so without making the deck even less focused.

I might also look to take this in a more resource-denying direction, because right now it feels too much like letting my opponents do what they want, so long as it's not aimed at me, which mostly just leads to dying last, rather than actually winning. Harder resource locks, or some way to be genuinely safe from attack will be pretty important.

Also could maybe use some boots—getting zur out a turn earlier seems like a better plan than playing some of the weaker lock pieces, in a lot of cases.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 36 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.55
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Emblem Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Goat 0/1 W, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Knight Ally 2/2 W, Octopus 8/8 U, Phyrexian Horror X/X C, Spirit 1/1 WB