Edric, The Greatest Spy in the Multiverse

Commander / EDH Budget Competitive Control GU (Simic) Tempo

Rzepkanut

Instant (26)

• 1x Commit / Memory
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Delay
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Echoing Truth
• 1x Essence Scatter
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Natural State
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Negate
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Remove Soul
• 1x Spell Syphon
• 1x Steel Sabotage
• 1x Thassa's Rebuff
• 1x Turn Aside
• 1x Unified Will
• 1x Unsubstantiate

Artifact (6)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Quietus Spike
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of the Animist

Creature (21)

• 1x AEther Figment
• 1x Blighted Agent
• 1x Den Protector
• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Escape Artist
• 1x Flitterstep Eidolon
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Gudul Lurker
• 1x Hypnotic Siren
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Jhessian Infiltrator
• 1x Looter il-Kor
• 1x Metathran Soldier
• 1x Niblis of Frost
• 1x Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
• 1x Silhana Ledgewalker
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Triton Shorestalker
• 1x Trygon Predator
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Wingcrafter

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Beacon of Tomorrows
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Notorious Throng
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Temporal Trespass
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Walk the Aeons
• 1x Wildest Dreams

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Nature's Will
• 1x Sylvan Library

Commander (1)

Land (35)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Faerie Conclave
• 6x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 11x Island
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Skyshroud Forest
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Woodland Stream
• 1x Yavimaya Coast
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

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Sorcery (4)

• 1x Capture of Jingzhou
• 1x Temporal Manipulation
• 1x Temporal Mastery
• 1x Time Warp

Artifact (2)

• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker

Instant (1)

• 1x Mana Drain

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Any and all suggestions are welcome :)

Playing with Edric

Its cheezy but it wins.

Your best plan is to get ahead early with an unblockable threat or two to draw cards off of starting on turn 3 or 4 (if the coast is clear to cast Edric early anyways). There are some cards that simply close the door on a game you are ahead in like that, for example if you can prowl cast a Notorious Throng. Some if left unchecked spiral out of control like Beastmaster Ascension. Other cards help grind out a slow victory like Isochron Scepter. Otherwise if Edric is not safe to cast yet just wait for enough mana for counter backup. Eventually once you have a reasonable board presence you can string a few extra turns together and steal the game.

• You can even get lucky and assemble an infinite extra turns combo by imprinting Noxious Revival on Isochron Scepter and looping an extra turn card that doesn't exile itself like Notorious Throng or Walk the Aeons.

Playing 1 on 1 is much easier and more predictable. Multiplayer games are very different, as Edric's ability does weird things to peoples' attacking decisions sometimes. Games are vastly different from each other, dependent on what kinds of decks are in the game and who thinks you are a threat. They tend to have most variation based on whether other players are fighting amongst themselves to some extent. Try not to seem like a threat until you can take control. You have to keep an eye out for when anyone's got their shields down, so you can quickly steal the game with a couple extra turns. Remember, counterspells are your friend.

I built this on MTGO for under $10

This is my first Magic Online deck, and I built it for under 12 tix from Cardhoarder (2 tix of which were free from Cardhoarder for making a new account on Magic Online). That budget amount also counts like 100 additional cards that were acquired, tried out, and cut already. I even built another version of the deck thats more casual using many of the cuts. It has actually become my preferred deck to pilot in multiplayer games.

If you stay away from expensive cards, Magic Online can be very cheap. Many competitive cards have budget versions. Also this deck was originally based on a budget Edric article I found: (http://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/budget-commander-edric-spymaster-of-trest)

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Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WBR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 28 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 27 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.55
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Boar 2/2 G, Drake 2/2 U, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Human Wizard 1/1 U, Morph 2/2 C
Folders	Subscribed, Beat Jakob