Emrakul Comes with the Tide

Commander / EDH Artifact Control Goodstuff Lands Mono-Blue Multiplayer Ramp

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Creature (21)

• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Conduit of Ruin
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Pathrazer of Ulamog
• 1x Roil Elemental
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soratami Cloudskater
• 1x Soratami Rainshaper
• 1x Soratami Savant
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Void Winnower
• 1x Walking Atlas

Sorcery (5)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Argivian Restoration
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Flow of Ideas
• 1x Recurring Insight

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Mana Breach
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Telepathy

Instant (16)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Drown in Dreams
• 1x Engulf the Shore
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Flow of Knowledge
• 1x Foil
• 1x Gush
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Spell Swindle
• 1x Whir of Invention

Artifact (13)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Amulet of Vigor
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Darksteel Monolith
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Midnight Clock
• 1x Planar Bridge
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Commander (1)

Land (40)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cryptic Caves
• 1x Eye of Ugin
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sanctum of Ugin
• 1x Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
• 25x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terrain Generator
• 1x Thawing Glaciers
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x War Room

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Counterbalance
• 1x Flooded Shoreline
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Marit Lage's Slumber
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Trade Routes

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Retraced Image
• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip
• 1x See Beyond
• 1x Spectral Deluge

Land (6)

• 1x Eldrazi Temple
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Promising Vein
• 1x Roadside Reliquary
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Volatile Fault

Artifact (4)

• 1x Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus
• 1x Endless Atlas
• 1x Navigation Orb
• 1x Sword of the Animist

Creature (5)

• 1x Flayer of Loyalties
• 1x Scampering Surveyor
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Tiller Engine
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Instant (2)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Twincast

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The cosmos. The tide. The passing of time.

What would Emrakul do?

This is what I pondered as I set out to create the mono-blue Commander deck of my dreams. It's flavorful, without being too weak to hold up to what my playgroup is up to. It's powerful, without being so oppressive that my playgroup doesn't want to see it ever again. And it features a seldom-used commander that can be surprisingly strong while flying under the radar of more immediate threats. Two years after I first built it, it has become an evergreen (blue) deck that I can play again and again without me or my playgroup getting sick of. I love this deck.

Patron of the Moon

Patron of the Moon is all about lands. And, um, Moonfolk, which don't play a huge role here, but have some situational utility and can park mana for us to use to flash out our commander later. Where Patron of the Moon shines is her ability to poop out extra lands when we don't have anything better to do with our mana--a mid-game pivot that leads to end-game wins.

Amulet of Vigor has excellent synergy with Patron of the Moon, untapping the lands she puts into play with her ability and letting us activate her until we run out of lands in our hand. This results in a swingy turn in which we ramp in one dramatic swoop and set ourselves up for Eldrazi fun when we untap.

Artifact tutors like Trinket Mage, Fabricate, and Whir of Invention help to set up this scenario, and can be used to find other useful artifacts like Planar Bridge, Darksteel Monolith, Extraplanar Lens, and Sensei's Divining Top when the time for it has passed.

Eldrazi

After we've ramped, we have lots of big spells to spend that mana on--namely, Eldrazi. This deck wins when it has Eldrazi on board, counterspells in hand, and opponents realizing that there's no way out of the annihilation that's coming their way.

I didn't want to create a deck that has Eldrazi. I wanted to create a deck that is Eldrazi. Troublesome permanents like Telepathy, Mana Breach, Omniscience, and Roil Elemental team up with counterspells and card advantage to build a late-game situation where it slowly sinks in to opponents that they have no hope and they might as well submit and shuffle up. It's what Emrakul would have wanted.

How My Games Have Gone

People often don't like playing against mono-blue decks, for obvious reasons. My playgroup has enjoyed playing against this deck because it's quirky, fair, and still poses a challenge for them to overcome. It doesn't rely on busted combos and it's a slow burn that capitalizes on drawn-out games. Many of our games become archenemy, in which this deck can hold its own, but it can still fall to a coordinated effort to take it out. I'd put it realistically at a power level of 8. Most importantly, it is a blast to pilot whether I win or not. If you love blue like I do, but don't want to be a total dick, this is a good sweet spot.

Future Revisions

I plan to make a few upgrades to the deck. I prefer to stick to Kamigawa and Zendikar cards as much as possible to maintain the flavor of the deck, but I'm open to any suggestions to make it faster, more efficient, or more on theme.

Thanks for reading, and I hope this list has given you some inspiration!

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Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.73
Tokens	Treasure
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