Eric Etrata?

Commander / EDH Casual Multiplayer UB (Dimir)

Tippycat

Creature (27)

• 1x Adric, Mathematical Genius
• 1x Aether Channeler
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Canoptek Scarab Swarm
• 1x Circuit Mender
• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Dimir Infiltrator
• 1x Displacer Kitten
• 1x Dour Port-Mage
• 1x Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Flesh Duplicate
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Nephalia Smuggler
• 1x Ramses, Assassin Lord
• 1x Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
• 1x Satoru, the Infiltrator
• 1x Shapesharer
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
• 1x Tribute Mage
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Urza, Lord High Artificer

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Final Act
• 1x Nanogene Conversion
• 1x Rite of Replication

Land (38)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Homeward Path
• 15x Island
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Watery Grave

Artifact (9)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Blade of Selves
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Mirror Box
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Commander (1)

Instant (13)

• 1x Aetherize
• 1x Blur
• 1x Clutch of the Undercity
• 1x Essence Flux
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mizzium Skin
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Planar Incision
• 1x Reality Ripple
• 1x Siren's Ruse
• 1x Slip Out the Back
• 1x Teferi's Time Twist

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Black Market
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC
• 1x Training Grounds
• 1x Vanishing

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Maybeboard

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Vraska, Scheming Gorgon

Artifact (1)

• 1x Vorpal Sword

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The king is dead, long live the king! I have long wanted to build a casual Etrata commander deck - not an easy task. Etrata's ability makes it hard to build even for a casual multiplayer commander scenario.

In my meta, a few things to note with this build:

a) There is a lot of graveyard recursion or stealing of permanents - so exile is greatly preferred to destroy when possible to deal with threats b) There are a lot of ETB effects so bouncing is often ineffective - and playing with Torpor Orb just draws quick hate.

This build is trying to capitalize on a few strategies to have Etrata be able to kill players:

1. Copying Etrata without the legendary restriction Mirror Box, Sakashima of a Thousand Faces, etc.
2. Flickering any Etrata's to avoid the 'shuffle back into library' step Blur, Essence Flux etc. as well as creatures like Meneldor, Swift Savior
3. Strionic Resonator to copy Etrata's ability
4. Myriad Blade of Selves
5. Cards which synergize with killing at least one player Ramses, Assassin Lord and Elbrus, the Binding Blade   and a few in the Maybeboard like Vraska, Scheming Gorgon and Vorpal Sword

Utility cards:

1. Searching for critical 2-, 3- or 4-mana pieces like Blade of Selves, Mirror Box or Sakashima of a Thousand Faces with Fabricate,Perplex,Lim-Dul's Vault or creatures like Trophy Mage or Tribute Mage
2. Rhystic StudyGC, Kaito, Dancing Shadow and Candlekeep Sage for additional card draw
3. Aether Vial and Heartless Summoning to try and speed up redeployment of Etrata or copies of it
4. Other creatures with good ETB triggers in case Etrata is getting removed to maintain board state.

Win conditions other than with Etrata - Rite of Replication on an appropriate opponent's target if not on Etrata.

Would really appreciate some thoughts on how to make this better - it plays OK, but I feel there must be some synergies I am missing. Thanks!

Date added	2 years
Last updated	3 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.89
Tokens	Bird 1/1 W, Boar 2/2 G, Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Insect 1/1 C w/ Flying
Folders	Cra-zazy Commanders