Etrata Insta-Kill *PRIMER*

Commander / EDH Aggro Combo Multiplayer Primer Theme/Gimmick UB (Dimir)

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Creature (28)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Clone
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Dimir Infiltrator
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Fleshwrither
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Identity Thief
• 1x Ingenious Infiltrator
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Mistblade Shinobi
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Night Incarnate
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sakashima the Impostor
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Skullsnatcher
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sphinx Summoner
• 1x Stunt Double
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Vodalian Illusionist
• 1x Walker of Secret Ways

Land (38)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 14x Island
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sanctum of Eternity
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 12x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave

Instant (11)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Clutch of the Undercity
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Displace
• 1x Essence Flux
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Illusionist's Stratagem
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Supplant Form

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Vanishing

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Blade of Selves
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Crystal Shard
• 1x Erratic Portal
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Mirror Gallery
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Dominance

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Brainspoil
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Treasure Cruise

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Land (2)

• 1x Bad River
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord

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Deck credit: TheManaSource

Most of this deck focuses around breaking Etrata with circumventing the legend rule, flickering, phasing and getting around her shuffle trigger. I do not take credit for this deck list; I copied it, and the tech, from the video above. See video for full deck tech explanation (primer).

Main Combo Pieces

Etrata, the Silencer
Strionic Resonator: each Etrata hit becomes two hits, two exiles & two hit counters.
Helm of the Host: two Etrata hits + Strionic Resonator = instant kill.

Strionic Resonator and Helm of the Host are your top priority cards for this quick-kill combo, and should be tutored for ASAP.

Mirror Gallery: avoid the "legend rule" for all of your Etrata copies.
Blade of Selves: use with Mirror Gallery! If Strionic Resonator is in play, enjoy your multi-kill turn.

Tutors & Transmutes

Strionic Resonator:

-Shred Memory
-Muddle the Mixture
-Dimir Infiltrator

Helm of the Host:

-Dimir House Guard
-Clutch of the Undercity

Mirror Gallery / Conjurer's Clost:

-Brainspoil

Sakashima:

-Fleshwrither

General Tutors:

-Dark Petition
-Fabricate (Artifacts)
-Lim-Dul's Vault
-Dig Through Time
-Treasure Cruise
-Brainstorm

Copy Machines

Sakashima the Impostor

These require Mirror Gallery to be in play:

-Clever Impersonator
-Clone
-Stunt Double
-Mirage Mirror
-Blade of Selves
-Rite of Replication
-Mimic Vat: use on Etrata ONLY as a panic button with victory in sight. She WILL remain exiled.

Shuffle Trigger Evasion

Flicker: Use any of these in response to Etrata's trigger to avoid putting her back into your hand or command zone. You must still shuffle your library!

-Conjurer's Closet
-Displace
-Essence Flux
-Ghostly Flicker
-Illusionist's Stratagem
-Deadeye Navigator (Soulbond with Etrata)
-Identity Thief: no need to use this in response. Exile Etrata, attack with Identity Thief "Etrata", shuffle Identity Thief away, then real Etrata comes back at the beginning of your end step.

Unsummon

-Supplant Form
-Crystal Shard
-Erratic Portal
-Venser, Shaper Savant

Ninjutsu

Etrata can never be blocked, so Ninjutsi is always live! Ninjutsu can be used at any phase of the combat step. In this deck, it is used at the post-damage combat phase. Etrata's damage, exile and hit counter still goes through, and you ninjutsu her back to your hand to avoid her shuffle trigger. The ninja you bring out will not deal any combat damage and therefor will not get any combat damage triggers.

-Mistblade Shinobi
-Ninja of the Deep Hours
-Skullsnatcher
-Walker of Secret Ways: can be used to send your ninjas back to your hand.

Phasing

-Vodalian Illusionist
-Vanishing

Flickering Nonsense

Enablers:

-Panharmonicon: double ETB triggers.
-Conjurer's Closet: free flicker at your end step.

ETB Effects:

-Rune-Scarred Demon
-Sphinx Summoner
-Solemn Simulacrum
-Duplicant
-Hostage Taker
-Meteor Golem
-Night Incarnate
-Noxious Gearhulk
-Ravenous Chupacabra
-Shriekmaw

Card Advantage:

-Baleful Strix
-Gonti, Lord of Luxury
-Mulldrifter

Utility / Other

Decree of Pain
Animate Dead
Swiftfoot Boots
Sol Ring
Dimir Locket (Replaced Hedron Archive, personal preference.)
Dimir Signet
Commander's Sphere

Non-Basic Lands

Bojuka Bog
Command Tower
Dimir Aqueduct
Drowned Catacomb
Evolving Wilds
Halimar Depths
Reliquary Tower
Temple of Deceit
Terramorphic Expanse
Underground River
Watery Grave

Alternative Lands:

Fetch: Polluted Delta
Battle: Sunken Hollow
Ramp: Temple of the False God
Fast: Darkslick Shores
Filter: Sunken Ruins
Tainted: Tainted Isle
Battlebond: Morphic Pool

Full list of UB lands: http://managathering.com/duallands/Dimir.html.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	WRG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.84
Tokens	Copy Clone
Folders	Jade's Decks, EDH, Interesting Decks, Dimir Decks, EDH Decks, sdeer, decks that i need, Copycats, Commander, STUFF I WANT