Getting kicked hard in the paint

Commander / EDH* UB (Dimir)

MichaelAYoung91

Land (38)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x City of Traitors
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crystal Vein
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Interplanar Beacon
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 7x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Mishra's Workshop
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 4x Snow-Covered Island
• 4x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Submerged Boneyard
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Cruel Tutor
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Persecute
• 1x Reshape
• 1x Transmute Artifact
• 1x Wash Out

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Artifact (20)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Grindstone
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Planar Bridge
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Unwinding Clock

Instant (11)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Barrin's Unmaking
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Jaded Response
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Sway of Illusion
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Whir of Invention

Commander (1)

Creature (13)

• 1x Chameleon Spirit
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Faerie Swarm
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Grand Architect
• 1x Llawan, Cephalid Empress
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Painter's Servant
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Tribute Mage
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Walking Ballista

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Artificer's Intuition
• 1x Curse of Wizardry
• 1x Deathgrip
• 1x Dream Halls
• 1x Mana Maze
• 1x Sphinx's Tutelage
• 1x Well-Laid Plans

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So these combos are for 1v1v+ games, it gets easier with 1v1 games. Dig in.

Turn 0 Combo's

Win on turn 0 (an opponent goes first) This requires 5 key cards

Leyline of Anticipation + Mana Crypt + Mana Vault + Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal

Turn progression

1. Leyline of Anticipation = so we can go off on anyone's turn
2. Mana Crypt = Net 2 mana (0 mana cost, taps for 2 mana floating)
3. Mana Vault = Net 2 mana (1 mana to cast, taps for 3, so we have 4 total mana floating)
4. Isochron Scepter exiling Dramatic Reversal (2 mana to cast, 2 mana to activate, mana is spent) with your two artifacts this = Infinite COLORLESS mana on turn 0.

Now for the combo of cards to utilize this mana: (2 more cards to win the game)

• Painter's Servant + Grindstone = Infinite Mill

(single card to win the game)

• Walking Ballista = Inifinte Damage
• Lotus Petal + Oona, Queen of the Fae
• Planar Bridge = search for Bolas's Citadel / Painter's Servant / Spellseeker / Sphinx's Tutelage / Mana Maze / Grindstone / Gilded Lotus / Talisman of Dominance

And if you grab with Planar Bridge of if you have in your starting hand Gilded Lotus or Talisman of Dominance you then have lots of COLORED mana... which then opens up your other 7th card options quite a bit.

• Oona, Queen of the Fae - because she is in your command zone with flash
• Demonic Tutor - find any missing piece
• Fabricate - find planar bridge
• Reshape - find planar bridge
• Transmute Artifact - find planar bridge
• Whir of Invention - find planar bridge
• Sphinx's Tutelage - mill everyone out, the mana lets you keep drawing as well
• Bolas's Citadel - hit or miss, as long as it isn't a land you can keep going

Turn 1 Combo's

Win on your turn Because we already know that the above combo will work on turn one, I will not be giving the ways that Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal will win you on this turn, just know that there are far more ways to win if you have those two cards in hand for every turn after 0, because leyline is only needed for turn 0, this also opens you up to having other options or protection.

1. Mishra's Workshop
2. Helm of Awakening
3. Mana Vault / Grim Monolith / Sol Ring / Mana Crypt
4. Sol Ring / Mana Crypt / Mana Vault / Grim Monolith
5. Unwinding Clock *
6. Painter's Servant *
7. Grindstone *

The starred items are necessary for this winning combo. You can substitute a number of other cards to get the required 7 mana to get the combo pieces out.

For instance

1. Ancient Tomb / Crystal Vein / City of Traitors / Mishra's Workshop
2. Mana Crypt *
3. Sol Ring / Mana Vault / Grim Monolith
4. Sol Ring / Mana Vault / Grim Monolith
5. Unwinding Clock *
6. Painter's Servant *
7. Grindstone *

Painter's Servant Combos

With the recent unbanning of Painter's Servant , we now have a whole slew of janky combos to throw into EDH; I give you, the Jank.

• Painter's Servant + Mana Maze = 1 spell for turn. Hope that's enough
• Painter's Servant + Mana Maze + Deathgrip = well now the first spell is countered, so there's that.
• Painter's Servant + Curse of Wizardry = Life drain, yes it's 1 life per spell but that means that life is no longer a resource for players, and it slows down other combo decks.
• Painter's Servant + Dream Halls = Basically this is Omniscience for the whole table (p.s. save your lands, and discard those to cast spells)
• Painter's Servant + Well-Laid Plans = All creatures now have Fog Bank text as well
• Painter's Servant + Barrin's Unmaking = There are far better bounce options, Boomerang does this better, but come on, where else can you play Barrin's Unmaking ???
• Painter's Servant + Jaded Response = See above comment.
• Painter's Servant + Llawan, Cephalid Empress = bye bye creature threats.
• Painter's Servant + Faerie Swarm = Big threat
• Painter's Servant + Chameleon Spirit = Bigger threat
• Painter's Servant + Persecute = Again, there are better options out there, but it just belongs here.
• Painter's Servant + Wash Out = board reset, just make sure you can rebuild faster than the other guys.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.71
Tokens	Faerie Rogue 1/1 UB