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Against all odds, Kess, Dissident Mage has survived the barren wasteland that is Grixis. This is a rare occurrence. If you have any suggestions, drop a comment, Thank you!

Grixis storm with a hint of Cheerios. Ideally we play Dramatic Reversal on Isochron Scepter to get infinite storm and infinite Mana with our Mana rocks. At that point we use Aetherflux Reservoir to dome my opponents. Or just stick Reality Shift on the scepter with Paradox Engine and manifest your opponents entire library.

Although we are not living in an ideal world. So sometimes we have to get our hands dirty. Any spell on Scepter can fill the role of Dramatic Reversal if Paradox Engine is out. However, sometimes you can't use Isochron Scepter, perhaps it got exiled when you were just short on mana for that Counterspell in hand. Then things get interesting. If this is the case, we have to storm out without the aid of infinites. This is where Cheerios comes in. Paradoxical Outcome is a powerhouse. Between our free mana rocks, Mana Crypt, Chrome Mox, Mox Diamond, and Lotus Petal and our artifact reduction cards (Helm of Awakening, and Etherium Sculptor both of which can be cloned with Copy Artifact if need be) you should be able to play your mana rocks for cheap, if not free. This will drastically increase your storm. Then tap them (netting you positive mana) cast that Paradoxical Outcome that we mentioned earlier. Repeat until storm count is high enough to kill with ((FishbowlAetherflux Reservoir))

If you're really crazy, make a copy of scepter with Copy Artifact and stick a Swan Song under it. Cast a spell, target it with swan song and then hold priority and activate your Dramatic Reversal scepter, and counter the first swan song with your now untapped Scepter. Repeat until vigintillion 2/2 birds.

Paradox Engine shortcuts a lot of the combos in my deck. It makes the second Isochron Scepter unnecessary in the swan loop, and makes Isochron Scepter almost infinite with any spell, assuming you have the appropriate amount of Mana rocks.This allows you to put any dig spell on the scepter and dig for Aetherflux Reservoir for game.

My meta right now is a small band of friends slowly easing into competitive. I face Boonweaver Hulk and a Keranos, God of Storms deck which plans to assemble Dramatic Scepter and dome me with fishbowl.

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(6 years ago)

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Exclude colors WG
Splash colors R
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This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.

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Cards 100
Avg. CMC 1.97
Tokens Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Dack Fayden, Manifest 2/2 C
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