I Put A Spell On You - Jeleva $40 Budget Spells

Commander / EDH Budget UBR (Grixis)

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ManaBase (41)

• 1x Akoum Refuge
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 8x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 1x Mirrodin's Core
• 1x Molten Slagheap
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Obelisk of Grixis
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Removal (8)

• 1x Blast of Genius
• 1x Crosis's Charm
• 1x Fissure Vent
• 1x Grisly Spectacle
• 1x Grixis Charm
• 1x Into the Core
• 1x Phthisis
• 1x Scour from Existence

Utility (14)

• 1x Clout of the Dominus
• 1x Denying Wind
• 1x Din of the Fireherd
• 1x Galvanoth
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Recurring Insight
• 1x Runechanter's Pike
• 1x Sins of the Past
• 1x Spellbinder
• 1x Sphinx-Bone Wand
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Timesifter
• 1x Undercity Plague
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

ClonesSteals (10)

• 1x Blatant Thievery
• 1x Clone Legion
• 1x Endless Obedience
• 1x Extract from Darkness
• 1x Fated Return
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Spelltwine
• 1x Stolen Identity
• 1x Supplant Form
• 1x Telemin Performance

CardQuality (5)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Diabolic Vision
• 1x Eyes of the Watcher
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Taigam's Scheming

Boardwipes (3)

• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Inundate

Commander (1)

Haymakers (12)

• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Blast of Genius
• 1x Blood Tribute
• 1x Cabal Conditioning
• 1x Call the Skybreaker
• 1x Cruel Ultimatum
• 1x Incite Rebellion
• 1x Needlebite Trap
• 1x Searing Wind
• 1x Sorin's Vengeance
• 1x Wit's End
• 1x Worst Fears

Copiers (7)

• 1x Echo Mage
• 1x Howl of the Horde
• 1x Melek, Izzet Paragon
• 1x Meletis Charlatan
• 1x Mirari
• 1x Nivix Guildmage
• 1x Wild Ricochet

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The #3 Jeleva deck on TappedOut!

 

This deck has gone through many changes. It started out extremely budget, but I wanted to make a multiplayer spellslinger so I turned it into:

deck-large: turn-turn-turn-narset-budget-creatureless

Now I am bringing it back to the 1v1 basics. Jeleva loves dropping big spells on her opponents. Once she has done all the damage she can, she finds a way to die so she can come back with even more firepower.

In my ongoing endeavor to bring frugality to Commander, each card in this deck is under $2 and the whole deck is under $40. If you like what you see, UPVOTE! or you can check out all my other $40 budget decks. If you see some areas of improvement, let me know what you'd change. Just make sure all suggested cards are under $2.

The Strategy

Step 1 = Play Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge as soon as possible, preferably with haste

Step 2 = Smack your opponent with a couple massive spells

Step 3 = Bounce or destroy Jeleva and start all over

The Win Cons

1) Direct damage spells

2) Using opponent's creatures and spells

3) Commander damage with Runechanter's Pike

The Upgrades

Feel free to suggest your favorite upgrade cards to add:

Boardwipes: Decree of Pain, Plague Wind, Toxic Deluge

Card Quality: Mystical Tutor, Ponder, Sensei's Divining Top, Vampiric Tutor

Clones/Steal: Bribery, Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker, Rise of the Dark Realms, Rite of Replication

Copiers: Mizzix's Mastery, Past in Flames, Strionic Resonator

Haymakers: Expropriate, Time Stretch

Mana Base: Blood Crypt, Bloodstained Mire, Dragonskull Summit, Polluted Delta, Reliquary Tower, Steam Vents, Sulfur Falls , Sunken Hollow, Watery Grave

Ramp: Chromatic Lantern, Gilded Lotus, Sol Ring

Removal: Blasphemous Act, Cyclonic Rift, Vandalblast

Utility: Baral, Chief of Compliance, Dark Petition, Demonic Tutor, Lightning Greaves, Metallurgic Summonings, Paradox Engine, Propaganda

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I love the challenge of building really cheap decks. This is how the majority of my real life decks start out and then I improve them over time.

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Top Ranked	Achieved #55 position overall 5 years ago
Date added	9 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	5.05
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elemental 5/5 BR, Elemental 5/5 UR, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Commander, Watch, bootylicious, Commander, ehd, Jeleva EDH, EDH, Jeleva, Budget Theme EDH, EDH