Jalira, Wheel of Creatures

Commander / EDH Mono-Blue

mattbbernstein

Instant (21)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Cackling Counterpart
• 1x Cancel
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Essence Scatter
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Misdirection
• 1x Negate
• 1x Opportunity
• 1x Polymorphist's Jest
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Refocus
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Scatter to the Winds
• 1x Spell Shrivel
• 1x Void Shatter

Land (36)

• 1x Encroaching Wastes
• 33x Island
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Springjack Pasture

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, Memory Adept

Creature (19)

• 1x Akroan Horse
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Colossal Whale
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Endbringer
• 1x Guile
• 1x Inkwell Leviathan
• 1x Ixidron
• 1x Man-o'-War
• 1x Opaline Unicorn
• 1x Reef Worm
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Ulamog's Crusher
• 1x Wonder

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Dissipation Field
• 1x Font of Fortunes
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Spirit Away
• 1x Thopter Spy Network
• 1x Training Grounds

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Crystal Ball
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Fleetfeather Sandals
• 1x Heartstone
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Proteus Staff
• 1x Seer's Lantern
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Traveler's Amulet

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Divination
• 1x Petals of Insight
• 1x Windfall

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Wheel Of Creatures -- Jalira, Master Polymorphist

I love gimmicky commanders and Jalira is a prime example. The only thing better than winning the game is winning the game by accident! The strategy here is pretty simple: make small guys, spin them into big guys and win off that. For a deck built on randomness, it is surprisingly consistent. If you want to spend most of the game revealing your library and windmill slam a Kraken that used to be a squid then this is the deck for you!

Wheel of Creature Grand Prizes

These are what you want to spin into!

• Artisan of Kozilek: An Eldrazi is a pretty good prize who gets better when he comes with a bonus.
• Colossal Whale : Removal on evasion, score.
• Diluvian Primordial: Evasion and the possibility of winning off opponents spells.
• Endbringer : I have won off ping alone. Also can play defense and draw cards so good value.
• Guile: Big, super menace, and lets you steal spells.
• Inkwell Leviathan: Evasive beater. Standard but effective.
• Ixidron: Honestly, I'm never happy when I spin into this, but it's so worth the look on everyone's face when their commander is a 2/2 that is difficult to remove.
• Scourge of Fleets: Cyclonic Rift on a stick. This is a game ender and in combination with Ghostly Flicker and Archaeomancer soft locks the board.
• Sphinx of Magosi: A growing, flying, card engine mana sink.
• Stormtide Leviathan: My choice for best blue EDH creature.
• Ulamog's Crusher: Big beat stick. Nothing special but annihilator is wonderful.

Fodder

Here are the things we throw at the wheel to make is spin!

• Akroan Horse: One free spin per turn.
• Thopter Spy Network: Put out 2 artifacts and it gives you one free spin per turn.
• Chasm Skulker: Let it build for a little while then throw it at the wheel and be rewarded with MORE FODDER.
• Reef Worm: The fodder that keeps on giving. Until it's a 9/9. Then it's a beater.
• Trading Post: Besides being my all-time favorite magic card, this is another reusable fodder producer.
• Springjack Pasture : Expensive fodder, but fodder and a side effect of producing mana.
• Wonder: Begging to be fodder.

Upgrading the Wheel

These are cards that help make each wheel spin easier or more impactful.

• Heartstone, Training Grounds: Cheaper wheel spins.
• Illusionist's Bracers: Each spin nets me a bonus creature, 2 for the price of one.
• Seer's Lantern, Crystal Ball, Thassa, God of the Sea: Scry can help set up the next wheel spin to be how I want it.
• Proteus Staff: An extra wheel to spin if you so choose and can double as removal if need be.

Control Shell

Protecting my prizes, protecting my wheels.

• I am running 12 counterspells/redirect of different varieties. Since I need Jalira alive for this deck to do anything, It's pretty useful to be able to stop harm thrown her way. That being said, I try to only use them if I really have to. I hate stopping people from playing as much as the next guy but I also hate being told my deck isn't allowed to play either.
• Dissipation Field: My favorite blue control spell. I'm not stopping you from attacking me, just discouraging.
• Rhystic Study: "Did you pay an extra for that?"
• Refocus: Surprise blocker or extra wheel spin and replaces itself.
• Spirit Away : Well if I can't kill your threat, I'll just take it
• Ghostly Flicker+Archaeomancer: An excellent reusable protection/ETB effect. Works nice with Scourge of Fleets and Diluvian Primordial.
• Petals of Insight : This card is criminally underrated. Repeatable draw 3 is pretty awesome, especially because I can cycle wheel targets with it so they're not dead in my hand.
• Man-o'-War: Bounce a creature then becomes wheel fodder is a nice 2 for 1.
• Polymorphist's Jest : This can be used to set up Scourge or just swing in and make the combat much more favorable.

Misc.

Cards that don't fit the other categories.

• Hour of Need : Either removal or a finisher.
• Cackling Counterpart: Make emergency fodder or set up extra ETB effects or blockers.

Everything else is fixing or draw.

Updated 11/29/16

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.70
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Fish 3/3 U, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Goat 0/1 W, Kraken 9/9 U, Soldier 1/1 W, Squid 1/1 U, Thopter 1/1 C, Whale 6/6 U
Folders	EDH