Jon's Sardonic Surprise

Commander / EDH Goad Stompy UB (Dimir)

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Creature (32)

• 1x Abyssal Persecutor
• 1x Archfiend of the Dross
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Clone
• 1x Demonic Taskmaster
• 1x Desecration Elemental
• 1x Drinker of Sorrow
• 1x Ebon Drake
• 1x Ebonblade Reaper
• 1x Ethereal Investigator
• 1x Evil Twin
• 1x Flesh Reaver
• 1x Greater Harvester
• 1x Grinning Demon
• 1x Hired Poisoner
• 1x Liege of the Pit
• 1x Master of the Feast
• 1x Pharika's Chosen
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Phyrexian Negator
• 1x Plague Reaver
• 1x Rotting Regisaur
• 1x Rust Elemental
• 1x Sleeper Agent
• 1x Steel Golem
• 1x Thought Devourer
• 1x Thought Eater
• 1x Tidehollow Strix
• 1x Toothy, Imaginary Friend
• 1x Typhoid Rats
• 1x Wretched Anurid

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Dissipation Field
• 1x Exchange of Words
• 1x Heartless Summoning
• 1x Ominous Seas
• 1x Parasitic Impetus
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Psychic Corrosion
• 1x Puca's Mischief
• 1x Wizard Class

Land (39)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 12x Island
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 21x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit

Artifact (7)

• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Decanter of Endless Water
• 1x Dimir Keyrune
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel

Commander (1)

Instant (8)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Infernal Grasp
• 1x Murder
• 1x Negate
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Wrong Turn

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Fateful Handoff
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Legerdemain
• 1x Night's Whisper

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Artifact (1)

• 1x Strionic Resonator

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Jon's Sardonic Surprise

Jon is quite a giving and generous person, and wants to present his fellow commanders with some gifts to aid them in their conquest in battle.

Some Important Themes

Cards like...

• Baleful Strix are deathtouch fodder for early game
• Toothy, Imaginary Friend are cards that benefit from card draw
• Evil Twin are cards that clone opponents good creatures
• Demonic Taskmaster are cheap but taxing creatures to be thrown at opponents with Jon
• Propaganda are to discourage opponents from attacking you

The Singular Combo in the Deck

Archfiend of the Dross + Exchange of Words - Archfiend on your battlefield, Exchange in your hand, opponent has a creature with less than 2 oil counters

1. Cast Exchange of Words
2. Exchange of Words enters the battlefield, swapping the text boxes of Archfiend of the Dross and an opposing creature that does not have more than one oil counter on it
3. At the beginning of the opposing creature's controller's next upkeep, their creature triggers, causing them to remove an oil counter from that creature and lose the game

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Key combos	Archfiend of the Dross + Exchange of Words
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.95
Tokens	Clue, Kraken 8/8 U, Morph 2/2 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Squid 1/1 U