May the Odds Be Ever in My Favor

Commander / EDH Multiplayer Tribal WUB (Esper)

DerektheRed

Land (35)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 8x Island
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 3x Plains
• 1x Port Town
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Meadow
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Curator's Ward
• 1x Lawmage's Binding
• 1x Mind's Dilation
• 1x Reconnaissance

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Aminatou, the Fateshifter
• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Creature (24)

• 1x Angel of Serenity
• 1x Angelic Arbiter
• 1x Arbiter of the Ideal
• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Azor, the Lawbringer
• 1x Consecrated SphinxGC
• 1x Dauthi Trapper
• 1x Deadeye Tracker
• 1x Dream Eater
• 1x Enigma Sphinx
• 1x Exquisite Archangel
• 1x Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer
• 1x Isperia, Supreme Judge
• 1x Magister Sphinx
• 1x Master of Predicaments
• 1x Medomai the Ageless
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Sephara, Sky's Blade
• 1x Sphinx of Foresight
• 1x Sphinx of Jwar Isle
• 1x Sphinx of the Final Word
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
• 1x Windreader Sphinx

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Aether Gale
• 1x Brilliant Ultimatum
• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Dream Cache
• 1x Fractured Identity
• 1x Index
• 1x Open Into Wonder
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Portent
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Reverse Engineer
• 1x Ruinous Path
• 1x Supreme Verdict

Commander (1)

Artifact (16)

• 1x Aether Vial
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Cryptic Gateway
• 1x Crystal Ball
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mask of Riddles
• 1x Quicksilver Amulet
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Seer's Lantern
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Instant (4)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation

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Creature (16)

• 1x Alhammarret, High Arbiter
• 1x Archon of the Triumvirate
• 1x Argent Sphinx
• 1x Blazing Archon
• 1x Chancellor of the Annex
• 1x Djinn of Wishes
• 1x Dream Trawler
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Goliath Sphinx
• 1x Reya Dawnbringer
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sphinx Ambassador
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi
• 1x Sphinx of Uthuun
• 1x Thieving Amalgam
• 1x Warden of Evos Isle

Land (2)

• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Isolated Watchtower

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Always Watching
• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Gravitational Shift
• 1x Hedonist's Trove
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip
• 1x Smothering TitheGC
• 1x Spirit Away
• 1x Think Tank

Instant (8)

• 1x Discombobulate
• 1x Enlightened TutorGC
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Mystical TutorGC
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Skywhaler's Shot
• 1x Vampiric TutorGC
• 1x Voyage's End

Artifact (8)

• 1x Altar of Shadows
• 1x Etherwrought Page
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Lens of Clarity
• 1x Manifold Key
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Urza's Incubator
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Akroma's Vengeance
• 1x Death or Glory
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Overflowing Insight
• 1x Plague Wind
• 1x Warrant / Warden

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Top-deck manipulation, with sphinxes.

Why? Because sphinxes are awesome! (casting huge spells for free is also awesome.) Getting triggers for Yennett is fairly reliable; she has built-in evasion and we have cards to make her unblockable (Whispersilk Cloak). More importantly, she triggers on attack, so we don't need to damage opponents. That means we can use tricks like Reconnaissance and Maze of Ith. Double up her trigger with Strionic Resonator and make opponents choose between blocking her and other threats like Medomai the Ageless.

Even though we have more cards with odd CMC than even, we still need strong top-deck manipulation. Scroll Rack is of course an all-star, but all Brainstorm-type effects are good. Scry is a little weaker, and we include no triggered card draw (e.g. Rhystic Study) - only activated - so that we always control what's on top.

This is a more casual build, fitting for my meta. If you wanted to strengthen it, you'd cut some big fliers for cards like Cyclonic Rift, Kindred Domination, plus more counter magic and the three great tutors available in Esper (Vampiric/Mystical/Enlightened).

Suggestion, comments, and upvotes always appreciated.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.14
Tokens	Copy Clone, Manifest 2/2 C
Folders	Active, EDH - from scratch
Based on	All I Wanna Do is Shuma-ruum-ruum [RETIRED] DerektheRed EDH