Power Tap

Commander / EDH*

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Creature (37)

• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Captain of the Mists
• 1x Creakwood Liege
• 1x Disciple of Griselbrand
• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Elvish Piper
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Ertai, Wizard Adept
• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
• 1x Horizon Chimera
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Palinchron
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Siege Behemoth
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Visara the Dreadful
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger

Land (35)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Command Tower
• 4x Forest
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x High Market
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 4x Island
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Strip Mine
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Teferi's Isle
• 1x Thawing Glaciers
• 1x Undiscovered Paradise

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Natural Order
• 1x Time Spiral

Commander (1)

Instant (9)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Diabolic Edict
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Naturalize
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Stroke of Genius

Artifact (7)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Lux Cannon
• 1x Magistrate's Scepter
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Sol Ring

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Retreat to Coralhelm
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Words of Waste

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BUG Commander deck - originally compiled of various excess cards in my binders, then tuned towards a Leovold, Emissary of Trest deck. Unfortunately he is now banned in Commander, thus I have tweaked it to Damia, Sage of Stone. This meant goodbye to Windfall and Day's Undoing, although the latter might return to the deck.

I have tried to build it up with some threats and some solutions. There should be various ways for a kill, and subtle answers to a lot of threats. Lifegain and carddraws are of the essence in any deck, IMO, so I have designed some of these in here as well.

The title referres very well to a basic concept - powerfull "tap to do" creatures and lands, and ways to untap them again fast. The card draw engine have a synergy effect with the life gain of Horizon Chimera, and I have build in some ways to sacrifice creatures for lifegains - as well as giving Butcher of Malakir some work to do.

To supress the opponents I also use Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur - Sheoldred, Whispering One - Notion Thief - Ob Nixilis, Unshackled - Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger - Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir and Erebos, God of the Dead. And I have creatures that can assasinate opponent's creatures as well. Words of Waste will also be a heavy hammer on the opponent. Exsanguinate and Ob Nixilis, the Fallen are kill conditions - the latter have synergy effects with fetch lands and instants, as well as Teferi's Isle, Undiscovered Paradise and Thawing Glaciers. Siege Behemoth will help your army through enemy defences if you're not capable of sacking them off with assasins or other creature supression. Shaman of Forgotten Ways are a sneaky way to win condition.

With Leovold as commander, Time Spiral was very powerful, also as graveyard-hate. It still is very useful, especially with Notion Thief. I still ponder to throw Day's Undoing back in, or Windfall. Geier Reach Sanatarium is also of most effect when Notion Thief is in play - or Alhammaret's Archive. The same goes for Cephalid Colliseum.

Mana engine consists of fetch-lands, Azusa, Lost but Seeking, Chromatic Lantern, Crop Rotation, Harrow, Kydele, Chosen of Cruphix, Lotus Cobra, Selvala, Heart of the Wilds, Shaman of Forgotten Ways, Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger. To speed things up I use Elvish Piper, Green Sun's Zenith, Natural Order, Protean Hulk, Palinchron. The untap-engine consists of Paradox Engine, Miramo, School at Water's Edge, Captain of the Mists, Fatestitcher, Kiora's Follower and Seedborn Muse.

Maybe-cards I consider are such as : Day's Undoing, Windfall, Rite of Replication.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.06
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Boar 2/2 G, Elephant 3/3 G, Worm 1/1 BG