Silverquill's "The Prince"

Commander / EDH WB (Orzhov)

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Land (35)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Castle Ardenvale
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Great Hall of Starnheim
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 9x Plains
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Throne of the High City
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Blot Out the Sky
• 1x Council's Judgment
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Emeria's Call  ^Flip
• 1x Head Games
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Virtus's Maneuver

Creature (17)

• 1x Breena, the Demagogue
• 1x Corpse Knight
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Keeper of the Accord
• 1x Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Plague Engineer
• 1x Prava of the Steel Legion
• 1x Ruthless Knave
• 1x Shaile, Dean of Radiance  ^Flip
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Species Specialist
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Thalisse, Reverent Medium
• 1x Tymna the Weaver
• 1x Windborn Muse

Artifact (13)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Wishclaw Talisman

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Commander (1)

Instant (13)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Benevolent Offering
• 1x Despark
• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Fracture
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Inkshield
• 1x Rise of the Dread Marn
• 1x Secure the Wastes
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Vanishing Verse

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Court of Grace
• 1x Cunning Rhetoric
• 1x Ethereal Absolution
• 1x Felidar Retreat
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Marchesa's Decree
• 1x Smothering Tithe

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Enchantment (2)

• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Divine Visitation

Artifact (1)

• 1x Marble Diamond

Creature (2)

• 1x Harmonious Archon
• 1x Magister of Worth

Instant (1)

• 1x Path to Exile

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Taking inspiration from Machiavelli’s the Prince, we here at Silverquill play the others as best we can, with our words and politicking.

With the almost group hug possibilities of Shadrix and Orzhov’s penchant for tokens I feel a combination of the two is best for this deck.

With the ability to give your opponents tokens or draw cards (but you’ll almost never do that) leaning on the politics game helps take away from you as the primary focus on the table. You’ve got monarch cards for card advantage to make the game more exciting as well as pillowfort cards to protect it. There’s cards like Magister of Worth and Council’s judgment to give the feel that other players are helping when really we’re behind it all…

It’s not an obviously strong deck so how do we win? Well thanks to White and Black we have two interesting sub themes which don’t detract from the core plan. Slow, incremental life drain and tokens. A Blightsteel Colossus is a threat, Ulamog is a threat but a few 1/1s? They can simply go unnoticed until our board is ready to win...

Politics can be draining and with cards like Kambal and Liesa the taxing effects will slowly whittle down the opponent's life totals while amassing an army. Not a powerful army but a numerous one all massively boosted with Shadrix’s counter ability. This happens on each of your combats and his +1/+1s are permanent. Not only can he get big enough to deal some serious damage himself, but he can also massively buff the tokens and the creatures we’re making, ending the game with a coup d’etat and coup de grace.

Also when the pen fails you can always use a sword and throw in Blackblade Reforged to one-shot and opponent (this however is not the Silverquill way).

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.31
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Angel Warrior 4/4 W, Angel Warrior 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Cat Beast 2/2 W, Elephant 3/3 G, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Human 1/1 W, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Inkling 2/1 WB, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, The Monarch, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W, Warrior 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Berserker 2/2 B