Sultai Cycling

Commander / EDH* BUG (Sultai) Discard

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Land (38)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Blasted Landscape
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Desert of the Glorified
• 1x Desert of the Indomitable
• 1x Desert of the Mindful
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 9x Forest
• 7x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Slippery Karst
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Tranquil Thicket

Cycle Bombs (6)

• 1x Abandoned Sarcophagus
• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Drake Haven
• 1x Faith of the Devoted
• 1x Fluctuator
• 1x New Perspectives

Graveyard Help (6)

• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Shadow of the Grave
• 1x Wander in Death

Delirium (3)

• 1x Ishkanah, Grafwidow
• 1x Soul Swallower
• 1x Traverse the Ulvenwald

Cycle Creatures (15)

• 1x Architects of Will
• 1x Cloud of Faeries
• 1x Curator of Mysteries
• 1x Hollow One
• 1x Horror of the Broken Lands
• 1x Jhessian Zombies
• 1x Jungle Weaver
• 1x Krosan Tusker
• 1x Nimble Obstructionist
• 1x Ruthless Sniper
• 1x Shadowstorm Vizier
• 1x Shefet Monitor
• 1x Vile Manifestation
• 1x Viscera Dragger
• 1x Vizier of Tumbling Sands

Ramp (10)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Deathcap Cultivator
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Edge of Autumn
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring

Other (4)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Sultai Charm

Commander (1)

Cycle Fodder (14)

• 1x Ancient Excavation *list*
• 1x Censor
• 1x Countervailing Winds
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Dirge of Dread
• 1x Dissenter's Deliverance
• 1x Hieroglyphic Illumination
• 1x Lay Claim
• 1x Lull
• 1x Mage's Guile
• 1x Miscalculation
• 1x Razaketh's Rite
• 1x Rebuild
• 1x Rescind

Cycle Synergy (3)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x The Gitrog Monster

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Delve (8)

• 1x Become Immense
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Murderous Cut
• 1x Rite of Undoing
• 1x Skeletal Scrying
• 1x Taigam, Sidisi's Hand
• 1x Temporal Trespass
• 1x Treasure Cruise

Other (6)

• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Sacred Excavation
• 1x Tarmogoyf
• 1x Trade Routes

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Cycling is the coolest mechanic ever, so let's build a cycling deck for EDH!

"You're building a cycling deck and it's not Zur + Astral Slide + ETB?!"

Yes because it's been done a million times.

"Why Sultai?"

It was that or Esper but I liked the graveyard interaction Golgari affords.

"How does it win?"

Let's be frank: this isn't a "pubstomp" or even a "strong 75%" deck. My goal with making it was to have fun cycling interactions and still have some end-goals in mind.

At it's heart, this deck is midrange. Early game is generally spent ramping with green and milling yourself with cycling to begin building a strong hand and decent sized graveyard. Cycling being on the majority of cards means that you can always fix your hand at the cost of a turn or two.

Now for the win cons:

Abandoned Sarcophagus can dominate with a fat graveyard and a bunch of mana generation that you've ramped up from green you can go ham.

Archfiend of Ifnir easily shuts down creature decks if it can live long enough.

Drake Haven or Faith of the Devoted combined with Fluctuator or New Perspectives is a core combo.

Typical The Gitrog Monster + Ramunap Excavator.

Living Death can turn the tide quickly depending on the other player's decks at the table.

And if all else fails and you've made it to late game and are about to mill yourself to death: Laboratory Maniac.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 21 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 29 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.45
Tokens	Drake 2/2 U, Spider 1/2 G