Taniwha, Te Kaitiaki o te Whenua

Commander / EDH Control Cruel Control Jank Land Destruction Mono-Blue Stax

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Instant (17)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Boomerang
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Engulf the Shore
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Peer Through Depths
• 1x Ray of Command
• 1x Regress
• 1x Reins of Power
• 1x Scour from Existence
• 1x Sunder
• 1x Thwart

Creature (9)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Deepchannel Mentor
• 1x Dream Fighter
• 1x God-Eternal Kefnet
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Kederekt Leviathan
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Treasure Mage

Enchantment (17)

• 1x Back to Basics
• 1x Corrupted Conscience
• 1x Frozen Aether
• 1x Invoke Prejudice
• 1x Land Equilibrium
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Mana Breach
• 1x Mana Vortex
• 1x Mind's Dilation
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Overburden
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Pendrell Mists
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Seal of Removal
• 1x Shimmer
• 1x Teferi's Realm

Sorcery (8)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Displacement Wave
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Relearn
• 1x Saheeli's Artistry
• 1x Whelming Wave

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Boompile
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Cursed Totem
• 1x Mana Web
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Immortal Sun
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Ward of Bones
• 1x Worldslayer

Land (36)

• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 33x Island
• 1x The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

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Taniwha is a unique commander that appears horrible at first glance, but can wreak havoc to a board when played correctly. This creature's unique phasing / land phasing combination results in either having Taniwha in play or having your lands in play, but not both simultaneously. This deck aims to hit players' resources and create a board state where their lands just can't stick around on the board. There are other non-land board wipes to play when Taniwha is phased out. Basically, when Taniwha is phased out, play mass removal to clear the board. When the lands are phased out, play mass land removal to clear the board.

It's important to know when to play spells on turns when lands are getting phased out. Essentially, those turns look like this: 1. Your phased out Taniwha phases in 2. Untap your lands 3. Taniwha's ability triggers that will phase out all of your lands 4. In response to Taniwha's trigger, tap your lands for mana 5. After the lands phase out, but before drawing your card for the turn, use the mana from the lands that just phased out in order to play instant speed spells

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.69
Tokens	Boar 2/2 G, Copy Clone