Tayam Aristocrats Combo

Commander / EDH* BGW (Abzan, Junk)

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Creature (40)

• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodflow Connoisseur
• 1x Butcher Ghoul
• 1x Caller of the Claw
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Cartel Aristocrat
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Elvish Visionary
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fiend Artisan
• 1x Geralf's Messenger
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Kitchen Finks
• 1x Knight of Autumn
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Putrid Goblin
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Renegade Rallier
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Safehold Elite
• 1x Saffi Eriksdotter
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Strangleroot Geist
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Tayam, Luminous Enigma
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Wall of Roots
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Young Wolf
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (34)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 3x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 2x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Instant (12)

• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Autumn's Veil
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Blossoming Defense
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Gift of Granite
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Sylvan Library

Artifact (5)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Eldritch Evolution

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Enchantment (4)

• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Omen of the Hunt

Instant (2)

• 1x Rally the Ancestors
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Creature (1)

• 1x Evolution Sage

Artifact (2)

• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Skullclamp

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This deck can win through value and Blood Artist-like effects. However, it is mostly trying to grab one of the many combos in the deck.

Infinite Loops

Ashnod's Altar + Caller of the Claw (need to have had two creatures die before casting the caller): The caller enters the battlefield and creates two bear tokens, Tayam gives all three creatures a vigilance token. Ideally you sacrificed the two other creatures to the Ashnod's or you have the first {3} needed to activate Tayam. Remove the vigilance counters from the Caller and the Bears, Sacrfice the Caller in response to the ability on the stack, when the ability resolves return the Caller to the field. Now you'll make 4 bears.

Saffi Eriksdotter + Renegade Rallier + any sac outlet allow for an infinite loop.

Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest + any persist creature + any sac outlet gets infinite etb and death triggers plus infinite +1/+1 counters.

Devoted Druid + Gift of Granite (or any other of the auras that gives the druid +2 toughness): You can tap the druid for {G}, untap it with it's own ability, do this 3 times then activate Tayam removing the three -1/-1 counters.

Ashnod's Altar + any two persist/undying creatures will also work. Sac the two creatures for {4} they return, spend {3} to activate Tayam removing the +1/+1 or -1/-1 counters and a vigilance counter from the creatures. Loop this netting {1} every time.

Once you have one of the loops established, you can use one of the following win-cons:

Win Cons

If Geralf's Messenger is in one of the loops, it will do infinite damage.

If Kitchen Finks is in one of the loops, it will gain you infinite life. This is not really a win con, but makes it difficult for opponents to beat you without an infinite combo of their own.

If you have any of the Blood Artist-like effects on the battlefield during these loops, you get infinite damage.

With Altar of Dementia on board with an infinite loop, you can mill the table out.

Animate Dead + Kokusho, the Evening Star and a sac outlet makes infinite damage.

Use your infinite mana loops to cast or pump a Walking Ballista.

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician does not go completely infinite but adds great value to the deck.

Kozilek, Butcher of Truth is in the deck to help protect you from drawing out and to keep the combos going. Plus, he is a beater if you get to that state of the game.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.26
Tokens	Bear 2/2 G, Beast 3/3 G, Morph 2/2 C