Thassa's Bounce House

Commander / EDH* Mono-Blue

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Creature (25)

• 1x Bouncing Beebles
• 1x Broodbirth Viper
• 1x Cephalid Constable
• 1x Deepfathom Skulker
• 1x Escape Artist
• 1x Faerie Artisans
• 1x Gudul Lurker
• 1x Incursion Specialist
• 1x Master of Predicaments
• 1x Merfolk Spy
• 1x Mistblade Shinobi
• 1x Neurok Commando
• 1x Phyrexian Ingester
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Riptide Entrancer
• 1x Rootwater Thief
• 1x Sharding Sphinx
• 1x Sphinx Ambassador
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x Thalakos Dreamsower
• 1x Thalakos Seer
• 1x Thalakos Sentry
• 1x Thassa's Emissary
• 1x Uninvited Geist  ^Flip
• 1x Wharf Infiltrator

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Equilibrium
• 1x Frozen Aether

Instant (15)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Boomerang
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disperse
• 1x Echoing Truth
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Regress
• 1x Rescind
• 1x Shadow Rift
• 1x Snap
• 1x Vapor Snag
• 1x Word of Undoing

Land (35)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 28x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Arm with AEther
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Open Into Wonder
• 1x Stolen Identity

Commander (1)

Artifact (14)

• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Crystal Shard
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Neurok Stealthsuit
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sigil of Valor
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

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Maybeboard

Creature (18)

• 1x Deepchannel Mentor
• 1x Impaler Shrike
• 1x Jeskai Elder
• 1x Jhessian Thief
• 1x Keymaster Rogue
• 1x Man-o'-War
• 1x Marchesa's Infiltrator
• 1x Mercurial Kite
• 1x Ninja of the Deep Hours
• 1x Razorfin Abolisher
• 1x Riptide Pilferer
• 1x Saprazzan Legate
• 1x Scroll Thief
• 1x Sneaky Homunculus
• 1x Stealer of Secrets
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x Walker of Secret Ways
• 1x Waterfront Bouncer

Instant (9)

• 1x Call to Heel
• 1x Force Away
• 1x Galestrike
• 1x Griptide
• 1x Hoodwink
• 1x Hubris
• 1x Just the Wind
• 1x Repeal
• 1x Select for Inspection

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Clutch of Currents
• 1x Dematerialize
• 1x Drag Under
• 1x Extract
• 1x Silent Departure

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Metallurgic Summonings

Land (1)

• 1x Cathedral of War

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Do you like having friends and/or people who'll agree to play you? No? Then you're in the right place! Welcome to Thassa's Bounce House, I hope you enjoy your stay!

So the other day my best friend challenged me to build a mono-blue EDH deck with no counterspells (see my deck Hotline Bling for the polar opposite of this deck), and apparently Erayo is cheating (and also banned)- so I figured if their creatures are going to come out, then they won't stick around very long. I present to you now: Thassa and her crew; they came to draw cards and bounce permanents, and they're all outta cards to draw.

This deck's average CMC is 2.8, and 48 non-land cards are 3 mana or less, so you shouldn't have trouble hitting your drops. Chip away at their life total while drawing obscene amounts of cards, and when you're ready- drop in one of the few fatties in the deck and finish them off. Even if you have to resort to Devastation Tide mid-game, it shouldn't matter since you can re-cast your creatures faster than they can. Let's take a look under the hood:

Unblockables

There are a few completely unblockable creatures, as well as some highly evasive ones:

1. Completely unblockable:

- Escape Artist
-Gudul Lurker personal favorite due to it's morph that makes it a 2/2
-Uninvited Geist   when flipped
-Rogue's Passage, Whispersilk Cloak, Aqueous Form, Deepfathom Skulker's ability

2. Anyone remember Shadow?

- Thalakos Dreamsower
- Thalakos Seer
- Thalakos Sentry
- Shadow Rift

3. Conditionally unblockable:

- Bouncing Beebles if your opponent controls an arti
- Incursion Specialist triggers after your second spell in a turn (and gets a buff)
- Merfolk Spy and Thada Adel, Acquisitor both have Islandwalk
-Uninvited Guest and Wharf Infiltrator both have Skulk

4. Evasive

-Faerie Artisans
-Master of Predicaments
-Steel Hellkite
-Sphinx Ambassador

Combat Damage Triggers

What's better than combat damage? Combat damage with a bonus for you!

1. Draw

- Broodbirth Viper
- Neurok Commando who also happens to have Shroud
- Thassa's Emissary
pair it with an unblockable and enjoy
- Wharf Infiltrator draw one/discard one
-Bident of Thassa and Coastal Piracy give all your creatures optional combat damage triggered draw
-Arm with AEther is a good alternative if you don't have a draw creature out

2. Bounce

-Cephalid Constable "return up to that many target permanents" starting to see the synergy?
-Mistblade Shinobi can Ninjutsu it's way in behind one of your unblockables

3.Maximum Trolling

-Master of Predicaments how about cheating out a card? 6 other cards have CMC 5+, so are you trying to cheat out that Sharding Sphinx or just your Trinket Mage? And the rulings on it say that you do not have to cast or reveal that card even if they guess right, so let the mind games begin
- Merfolk Spy is fun to see what they're hiding
- Riptide Entrancer permanently steal a creature if you decide to sac him
-Rootwater Theif lets you search for something in their library and exile it if you pay 2
-Sphinx Ambassador Search for a random creature and if they guess wrong...it's yours!
-Thada Adel, Acquisitor no library artis are safe, from a Sol Ring to that Crucible of Worlds
-Thakalos Dreamsower lets you keep a creature on lockdown, and clears the way for your Tromokratis
-Stolen Identity ciphered onto an unblockable is just mean

Removal

I am rubber and you are glue:

Bounce

-Devastation Tide
-Boomerang
-Capsize
- Consign to Dream
-Cyclonic Rift
-Disperse
-Into the Roil
- Regress
- Rescind
-Snap
-Vapor Snag
- Word of Undoing

Destroy

-Pongify
-Reality Shift exiles
-Curse of the Swine handy boardwipe

Why Can't I hold all these cards?

Now that you've drawn them, here's how to keep em:

Infinite Hand Size

-Library of Leng not only gives you no max hand, it also allows you to decide where to discard if you have to, and keeps your deck from thinning faster than you want it to
-Reliquary Tower, Spellbook, and Thought Vessel all grant no max hand

The Utility Belt

It's the little things

- Sigil of Valor lets you put the weight of all your creatures behind one unblockable, which can really hurt
- Throne of the God-Pharoah adds insult to injury by dealing damage EOT based on your tapped creatures
-Merchant Scroll is a nice little cheap spell tutor
- Neurok Stealthsuit and Swiftfoot Boots are really handy to help avoid being a lightning rod
-Whispersilk Cloak gives you unblockable and shroud
-Rogue's Passage will do in a pinch
-Expedition Map use it to pull Arcane Lighthouse THE HEXPROOF KILLER

Thanks for checking out my experimental deck! Right now it clocks in a less than $70 so it's right where I want it to be as far as budget is concerned. The Maybeboard is all the original stuff I had mashed in there but didn't make the cut; I'm leaving it so I can reincorporate it if need be. If you have any suggestions please post them- I would love to hear what you have to say. This really looks like a pretty casual deck, and I don't plan on making it competative- but it seems fast and light so it should be fun. I am getting the pieces together mostly from my fodder, so I'm sure there are things that need to be subbed out to make it faster. Once it gets built I'll post some updates, but until then, keep the suggestions coming!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 23 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.77
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Boar 2/2 G, Copy Clone, Eldrazi Horror 3/2 C, Manifest 2/2 C, Morph 2/2 C, Thopter 1/1 U