The Odd One (Yennet, Cryptic Sovereign)

Commander / EDH* Control Eldrazi Multiplayer Voltron WUB (Esper)

ASalesman

Land (36)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 6x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 5x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Brilliant Ultimatum
• 1x Capture of Jingzhou
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Expropriate
• 1x Mana Severance
• 1x Mystic Speculation
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Temporal Mastery
• 1x Temporal Trespass
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vindicate

Creature (19)

• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Djinn of Wishes
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Enigma Sphinx
• 1x Hullbreacher
• 1x Magister Sphinx
• 1x Platinum Angel
• 1x Prognostic Sphinx
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Void Winnower
• 1x Windreader Sphinx

Instant (12)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Hatred
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Nexus of Fate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Commander (1)

Artifact (15)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Mind's Dilation
• 1x Rhystic Study

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Aminatou, the Fateshifter

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Because getting insane Yennett Value is incredibly fun!

The whole deck need not be odd. 2 mana artifact rocks make ramping easier. Consecrated Sphinx generates dumb value no matter what. Classic blue instant spells like Mana Drain and Cyclonic Rift make the deck stronger in general. Pact of Negation has saved me so many times! Baleful Strix feels really good on turn 2, I challenge you to convince me to take it out. Blind Obedience will save you from aggro sometimes.

Exquisite Blood feels really good when you are able to play Magister Sphinx on the lifegain player. This lifegain can keep you alive in a longer game. Extorting from Blind Obedience is also easy when you play your spells for free.

Plenty of Extra Turn Cards to generate value. The main wincon right now is to take over the board state and do enough damage with creatures by taking extra turns to win the game. This is assisted by cards like Magister Sphinx and Hatred.

One infinite combo in the deck with Isochron Scepter, Mystical Tutor and Nexus of Fate (with Yennett on the board). First you play isochron scepter, exiling mystical tutor. Cast Mystical tutor to put nexus of fate on top, then swing with yennet to cast nexus of fate for free. Rinse, repeat. Isochron Scepter is also useful with vampiric tutor, mana drain, Swords to Plowshares, and Brainstorm (oddly enough hehe). Playing Expropriate will usually win you the game if it resolves.

Recently made the deck more Spikey with Mana Drain, Hatred, Capture of Jingzhou, and Demonic Tutor.

I'm really proud of the mana base right now, it works really well even without shocks and fetches. I have the ability to change the land base to include these, but I enjoy seeing this land base work. It hasn't failed me once yet.

3 Big Eldrazi in the deck Artisan of Kozilek for a small amount of graveyard recursion with the other big dumb creatures. Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre is the biggest dumbest creature in the deck and has odd CMC. Void Winnower for control and thematic reasons.

I'm not super high on Djinn of Wishes in the deck, but the redundancy for Yennett has saved me once or twice and haven't been able to convince myself to take it out.

I really want to hear what other people are doing with Yennet! Leave any advice below, and I'd love to see your list if you want to post it in the comments!

Date added	5 years
Last updated	9 months
Exclude colors	RG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	19 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.94
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Treasure