Tobias Andrion, Political Mastermind

Commander / EDH* Casual Flying Hatebears Jank Shadow Tokens Vehicle Vorthos WU (Azorius)

DreadKhan

Special Agent (20)

• 1x Spectral Sailor
• 1x Spurnmage Advocate
• 1x Thousand-Faced Shadow
• 1x Dreamscape Artist
• 1x Ghostly Pilferer
• 1x Surge Engine
• 1x Callous Oppressor
• 1x Cryptoplasm
• 1x Fatespinner
• 1x Intrepid Hero
• 1x Preacher
• 1x Pulsemage Advocate
• 1x Soltari Champion
• 1x Soltari Visionary
• 1x Stronghold Machinist
• 1x Thalakos Dreamsower
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Thalakos Deceiver

Card Draw (12)

• 1x Roadside Reliquary
• 1x Spectral Sailor
• 1x Flumph
• 1x Ghostly Pilferer
• 1x Surge Engine
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Conqueror's Galleon  ^Flip
• 1x Court of Grace
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission
• 1x Shorikai, Genesis Engine
• 1x Faerie Formation
• 1x Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

Invention (11)

• 1x Mech Hangar
• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Imposter Mech
• 1x Reckoner Bankbuster
• 1x Surge Engine
• 1x Transmogrifying Wand
• 1x Conqueror's Galleon  ^Flip
• 1x Nautiloid Ship
• 1x Shorikai, Genesis Engine
• 1x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
• 1x Parhelion II

Counter (5)

• 1x Stubborn Denial
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Stronghold Machinist
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage

Champion Fighter (1)

• 1x Duelist's Heritage

Life Gain (1)

• 1x Legion's Landing  ^Flip

Nuclear Option (1)

• 1x Strixhaven Stadium

Land (34)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deserted Beach
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Flood Plain
• 1x Glacial Floodplain
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 10x Island
• 1x Island
• 1x Mech Hangar
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 7x Plains
• 1x Port Town
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Roadside Reliquary
• 1x Skycloud Expanse
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tower of the Magistrate

Ramp (13)

• 1x Legion's Landing  ^Flip
• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Dreamscape Artist
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Marble Diamond
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Strixhaven Stadium
• 1x Conqueror's Galleon  ^Flip
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Sun Titan

State Military (10)

• 1x Legion's Landing  ^Flip
• 1x Thousand-Faced Shadow
• 1x Reckoner Bankbuster
• 1x Court of Grace
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Shorikai, Genesis Engine
• 1x Faerie Formation
• 1x Fractured Identity
• 1x Mirror-Sigil Sergeant
• 1x Parhelion II

Recursion (6)

• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Pulsemage Advocate
• 1x Conqueror's Galleon  ^Flip
• 1x Nautiloid Ship
• 1x Dawnbreak Reclaimer
• 1x Sun Titan

National Anthem (1)

• 1x Soltari Champion

Waifu (1)

• 1x Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker

Commander (1)

Espionage (16)

• 1x Inevitable Betrayal
• 1x Tower of the Magistrate
• 1x Flood
• 1x Imposter Mech
• 1x Mass Diminish
• 1x Preacher
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Thalakos Dreamsower
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Thalakos Deceiver
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Fractured Identity
• 1x Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
• 1x Cultural Exchange

Removal (12)

• 1x Spurnmage Advocate
• 1x Winds of Abandon
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Intrepid Hero
• 1x Soltari Visionary
• 1x Transmogrifying Wand
• 1x Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
• 1x Settle the Wreckage
• 1x Wrath of God
• 1x Fractured Identity
• 1x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
• 1x Tragic Arrogance

Politics (9)

• 1x Flood
• 1x Spurnmage Advocate
• 1x Flumph
• 1x Pulsemage Advocate
• 1x War Tax
• 1x Court of Grace
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Fractured Identity
• 1x Dawnbreak Reclaimer

Discard (5)

• 1x Dreamscape Artist
• 1x Ghostly Pilferer
• 1x Stronghold Machinist
• 1x Conqueror's Galleon  ^Flip
• 1x Shorikai, Genesis Engine

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Card Draw (7)

• 1x Braingeyser
• 1x Flash of Insight
• 1x Bygone Bishop
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Psychic Possession
• 1x Coveted Jewel
• 1x Sublime Epiphany

Combo (4)

• 1x Soldevi Sentry
• 1x Ruin Ghost
• 1x Faces of the Past
• 1x Stuffy Doll

Removal (4)

• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Hallowed Burial
• 1x Hour of Revelation
• 1x Dimensional Breach

Extra Turns (1)

• 1x Teferi, Master of Time

Protection (6)

• 1x Reconnaissance
• 1x Dress Down
• 1x Divine Presence
• 1x Dovin, Hand of Control
• 1x Shieldmage Advocate
• 1x Magus of the Moat

Vehicle (5)

• 1x Silent Submersible
• 1x Peacewalker Colossus
• 1x Raiders' Karve
• 1x Untethered Express
• 1x Weatherlight

Tokens (2)

• 1x Kjeldoran Outpost
• 1x Benevolent Offering

Counter (1)

• 1x Sublime Epiphany

Life Gain (1)

• 1x Benevolent Offering

Espionage (5)

• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Debt of Loyalty
• 1x Visions of Duplicity
• 1x Stolen Identity
• 1x Sublime Epiphany

Politics (5)

• 1x Victory Chimes
• 1x Visions of Duplicity
• 1x Benevolent Offering
• 1x Tempting Contract
• 1x Coveted Jewel

Ramp (4)

• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Cultivator's Caravan
• 1x Victory Chimes
• 1x Coveted Jewel

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I Was Gonna Build This As Chulane, But Then I Got High

Having come from relatively humble background (and being an unremarkable child), Tobias became a legendary duelist, famed for his proficiency with the sword and his ability to defeat even 'obviously superior' opponents through skill and talent. Like all do, he grew to be middle aged. He could still fight well, but it became clear to him and others that he had other talents that were more valuable, so he progressed until he became the leader of the entire military of an empire, using both his charisma and mental acuity to surpass all others. Tobias uses both armies (tokens) and various special agents (of all genders!) to gain advantage and take control of the board, but arguably his spies and political connections get more done in most games. Most of the agents are specialists and the armies tend to be small, yet time and again Tobias came to triumph. As he grew older still a new passion emerged, and in what little spare time he had he designed machines, both magical and mundane, enabling his empire to grow stronger still. The deck has Custom Headings you can switch the first tab (from Type to Custom), I hope it adds a nice bit of Vorthos! Enjoy!

Fly Like Paper Get High Like Planes (Tobias' Little Helper) Show

Tobias developed a... shall we say Chronic problem after becoming middle aged, and was surprised to discover that when he let loose, he developed psychic abilities, not especially strong, but enough to enable instantaneous communication regardless of distance, though only with people he has already formed a bond with in some fashion. The communication is like a whispered voice, meaning it isn't disruptive to working agents, which are the people Tobias mostly uses his psychic abilities with. This enables more effective management of his spies and enforcers, as well as the diplomats and politicians that help manage the civilian aspects of the Empire.

The Loosest of Primers Show

Yeah, so I think I was supposed to make Chulane, but then I got high, and we ended up with Tobias Andrion, and I think this is probably what we deserve. This is my 'Order from Chaos' deck, wherein the seemingly vanilla shmuck (that's secretly a genius) uses a variety of stax effects, and evasive creatures (and payoffs for them) alongside brutal interaction to eek out wins despite seeming to be a much weaker deck. The deck is meant to have the flavour of an infinitely resourceful genius, one part Machiavelli and one part Da Vinci, maybe a little Sherlock Holmes, Tobias often has sneaky plays. Thus, the deck can make deals with one or more players that aren't just words, uses the odd fancy vehicle to good effect, and benefits from being very easy to underestimate, combining a non-threatening boardstate with pillowfort to make attacking me look like a bad play most of the time.

I suspect this will be a decent deck to play vs unknown playgroups, as it doesn't do anything nuts (it has synergies, but isn't going infinite), and tends to have lots of weenies at best, leaning hard on stealing or copying whatever is good. Thus, the deck isn't very high power in terms of hitting especially hard, but it scales well, and can use politics to gain advantage. It is also a fairly 'fun' deck to play with and against, as long as I'm not being massacred.

This deck is a control deck, one that tries to dictate the board state, having tons of removal/interaction on a stick. It draws cards in a few ways, and it is running more card draw than ever. It does not run very many counters, trying to keep them a niche rather than a primary game plan. Creatures that can blow up an attacker can protect anyone being attacked, so in addition to dictating board states to an extent, it can also discourage attacking vs certain players while allowing people to swing at the others.

Leaning into the genius strategist theme, this deck features lots of asymmetrical effects that can really ruin a given player's day. Mass Diminish is probably the most extreme example (this can remove two players in some situations), but there is a great deal of versatility in this deck's ability to find solutions. It likes to get out the Stadium and win off of that with Shadows and Flyers, but there is also Parhelion II that can threaten a win off of Tobias's 4 power, the Rhino Army In My Pocket can go reasonably wide, and the deck can technically just go wide enough via tokens and weenies to win sometimes. Generally this deck is trying to make a friend out of an enemy, help keep both players alive until it gets to 1v1, then this deck can judo it's way to a win. It's a big brain deck, where winning requires subtlety and politics rather than brute force, but those political words are backed up with considerable actionability. I think it's pretty safe to call this jank still, it just has the tricks that might let it win games.

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Jank 2 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.31
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Copy Clone, Elephant 3/3 G, Emblem Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, Faerie 1/1 U, Ox 2/4 W, Pilot 1/1 C, Plant 0/2 G, Spirit 1/1 W, The Monarch, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W
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