Go Deep

Commander / EDH Card Draw Matters Casual Group Hug Jank Mono-Blue Multiplayer Wheels

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Instant (19)

• 1x Boomerang
• 1x Brainsurge
• 1x Commandeer
• 1x Comparative Analysis
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Curate
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Fumble
• 1x Hieroglyphic Illumination
• 1x Learn from the Past
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Opt
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Scour the Laboratory
• 1x Strix Serenade
• 1x Tolarian Winds

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Dictate of Kruphix
• 1x Diplomatic Immunity
• 1x Font of Magic
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Overburden
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1x Thought Reflection
• 1x Verity Circle

Creature (12)

• 1x Body of Knowledge
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Faerie Mastermind
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Grand Architect
• 1x Great Whale
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Pili-Pala
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Thassa's Oracle
• 1x Triskaidekaphile

Land (37)

• 1x Flooded Strand
• 9x Island
• 2x Island
• 2x Island
• 5x Island
• 3x Island
• 5x Island
• 8x Island
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Reliquary Tower

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Compulsive Research
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Divination
• 1x Ideas Unbound
• 1x Mana Severance
• 1x Sift
• 1x Sleep
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Windfall

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Chromatic Sphere
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Font of Mythos
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Ivory Tower
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Venser's Journal

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

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Enchantment (2)

• 1x Kumena's Awakening
• 1x Rhystic Study

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Paradigm Shift

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It's time to go deep with Kami of the Crescent Mooning! This self-mill deck lets you enter deep into Kami's library until you're all the way through and finish with a loaded hand!

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The Primer

Disclaimer: I build my decks with the main goal of having a good time while playing and not necessarily optimizing them to win. Regardless of what you are looking for I hope you enjoy the deck!

Part 2: Because I only play casually, no group I play with uses commander damage as a win condition. Please keep that in mind while looking at the deck.

Why Kami of the Crescent Moon

EVERYBODY DRAWS CARDS AHAHAHAHAHA

But actually though, Kami of the Crescent Mooning lends itself perfectly to a self-mill strategy where you are trying to avoid provoking your opponents. You can just sit back and draw everyone cards while they target each other for being threats. Then you are all set to win out of nowhere with Laboratory Maniac or the like. Other options include Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur who is a little high on CMC and not so opponent friendly or Azami, Lady of Scrolls which can also make people wary with the combo potential, whereas Kami of the Crescent Mooning is a little more pleasant. Before Kami, Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar actually led the deck but was swapped out because Tomorrow doesn't actually draw cards which means you can't win with Laboratory Maniac.

The Strategy

Short story: draw all the cards, that's it.

My favorite way to play this deck is as a friendly grouphug deck that just wants to draw cards for everyone with no real payoff until we are through our library.

The first thing we want to do is release Kami of the Crescent Mooning and proclaim our goodwill. All we want to do is draw cards, and you get to too! So just let me sit here and I'll keep up the extra card draw!

Just in case our opponents are a little more aggressive than we appreciate we can throw down some cards like Overburden, Ivory Tower, Fog Bank, or Propaganda and keep other threats at bay with counterspells when needed.

It's nice to have infinite hand size, which can be achieved a few ways, whether that be Reliquary Tower or Thought Vessel.

Then it's off to the races! We draw all the cards we can in any way we can. Dropping Howling Mine to further increase the number of draws we have then others like Teferi's Ageless Insight or Thought Reflection to increase the draws per draw.

Now we just wait til we are ready to win, drop Laboratory Maniac and then cast something like Windfall or Tolarian Winds with a large hand to draw out your library and thats game!

Card Choices

Personal choices:

• Tutors: I get that tutors are good, I very occasionally use them however because it feels cheaty to me and I prefer the randomness of drawing off the top, uncertainty is all part of the fun for me!

• Infinite Combos: They are allowed in my playgroup and it varies how often they show up in my decks. Winning with one is kinda boring though so I prefer to limit them (another reason I don't prefer tutors - sometimes they just say "grab a combo piece and win the game"). However, in this case, this is a slightly more combo-oriented deck.

Notable Lands

• Flooded Strand: Can grab Mystic Sanctuary.

• Mystic Sanctuary: Gets me back stuff from the graveyard.

• Reliquary Tower: Definitely an auto-include in a card draw deck.

Creatures

• Body of Knowledge: Great blocker, no max hand size, and draws me cards.

• Deadeye Navigator: For infinite mana with Peregrine Drake/Great Whale or to reuse Scourge of Fleets

• Faerie Mastermind: An extra card on each of my opponents' turns with my commander out.

• Fog Bank: A non-threatening display that makes me look silly so my opponents ignore me and keeps me alive.

• Grand Architect: Purely here for the infinite {U} with Pili-Pala.

• Great Whale: Purely here for the infinite {U} with Deadeye Navigator.

• Laboratory Maniac: The paradigm of this deck's wincons.

• Peregrine Drake: Purely here for the infinite {U} with Deadeye Navigator.

• Pili-Pala: Purely here for the infinite {U} with Grand Architect.

• Scourge of Fleets: A decent body that can delay my opponents by bouncing their creatures and it can be reused with Deadeye Navigator.

• Thassa's Oracle: Another alternate wincon.

• Triskaidekaphile: Yet another alternate wincon, I try to pull this one off as often as reasonable becuase 13 is my favorite number.

Instants

• Boomerang: A little bounce spell to keep away major threats.

• Brainsurge: Card draw that's really nice with draw doubling.

• Commandeer: My decision now and it's usually free to cast.

• Comparative Analysis: Card draw.

• Counterspell: Counters spells.

• Curate: Card draw.

• Evacuation: Get outta here!

• Frantic Search: Card draw.

• Fumble: Another little bounce spell (especially fun against my friends Sram deck).

• Hieroglyphic Illumination: Card draw.

• Learn from the Past: Recycle my graveyard plus card draw.

• Memory Lapse: Not today...

• Mystic Confluence: Your choice of counter, bounce, draw!

• Opt: Card draw.

• Pongify: Removal that's cheap.

• Rapid Hybridization: Removal that's cheap.

• Scour the Laboratory: Card draw.

• Strix Serenade: Cheap situation counterspell.

• Tolarian Winds: Mega card draw, often is a good way to win the game at instant speed with a Laboratory Maniac and a large hand (and even better with draw doubling like Teferi's Ageless Insight).

Sorceries

• Compulsive Research: Card draw.

• Deep Analysis: Card draw.

• Divination: Card draw.

• Ideas Unbound: Card draw.

• Mana Severance: This used to be a Goblin Charbelcher deck when it was first conceived, and this relic of the past actually still retains value! Given I have enough lands/mana rocks and the current game state, this often lets me remove all the lands from the deck. This both decreases the cards I need to draw to win and gets rid of nearly every dead draw from here on out.

• Sift: Card draw.

• Sleep: Protection from large token decks and the sort.

• Treasure Cruise: Card draw.

• Windfall: Another game winning card depending on your hand size and draw doublers.

Enchantments

• Amphibian Downpour: Frogs for everyone!

• Dictate of Kruphix: I'm group hug, I swear!

• Diplomatic Immunity: Great for Laboratory Maniac or funny on Fog Bank.

• Font of Magic: Cheaper draws!

• Jace's Sanctum: More cheaper draws!

• Overburden: Protection form creature heavy decks.

• Propaganda: A nice way to discourage attackers.

• Teferi's Ageless Insight: Double the cards!

• Thought Reflection: Double the cards again!

• Verity Circle: Your mana dorks and combos draw me cards.

Planeswalkers

• Jace, Wielder of Mysteries: Essentially a backup Laboratory Maniac that draws me cards.

Artifacts

• Chromatic Sphere: Technically it is a mana ability and there for can not be responded to when activating with a Lab Man on the battlefield, guaranteeing a win unless a Stifle is around.

• Elixir of Immortality: Just in case I get close to getting through my library without having a wincon available.

• Font of Mythos: Keep up the group hug front.

• Howling Mine: More card draw for everyone!

• Ivory Tower: Keeps me alive longer especially when I don't have a max hand size.

• Library of Leng: Great utility cards that essentially says no max hand size and I can put my discards on top of my library instead if I choose.

• Primal Amulet  : Cheaper card draw!

• Sapphire Medallion: Cheaper card draw!

• Sol Ring: Ramp.

• Temple Bell: Sure, I'll be nice and draw everyone cards (hehe, really it's for me)

• Thought Vessel: Ramp that gives no max hand size... bueno.

• Venser's Journal: It's way better than Ivory Tower

Interactions/Combos

With infinite mana, we can basically just keep casting draw spells until we get through the whole library. That said, here are some {INFINITY}{U} combos.

• Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake/Great Whale

• Grand Architect + Pili-Pala

My Meta

Decks by pgparker:

• Beats by Trostani led by Trostani, Selesnya's Voice.

• Queen of Purgatory, Marchesa led by Marchesa, the Black Rose.

• Tiana Auras led by Tiana, Ship's Caretaker.

• Azami, Go fish led by Azami, Lady of Scrolls.

Decks by Cmaster:

• Chief says no led by Baral, Chief of Compliance.

• Welcome to the SRAM JAM led by Sram, Senior Edificer.

• An Etali, Primal Storm deck

Decks by Wurmspiralmaschine14:

• Bird is the Word led by Ephara, God of the Polis

• A Thrasios, Triton Hero and Ravos, Soultender *f-etch* deck with 98 other creatures.

• Some others that I am forgetting at the moment... will be later updated.

Decks by UnorthodoxKerbal:

• Derevi led by Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

• Doran led by Doran, the Siege Tower

• Marath led by Marath, Will of the Wild *f-etch*

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The original version of this deck was created in mid 2019.

Thanks for checking out the deck! Y'all can check out my other decks here! Draw well!

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 weeks
Exclude colors	WBRG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 28 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.19
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Frog Lizard 3/3 G
Folders	decks, Adios