Wernog & Sophina, Innistrad Militia [PRIMER]

Commander / EDH Aggro Aristocrats Artifact Investigate Partner RBW (Mardu) Sacrifice

Santiago1011

Land (36)

• 1x Arena of Glory
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 1x Havengul Laboratory  ^Flip
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mountain
• 5x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Shattered Sanctum
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Sundown Pass
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Vault of Champions

Removal (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Damn
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Despark
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Wear / Tear

Combat Value (12)

• 1x Adriana, Captain of the Guard
• 1x Aurelia, the Warleader
• 1x Battle Angels of Tyr
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Goldspan Dragon
• 1x Grim Hireling
• 1x Guardian Scalelord
• 1x Isshin, Two Heavens as One
• 1x Professional Face-Breaker
• 1x Rising of the Day
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Skyhunter Strike Force

Ramp (12)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Guild Artisan
• 1x Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x The Reaver Cleaver

Clues ETB Synergy (9)

• 1x Academy Manufactor
• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Arcbound Condor
• 1x Glaze Fiend
• 1x Ingenious Artillerist
• 1x Mirkwood Bats
• 1x Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• 1x Reckless Fireweaver
• 1x Rosie Cotton of South Lane

Clues In Play Synergy (4)

• 1x Fathom Fleet Swordjack
• 1x Ghirapur AEther Grid
• 1x Inspiring Statuary
• 1x Sentinel Sarah Lyons

Commanders (2)

Creature Protection (10)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Invasion of Gobakhan  ^Flip
• 1x Iroas, God of Victory
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Loyal Unicorn
• 1x Reconnaissance
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Card Advantage (5)

• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Breena, the Demagogue
• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Trouble in Pairs

Clues Sac Synergy (2)

• 1x Agent of the Iron Throne
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks

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Sideboard

Other (12)

• 1x Clever Concealment
• 1x Cranial Plating
• 1x Crime Novelist
• 1x General's Enforcer
• 1x Lich-Knights' Conquest
• 1x Marionette Master
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Paladin Elizabeth Taggerdy
• 1x Reprocess
• 1x Sontaran General
• 1x Sunshot Militia
• 1x Tamiyo's Journal

Board Protection (4)

• 1x Bastion Protector
• 1x Boromir, Warden of the Tower
• 1x Dolmen Gate
• 1x Frontline Medic

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Maybeboard

Other (6)

• 1x Blade Historian
• 1x Captain Lannery Storm
• 1x Hoarding Ogre
• 1x Rite of Oblivion
• 1x Ruinous Ultimatum
• 1x True Conviction

Removal (1)

• 1x Farewell

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{R}{W}{B} Wernog & Sophina {B}{W}{R}

This deck has 2 main paths to victory: combat, and artifacts synergy. While combat is essential for either wincon, I have included things that buff our creatures in some way to enhance their dammage dealing capabilities. The artifact wincon wins by making lots of artifacts (usually clue tokens with Sophina) and utilizing either etb effects like Reckless Fireweaver or stay-in-play effects like Sentinel Sarah Lyons to get more value. I'm avoiding the majority of Marionette Master effects since I don't have reliable ways to sac clues for free. This keeps the deck's explosive value on the front end (just declaring attackers vs waiting to sac to something) and it keeps it's identity different from my other clue decks like Teysa, Opulent Oligarch

You want to keep Sophina alive if possible, since the deck relies heavily on her attack trigger. Wernog on the other hand I use to chump at every opportunity, since his ability triggers on etb AND ltb. If not, he's one more clue token for Sophina on attack.

A subtheme of this deck is on-attack triggers, which is helped by Isshin, Two Heavens as One

How did I decide on Wernog and Sophina?

This originally started as a Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis treasure deck. It was fun, but kind of repetitive and too casual for my tastes.

K&T soon split into 2 spinoff treasure decks: Malcolm / Kediss and Prosper. M&K don't want critical mass of artifacts, they want to spend them to cantrip a lot so that was a pass. Prosper was getting closer to what I wanted (I finally got to run Marionette Master!), but it just didn't click so I scrapped it

Then the idea morphed into Wernog / Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist clues with emphasis on blinking Wernog for a ton of triggers.

And finally to this. I'll admit I originally was interested in these secret lair commanders because the MTG version of Will the Wise looks cool as hell, and I'm sad the deck shifted focus from Wernog to Sophina, but I think combat is the most fun phase of a turn, so...

So far, Academy Manufactor, Krark-Clan Ironworks, and Inspiring Statuary have been the all-star cards of this deck

Agent of the Iron Throne and Guild Artisan doubles in value here because it applies to BOTH Wernog and Sophina when they are in play, making every trigger happen twice

Funniest/weirdest card in the deck is probably Glaze Fiend. With Sophina attacking, it gets +2/+2 for each clue that enters

Let me know of any suggestions you may have!

Neat but more expensive/casual tech Show

Dragonspark Reactor

Hellkite Igniter

Nettlecyst

Rite of Oblivion

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Date added	2 years
Last updated	3 days
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 55 - 11 Rares 19 - 4 Uncommons 10 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.92
Tokens	Clue, Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Elephant 3/3 G, Food, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Servo 1/1 C, The Ring, The Ring Tempts You, Treasure
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