Wernog & Sophina, Innistrad Detectives [PRIMER]

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

Santiago1011

Land (36)

• 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
• 2x Mountain
• 5x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Shattered Sanctum
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Sundown Pass
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Vault of Champions

Card Advantage (5)

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

Clues LTB Synergy (4)

• 1x Agent of the Iron Throne
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Marionette Master
• 1x Nadier's Nightblade

Combat Value (15)

• 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 Nadaar, Selfless Paladin
• 1x Professional Face-Breaker
• 1x Rising of the Day
• 1x Sentinel Sarah Lyons
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Skyhunter Strike Force
• 1x Triumphant Adventurer

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

Removal (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Despark
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vanquish the Horde
• 1x Wear / Tear

Clues In Play Synergy (3)

• 1x Akiri, Line-Slinger
• 1x Fathom Fleet Swordjack
• 1x Inspiring Statuary

Commanders (2)

Creature Protection (8)

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

Clues ETB Synergy (6)

• 1x Academy Manufactor
• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Glaze Fiend
• 1x Ingenious Artillerist
• 1x Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• 1x Reckless Fireweaver

Clues ETB/LTB Synergy (1)

• 1x Mirkwood Bats

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Sideboard

Other (2)

• 1x Clever Concealment
• 1x Ogre Battledriver

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Maybeboard

Other (8)

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

Removal (1)

• 1x Farewell

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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 or get pretty big themselves. The artifact wincons wins by making lots of artifacts (usually clue tokens with Sophina) and either keeping them in play for cards that care about # of artifacts, or using the etb and ltb of the tokens to ping the table

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 (I also considered Lonis clues and Gyome food, all inspired by Academy Manufactor. I still plan on trying out Gyome)

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 a much more fun and interactive strategy.

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 every time those clues enter

Let me know of any suggestions you may have!

Neat tech but not running at the moment Show

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Top Ranked	Achieved #20 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #15 position in Commander / EDH 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Artifact 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Partner 2 years ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	11 hours
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 56 - 2 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.95
Tokens	Clue, Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Dungeon: Dungeon of the Mad Mage, Dungeon: Lost Mine of Phandelver, Dungeon: Tomb of Annihilation, Elephant 3-3 G, Food, Goblin 1/1 R, Servo 1/1 C, Skeleton 1/1 B, The Atropal, Treasure
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