Ishai's Aikido

Commander / EDH* Battlecruiser Bracket 3 RGWU Theme/Gimmick

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LAND (38)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Barkchannel Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 1x Branchloft Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Copperline Gorge
• 1x Deserted Beach
• 1x Dreamroot Cascade
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x Hedge Maze
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Kazuul's Cliffs  ^Flip
• 1x Mistrise Village
• 1x Mossfire Valley
• 1x Ondu Skyruins  ^Flip
• 1x Overflowing Basin
• 1x Overgrown Farmland
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Razorverge Thicket
• 1x Rockfall Vale
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 2x Snow-Covered Forest
• 2x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Snow-Covered Plains
• 1x Stormcarved Coast
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 1x Sunscorched Divide
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Thran Portal
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

CONTROL-TARGETED (3)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Sylvan Reclamation

WHENEVER X DOES Y... RAMP (1)

• 1x Monologue Tax

RAMP (10)

• 1x All-Fates Scroll
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Guild Artisan
• 1x Into the North
• 1x Open the Way
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Seedborn MuseGC
• 1x Shared Roots
• 1x Sol Ring

SCALING WITH OPPONENT (10)

• 1x Aboleth Spawn
• 1x Call the Coppercoats
• 1x Coastline Marauders
• 1x Curious Herd
• 1x Elturel Survivors
• 1x Faerie Artisans
• 1x Psychic Possession
• 1x Wandering Archaic  ^Flip
• 1x Wilderness Elemental
• 1x Wolfcaller's Howl

AIKIDO (9)

• 1x Arachnogenesis
• 1x Channel Harm
• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Deflecting Palm
• 1x Galadhrim Ambush
• 1x New Way Forward
• 1x Perch Protection
• 1x Plasm Capture
• 1x Selfless Squire

CONTROL-WRATH (4)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Portal to Phyrexia
• 1x Sunfall

WHENEVER X DOES Y... GROW (4)

• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Sunscorch Regent
• 1x Taurean Mauler

PROTECTION (2)

• 1x Resourceful Defense
• 1x The Ozolith

Commanders (2)

WHENEVER X DOES Y... DRAW (8)

• 1x Archivist of Oghma
• 1x Compost
• 1x Ghostly Pilferer
• 1x Insight
• 1x Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
• 1x Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1x The Council of Four
• 1x Viridian Revel

DRAW (6)

• 1x Behold the Multiverse
• 1x Cerebral Vortex
• 1x Chart a Course
• 1x Keep Watch
• 1x Observed Stasis
• 1x Recurring Insight

WHENEVER X DOES Y... CREATE TOKENS (3)

• 1x Arasta of the Endless Web
• 1x Dragonlair Spider
• 1x Xyris, the Writhing Storm

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WAYS TO WIN

• Combat damage from Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker or creatures that grow when someone casts spells (Forgotten Ancient etc.)
• Combat damage from creatures that scale with opponents (Coastline Marauders etc.)
• Combat damage from tokens
• Direct damage with Kazuul's Fury   and a big creature
• Direct damage with scaling spells (Cerebral Vortex etc.)
• Direct damage with "aikido" spells (Deflecting Palm, New Way Forward, Comeuppance etc.)

Top Ranked	Achieved #7 position overall 9 months ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Battlecruiser 10 months ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Bracket 2 10 months ago
Date added	10 months
Last updated	1 week
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 65 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.68
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Elephant 3/3 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Foretell, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Incubator, Insect 1/1 G, Knight 2/2 W, Phyrexian 0/0 C, Saproling 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G, Spider 1/2 G, Treasure, Wolf 2/2 G
Folders	EDH Decks, EDH