XOR Volo

Commander / EDH WU (Azorius)

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Creature (30)

• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Blighted Agent
• 1x Bounty Agent
• 1x Burrog Befuddler
• 1x Caller of Gales
• 1x Champion of Wits
• 1x Crafty Cutpurse
• 1x Danitha, Benalia's Hope
• 1x Deep Gnome Terramancer
• 1x Defiler of Faith
• 1x Epistolary Librarian
• 1x Farsight Adept
• 1x Galepowder Mage
• 1x Giant Killer
• 1x Intrepid Adversary
• 1x Jace's Projection
• 1x Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
• 1x Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate
• 1x Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
• 1x Mizzium Meddler
• 1x Nimbleclaw Adept
• 1x Oji, the Exquisite Blade
• 1x Quicksmith Spy
• 1x Robaran Mercenaries
• 1x Scheming Fence
• 1x Seasoned Dungeoneer
• 1x Siren Stormtamer
• 1x Spelltithe Enforcer
• 1x The Council of Four
• 1x Vizier of Tumbling Sands

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Ominous Seas
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1x Wizard Class

Land (37)

• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Crystal Grotto
• 1x Deserted Beach
• 1x Glacial Floodplain
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 12x Island
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 11x Plains
• 1x Port Town
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Skycloud Expanse
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment

Artifact (14)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Decanter of Endless Water
• 1x Empyrial Plate
• 1x Hand of Vecna
• 1x Ivory Tower
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Patriar's Seal
• 1x Robe of the Archmagi
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Thought Vessel

Commanders (2)

Instant (8)

• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Loran's Escape
• 1x Unbreakable Formation
• 1x Unwind

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Baral's Expertise
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Time Wipe

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Creature (3)

• 1x Alandra, Sky Dreamer
• 1x Smart Ass
• 1x Towering-Wave Mystic

Instant (1)

• 1x Brainstorm

Artifact (1)

• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

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HUMANs XOR WIZARDs

Every creature must be a Human XOR a Wizard, and have another unique type. As such, each creature played after the commander(s) will draw for Folk Hero and add a line to Volo's journal.

We are not using changelings in this deck either, even though they would work for both triggers, because that would be too easy. Also we are restricting ourselves from using additional "Human Wizards", for maximum flavor. We want the option of writing 'Human' or 'Wizard' in the journal if a creature bounces, or we have to recast Volo.

The real version of this runs Smart Ass instead of Champion of Wits, but swap the two if you want the deck to be "Legal". Both cards are dirt cheap, and Champion is better anyway.

Eventual win condition is suiting something up with Empyrial Plate or Hand of Vecna and hitting somebody with 20 cards in hand.

Considerations: I think the primary aim of this deck in the early turns is simply to continue making land drops. Being white it cannot ramp outside artifacts, and with both 2 and 3 CMC commanders play until turn 4 should be identical. Once we hit 4 then any creature will draw cards, so it should be easy to keep a full hand and start interacting with the board with whatever tool necessary - again as long as we continue to make land drops. As such I went up to 37 lands. Last cut was Brainstorm. Not sure if Ponder is better than brainstorm (or Opt for that matter), brainstorm synergizes better with Teferi's Ageless Insight but I think Ponder should be better at guaranteeing land drops by giving a shuffle if there aren't lands ready in the top 3

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.87
Tokens	Champion of Wits 4/4 B, Dungeon: Undercity, Elephant 3-3 G, Knight 2/2 W, Kraken 8/8 U, Skeleton 4/1 B, Soldier 1/1 W, The Initiative, Treasure, Volo's Journal