EDH it Up (Bitches?)

This weekend Billy, Scott, Brad and I gamed it up at GP Atlanta. Due to my broken hand only recently being capable of shuffling, plus the pain of not owning [card Mutavault]Mutavaults[/card], I decided to skip the extended main event and mostly play Elder Dragon Highlander side events, which I will absolutely refuse to call Commander.

Being the frugal person that I am, I took this as an excuse to immediately spend more money pimping out my EDH decks than I would have building the rest of Faeries to play for real money. In my world this is how penny-pinching works. The plan was for Billy and I to shark all the free-for-all tables like assholes with our new, full-power decks. I also took the time to upgrade my more casual/fun blow-shit-up deck a bit too. Here’s the lists as they ended up, white control deck first:


[cardlist title=Eight-and-a-Half-Tails]
[General]
Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
[/General]
[Creatures]
Academy Rector
Adarkar Valkyrie
Admonition Angel
Akroma, Angel of Wrath
Aven Mindcensor
Baneslayer Angel
Devout Witness
Eternal Dragon
Exalted Angel
Karmic Guide
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
Linvala, Keeper of Silence
Purity
Reya Dawnbringer
Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant
Serra Angel
Stonecloaker
Stoneforge Mystic
Sun Titan
Sunblast Angel
Twilight Shepherd
World Queller
[/Creatures]
[Artifacts]
Akromas Memorial
Crucible of Worlds
Expedition Map
Gauntlet of Power
Mana Vault
Nevinyrrals Disk
Planar Portal
Scroll Rack
Senseis Divining Top
Sol Ring
[/Artifacts]
[Enchantments]
Aura of Silence
Land Tax
Luminarch Ascension
Oblivion Ring
Sacred Mesa
Story Circle
Worship
[/Enchantments]
[Equipment]
Lightning Greaves
Loxodon Warhammer
Skullclamp
Sword of Fire and Ice
Umezawas Jitte
[/Equipment]
[Planeswalkers]
Elspeth, Knight-Errant
Gideon Jura
[/Planeswalkers]
[Instants]
Condemn
Crib Swap
Enlightened Tutor
Path to Exile
Return to Dust
Swords to Plowshares
[/Instants]
[Sorceries]
Austere Command
Catastrophe
Hallowed Burial
Idyllic Tutor
Martial Coup
Mass Calcify
Revoke Existence
Rout
Saltblast
Wrath of God
[/Sorceries]
[Lands]
Arid Mesa
Boseiju, Who Shelters All
Dust Bowl
Eiganjo Castle
Emeria, the Sky Ruin
Ghost Quarter
Kjeldoran Outpost
Kor Haven
Marsh Flats
Miren, the Moaning Well
Mishras Factory
Mistveil Plains
Mystifying Maze
19 Plains
Strip Mine
Tectonic Edge
Temple of the False God
Thawing Glaciers
Vesuva
[/Lands]
[/cardlist]

This deck is designed for multiplayer. It makes itself look unassuming compared to the other decks on the table, wraths when needed (the deck has 9 wrath effects) and finally ends up casting big fatties angels and doing weird recursion or drawing a bunch of cards. It’s mono-white control stuffed with good stuff. It’s not the most aggressive deck in the world, but what it does do is survive. This is the one I played at the for-pay tables at the GP.


[cardlist title=Ashling the Pilgrim]
[General]
Ashling the Pilgrim
[/General]
[Creatures]
Akroma, Angel of Fury
Anarchist
Anger
Bogardan Hellkite
Dwarven Blastminer
Flameblast Dragon
Flamekin Harbinger
Hateflayer
Inferno Titan
Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
Steel Hellkite
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
Viashino Heretic
[/Creatures]
[Artifacts]
Basalt Monolith
Expedition Map
Gauntlet of Power
Mana Vault
Planar Portal
Scroll Rack
Senseis Divining Top
Sol Ring
Tower of Calamities
[/Artifacts]
[Enchantments]
Blood Moon
Braid of Fire
Mana Flare
Pyrohemia
[/Enchantments]
[Equipment]
Basilisk Collar
Lightning Greaves
Loxodon Warhammer
Magebane Armor
Sword of Fire and Ice
Umezawas Jitte
Whispersilk Cloak
[/Equipment]
[Planeswalkers]
Chandra Nalaar
Koth of the Hammer
[/Planeswalkers]
[Instants]
Comet Storm
Price of Progress
Reiterate
Reverberate
Shattering Pulse
Starstorm
Wild Ricochet
[/Instants]
[Sorceries]
Banefire
Decree of Annihilation
Demonfire
Fireball
Molten Disaster
Ruination
Wheel of Fate
[/Sorceries]
[Lands]
Boseiju, Who Shelters All
Dust Bowl
Madblind Mountain
Mercadian Bazaar
Miren, the Moaning Well
39 Mountain
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
Spinerock Knoll
Strip Mine
Tectonic Edge
Temple of the False God
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
[/Lands]
[/cardlist]

This is the fun deck. It goes boom and tries to Voltron someone to death with general damage. It is an absolute blast to play, though it’s not necessarily “good”.

I’d talk about individual matches and games, but meh. Who really wants to hear that? I just wanted to show off the EDH decks! I’m working on a full-power, hateful combo deck around [card Teysa, Orzhov Scion]Teysa[/card] next, and I might update with that if I feel like it.

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