Battle of Wits...in EDH

by purpleberry on 08 August 2012

Main Deck (99 cards)

Sideboard (1 card)

Creatures (1)

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Deck Description

Battle of Wits. In EDH. It works. Not very well, but it works. Yup. This deck uses very long, convoluted, mostly inoptimal, easily counterable combos all with the eventual goal of winning with battle of wits. What could possibly go wrong? I only have one counterspell because I like to live life on the edge, the same goes for the roughly 30ish permutations of infinite mana combos (although don't let that high number fool you, you probably won't pull any of them off in a real game) while having only 3ish things to DO with that infinite mana.

The way you get the extra cards into the game is with Spawnsire of Ulamog, using his 20 mana ability to get (just to be safe) 200 or so eldrazi from out of game, and then shuffle them into your library. Then you play BoW and Ta-dah! You just won in the best way possible.

Not sure if I should catagorize this as fun, combo-based, or EDH.

COMBOS:

Mana (and maybe life): crucible of worlds+grazing gladehart/lifegift+lotus cobra (optional)+stip mine/ghost quarter+fastbond

Mana: myr galvanizer+clone/phantasmal image/sakashima/any creature copier+2 or more mana from myr taps

Draw: Infinite mana+azure mage

Alt win cons: Bitter ordeal+main wincon-BoW=exile library

You could, y'know, just kill him with the HUNDREDS OF FUCKING ELDRAZI YOU JUST PLAYED

Brain Freeze+storming (requires a draw combo)=total mill

These are all just examples, I've been adding TONS of combos to here which tend to intermingle too, so let the record stand at there being many ways to get infinite of whatever you need. That said, any advice on making it perhaps not so shitty would be greatly appreciated. Proud as I am for having made a deck entirely designed around winning with BoW in EDH that can win, I would be far prouder to have a deck that actually might win.

One extra things that's cool about this deck: IF for some reason you manage to have an infinite mana combo that works at instant speed (there are very many of those)+azure mage or treasure trove+leyline of anticipation, you WILL win. Why? You can counter any spell. With your one counterspell, while whatever they're doing is on the stack, you can get infinite mana, draw your deck, play counterspell, or shuffle it into your deck and then draw and play it.

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  • Fun

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Not Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Battle of Wits...in EDH

i know this combo alreadh but thts besides the fact that its still pretty asesome THOUGH i do suggest getting the BoW out before you make ur deck huge with 1 BoW

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Posted 09 August 2012 at 03:38

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wat? I'm sorry, I didn't quite understand that last part.

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Posted 09 August 2012 at 03:58

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"The way you get the extra cards into the game is with Spawnsire of Ulamog, using his 20 mana ability to get (just to be safe) 200 or so eldrazi from out of game, and then shuffle them into your library. THEN YOU PLAY BoW and Ta-dah! You just won in the best way possible."

that last part confused me in the description but i think i get the idea xD add training grounds and heart stone so you can get infinant 0/1 eldrazi spawn

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Posted 11 August 2012 at 20:06

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Ooooh thanks. Yeah. pretty cool stuff.

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Posted 11 August 2012 at 20:18

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You have counterspell listed twice. Since you do, I would suggest you add another alternate win condition to your deck by dropping the second one for Laboratory Maniac.

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Posted 12 August 2012 at 16:12

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Oops, nice catch. Alright, I'll do that.

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Posted 12 August 2012 at 17:37

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Woah, that's... That's freakin' awesome! This is my favourite kind of deck, it uses bizarre tactics, and has the singular intention of enjoying yourself.

I'd seriously rather see this than the storm of Maga decks I see, it looks like something that'd come out of my kitchen group almost.

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Posted 12 August 2012 at 16:53

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I love this kind of thing too, although I do wish it actually had a chance against pretty much any legitimately constructed edh deck :( the only thing better than a ridiculous, creative combo is one that actually works.

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Posted 12 August 2012 at 17:57

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