Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://www.moxfield.com/decks/R_83Q4nuj0GV-LzOFVy6uQ. I kept the deck's CMC < 8 to ensure every cascade hits. RUG (Temur). I see your deck while browsing Moxfield, interesting conception, dont u think about trying [[Lurking Predators]] in it? Privacy statement | I just don't want to invest in more Temur cards without knowing what I'm getting myself into. Here is my list. That can be a pretty powerful jedi mind trick to opponents who dont know what were trying to do. I feel I don't really have to explain this one, since most of you know what it does, but I will anyways. Attention! 11/10/2020. As such, dont feel bad about using Sylvan Library to full effect, drawing three cards a turn. What scenario are you playing jokulhaups in? Garruk Wildspeaker - Helps untap lands to cast more spells, provides blockers, and, if needed, can make Maelstrom Wanderer stronger with trample to hit even harder. At MTGGoldfish, we value your privacy. Food Chain: The majority of the ramp in this deck is creature based to synergize with Food Chain. Share. Just need that one artifact gone? How competitive is Maelstrom Wanderer? I play in a semi competitive meta. Frh am Dom. Spell-wise, we of course run the best 2 mana ramp spells in Farseek, Natures Lore, Three Visits, and Skyshroud Claim. After playing around with Surrak, I eventually got my hands on a Maelstrom Wanderer and switch out my commander because who doesn't love casting spells for free? my fault for not including that, Multiplayer. The Maelstrom Wanderer is my personal favorite commander and he fits my preferred playstyle as well, so I wanted to do him justice. Exiling Palinchron for 1U and returning it to play allows to you tap your lands for mana, Palichron then untaps them, allowing you blink it again.etc. Privacy statement | I played him for a year and a half and never could beat tier one decks without a solid fuck up on thier part or really good luck. Youre not trying to make yourself impenetrable, youre just trying to gum up the works while ramping yourself. the Maelstrom deck generates immense value but cant close out the game and now we have a situation where they can drop bomb-after-bomb. However, the amount of free wins you can gain off this card is ridiculous and should not be discounted for just that reason. Other people can view your private deck by using this url, Seems there are no cards in the Acquireboard. Mid Game: Tutors and removal. Does it generate a lot of hate? lol. And though in my heart I consider myself a G/B player, I am not above recognizing a powerful general wherever it may be, so my EDH lists are pretty varied. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Hopefully putting this primer out there will get some discussion going, and we can find the ultimate list for this build. Karn Liberated - Used to take out problem permanents and disrupt hands. All original content on this page is 2012-2023 MTGGoldfish, Inc. and may not be used or reproduced without consent. I simple dont see it as geared towards a cEDH meta. [[Vannifar]] has an infinite win line with maelstrom out and can get it from any creature on the battlefield. It all depends on how the deck is built. Privacy statement | Keen Sense - This is a relatively new addition to the deck, but I added it since A) it does go infinite with Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind and B) I like drawing cards. Wizards of the Coast, Magic: The Gathering, and their logos are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC. Goal of the deck is to cast general as fast as possible, and win at the spot with a few good cascades or trying to resolve food chain combo, or dockside + sabertooth combo for infinite mana and overcasting all spells in the library with your commander. Again, were not running black or white; were not going to be hitting your Avacyn with Swords to Plowshares or giving anything -X/-Xso we need to dip into artifacts to find our answers. Nissa, Vastwood Seer - Putting her down and fetching a forest is nice. Articles and comments are user-submitted and do not represent official endorsements of this site. Sidisi, Brood Tyrant: Sidisi can arguably do what we do, only better; the reason for this is strictly due to the addition of black to her mana cost. This looks like a cEDH deck. You may NOT enjoy playing Combo Wanderer if you: Actually enjoy the chaos brand of EDHLike winning with Commander damage or combat damage in generalWant to win the game on turn 2. Misthollow Griffin The Maelstrom Wanderer is my personal favorite commander and he fits my preferred playstyle as well, so I wanted to do him justice. The most important distinction, for our build of Wanderer however, is this: Were not actually trying to cast Wanderer! You now have RRRUUUGGGGGGGGGG (16 mana) in pool.Cast Wanderer for RUGGGGGGGGGG. Pathbreaker Ibex The goal is to cast your commander ASAP. Help | I played with this deck for a long time until I finally was at my LGS in Houston, when I came across a competitive player and immediately wanted to finely tune my deck to become more competitive, and that is when I came to you. Our second combo functions in much the same way: the typical Deadeye Navigator + Palinchron infinite mana loop. Magic the Gathering, FNM is TM and copyright Wizards of the Coast, Inc, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All rights reserved. By Fukushima Hirok. This will also lead to a fair number of oops, I win scenarios, but can also be led into with any of the numerous three drops. The odd ones out here though is Sensei's Divining Top, which is used to help manipulate what I will be cascading into and Crucible of Worlds, which I use to recover from wipes and to abuse Strip Mine. I dislike this combo the most, as it dies hard to a lot of pillowfort strategies and instant-speed removal. Commander Showdown is a series that compares and contrast two similar commanders, analyzes differences in strategy and deck construction, and evaluates how those differences are represented by the data here on EDHREC. Contact | Thanks. Cast Dualcaster, copying epiphany to create a token of Dualcaster. Complete Comment Tutorial! Ever wondered why Channel was banned? Xenagos, the Reveler - Xenagos comes with a bit of built in protection, plus he helps ramp, which is great when your commander is an eight drop. Birds of Paradise - A 1 drop mana dork is nice, and while it is a one of, it never fails to help me win. This site 2023 TappedOut.net, LLC We've updated our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. And most of the time worse for your opponents than straight counterspells. This also means you can re-use certain cards if necessary - if theyre destroyed, countered, etc. Discord Server | Magic the Gathering, FNM is TM and copyright Wizards of the Coast, Inc, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All rights reserved. Unfortunately, Maelstrom has to play a good amount of ramp to ensure an early cast. We do this by utilizing the fair amount of destruction the deck packs with cards like Rec Sage, Hull Breach, Stomp and Howl, or Ancient Grudge - as well as counterspells. Articles and comments are user-submitted and do not represent official endorsements of this site. Azusa, Lost but Seeking - as I said on Exploration, I really like playing additional lands, and when that throws me several turns ahead of my opponents, I won't turn it down. There is very little, if any fast combo, and I still dont believe that Wanderer can defeat something like a highly tuned Gitrog deck, or Ad Naus Sidisi, without actively mulliganing to countermagic. Infinite tokens. This card is a bomb. Best case, I counter a spell. Sort by: Overview, Color, Cost, Rarity. Terms of Use | Warstorm Surge - Due to the prevalence of pesky creatures, I added this in so that my creatures can damage/kill my opponents' creatures simply by entering the battlefield. Boom//Bust - This is used to help destroy everyone's lands so that I can slam down my Wanderer and beat everyone to death while they are recovering from the destruction Will eventually be replaced with Wildfire, Cultivate/Kodama's Reach/Explosive Vegetation - These are just generally great ramp cards that help me not miss land drops as well. [Maelstrom Wanderer]] deck that has a much higher win rate (in the 90%+ range).but because the deck only looks scary when it comes online, it garners less attention than Jhoira which always looks scary. Primal Command - This is another tutor used to get whichever creature I need, plus it doubles up as removal for pesky non-creature permanents and stopping me from decking myself. Deck List, He was definitely better with partials but tier 2 sounds about right. Copied to clipboard. Double cascade.Sac Wanderer for GGGGGGGGG. Rarity (main - side) 14 - 0 Mythic Rares. Will eventually be replaced with Mystical Tutor. People who thought I was ramping to hit Wanderer as fast as possible were shocked when I hit their combos with Spell Pierces and Force of Wills, cards that are traditionally terrible in this deck. It was frustrating to be like every other Wanderer deck out there; it was frustrating to know that my opponents could destroy something like a Grim Monolith, and set me back from any meaningful game plan for several turns. Press J to jump to the feed. Same with any other aggressive creatures, such as Avenger of Zendikar; there is no secondary plan of winning through big cascades and attacking. Manipulate Fate can tutor for Misthollow Griffin/Eternal Scourge, but nothing else. Krosan Grip - a near uncounterable Naturalize is always nice, especially against cards that can win your opponents the game. Treasonous Ogre - Life for mana? Press J to jump to the feed. Tap Kiki to make a copy of Conscripts and go off. You certainly CAN, if you have nothing else to do or want to get in some combat damage.but were not going to be cascading into anything dumb. MW gives you two cards right away, and Animar has protection from the two best removal colors and can kill a player as early as T3. This has to be one of the best cards for the deck in the last year or two. Help | The Artifacts: As you can see, the artifacts aren't a large chunk of the deck, and are mostly just the standard ramp package. How have we optimized one of our own personal edh decks? Articles and comments are user-submitted and do not represent official endorsements of this site. Help | Edit #1: Updated the list to what I have as of 23-06-2016. Yidris rewards you for playing multiple spells in a turn, obviously from hand, and can quickly steamroll your opponents if given the chance to connect via combat damage. Yidris greatest asset is the addition of black in the commander cost; if Maelstrom Wanderer was exactly the same but had black in his cost, I truly believe this deck would be unstoppable. The additional haste it grants can let a player swing with not only Maelstrom Wanderer the turn its cast but also any . Copied to clipboard. Wanderer doesnt care about combat damage, and in fact doesnt even really care about casting your commander at all unless it wins the game that turn. I certainly CAN recover from losing a tutored-for card, but its a huge liability and often not worth it. Duplicant is a bit expensive, but again, synergizes with Food Chain, gets rid of Eldrazi like a champ, and works well with the other creature-based strategies in the deck. All it does it make me a target. Additionally, our land/artifact ramp comes into play untapped and ready to go, giving us greater ramping abilities, whereas mana dorks require a turn before theyre online. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. 54 - 3 Rares. Current testing has dropped me to the minimum of Force of Will and Mana Drain (with the added bonus of ramping to Wanderer), but ultimately I think the correct number is somewhere around 4-6 counterspells. Gamble can and will make you discard the card youre looking for. Does it do what it's supposed to and able to keep it's engine going? So thats where I currently am. Combo Wanderer has two immediate weaknesses that come to mind: Fast combo/control: Zur, ANT Sidisi, Yisan, Tasigurthese decks can pretty much ignore what were doing as they either develop their own board, or just combo off without caring. Either way, I'm happy. I wasnt going to beat Prossh to Food Chain; I wasnt going to keep Zur off the field; I wasnt faster at ramping than Sidisi. This is why, for instance, Enigma Sphinx saw a fair amount of usage at first, followed in time by Etherium-Horn Sorcerer and Maelstrom Wanderer, the latter of which quickly vaulted in demand. So being able to selectively thin your deck is pretty powerful. As such, we're letting you know that we've updated our Privacy Policy to reflect the new rule set forth by the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If I am getting cocky, I may use his +2, but that rarely happens. Check out the full decklist here:https://bit.ly/3a65Fh7 Looking to support me and have awesome merch?Click here: https://teespring.com . Terms of Use | Discord Server | fine jewelry collections; crash course statistics. He allows me to drop my opponents' life totals down so that if I have to kill them by brute force, I can. Maelstrom Wanderer is a unique creature because its base power and toughness aren't the only big things on it. Maelstrom Wanderer (Commander / EDH MTG Deck) This collection is out of date, you may click here to see the latest version Maelstrom Wanderer Commander / EDH* RUG (Temur) JarlBigJohnson Acidic Slime 1x 1x Apex Devastator 1x 1x Avenger of Zendikar 1x 1x Balefire Dragon 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 5,044 reviews #108 of 1,699 Restaurants in Cologne $$ - $$$ German Bar European. Other people can view your private deck by using this url, Seems there are no cards in the Acquireboard. Jace, the Mind Sculptor - Brainstorm. Also, he's listed as Tier 2 on the EDH Tier List, but there's no list explaining his competitiveness. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Commander / EDH* Warstorm Surge on the other hand, will deal more damage overall, but is also more fragile and tends to draw a lot of hate (for obvious reasons). Attention! In RUG colors you don't have much tutor options for Food Chain. There you go. It is mainly based on the Splinter Twin combo, but it has many different combos in it. If you are basically running "goodstuff" wanderer, then probably not well. Were also not super concerned with our life total; because were not running black, we dont run any self-harm effects such as Necropotence, Phyrexian Arena, etc; no life payments for us to drop our own life totals precipitously. Review. I play exclusively EDH now, with the occasional delve into Legacy if the event feels right. For these reasons Im always on the lookout for better tutors, in particular cards that can search out Food Chain, among other cards. Early Game: Yes, were still going to ramp. Comments. Cast stuff for free. Sidisi is fast and resilient, but has one glaring weakness: its reliance on the graveyard. Not only does it have a respectable body that will stop a fair amount of creatures from coming your way, its also 100% expendable past its ETB ability, which, if youre not hip on reading, will dig you six cards deep into your library if you need it to. 7) Dualcaster Mage + Sublime Epiphany: Infinite card draw for any player. Finds Duplicant, Witness, mana elves, Archmage, Kiki-Jiki, Rec Sage, Oozeplus any of a dozen others you could test out. RUG generally speaking does not have the best tutors in the game, but what we do have, we can use in very creative ways to get what we need. Maelstrom Wanderer - Ramp (EDH) Commander / EDH Casual Infinite Combo Multiplayer RUG (Temur) mirari85 Upvote 0 Copy Sorcery (25) 1x Bala Ged Recovery Flip 1x Blasphemous Act 1x Bribery 1x Chain Reaction 1x Cultivate 1x Devastation Tide 1x Eldritch Evolution 1x Far Wanderings 1x Farseek 1x Flood of Tears 1x Foresight 1x Gamble 1x Jokulhaups The only way were going to win is by digging for combo pieces and creative use of tutors. 10/10, would run again.Defense of the Heart: In a truly competitive environment, this can ALMOST be considered a waste of mana, since your opponents will either never have more than 1 creatures (their commander) in play, or will destroy it before it triggers. Essentially I use Maelstrom as a finisher rather than the focus. Magic the Gathering, FNM is TM and copyright Wizards of the Coast, Inc, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All rights reserved. Pretty sure competitive RUG rankings go Animar>MW>Riku>Others. A well-timed Tormods Crypt, Leyline, or even a Bojuka Bog will stop the entire deck from not only functioning but removing all possible win conditions at the same time. RUG (Temur). Save. After you have infinite mana, you can do stuff such as bouncing entire boards or taking infinite turns. 13 - 0 Uncommons. Future updates to my list may include ways to gift creatures to opponents with cards such as Forbidden Orchard, to maximize my ability to just go Oops, I win.Birthing Pod: An easy way to find any of the 4+ creatures you can combo off with, this will also directly just win you the game with Glen Elendra Archmage: Sacrifice the four-drop Archmage to find Zealous Conscripts; Archmage will persist back into play. Sac Farhaven Elf for RRRR.Cast Wanderer (from lands only), double cascade. Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder: Yidris is also a Maelstrom general, and hes even a combo general, but his focus is much more on storm than anything else. The goal is to cast your commander ASAP. This combo works by exiling the Griffin or Scourge to Food Chain for X+1 colored mana; you use X of that mana to re-cast from exile the Griffin/Scourge, netting a single mana. 50 - 0 Rares. I put in all the usual cards youll see in every other Wanderer deck; Avenger of Zendikar; Rite of Replication; Jokulhaups, Apocalypse,all the other mass destruction spellsand of course dragons, because why not? Deceiver Exarch - A redundancy for the Splinter Twin combo, he can also help generate a lot of mana if we have Gaea's Cradle on the field. You can now import it in the MTG Arena client. I have no issues with budget, and i'm looking for a list to take to the edh events at GP Atlanta. For this reason, your initial mulligan is very important: generally speaking, you dont need to mull into rampyoure going to find it, it will happen, dont worry. Gilded Drake: One of the more undervalued answers in blue, if you want my opinion. One of the strengths of Combo Wanderer is its ability to sit quietly, unassuming, stopping any majorly annoying plans from seeing fruition until you can pull the trigger on one of your own combos. Infinite mana of all colors; notably, not just limited to creatures like Food Chains mana is. Once we have infinite mana, we can then cast Maelstrom Wanderer an infinite amount of times, cascading through our entire library. Nature's Claim - Used for disruption since there a lot of artifacts in my meta. I eventually plan on adding more like Temporal Mastery, Temporal Manipulation and the like, but for now, this is what I have to work with. If you are a resident of California, you have the right under the CCPA to opt out of the sale of personal information to third parties. 1x Maelstrom Wanderer; 1x Orzhov Advokist; 1x Portal Mage; Instant (2) 1x Illusionist's Gambit; 1x Volt Charge; Land (11) . This card, while it does give your opponent a choice in the matter, can make things very difficult for them, since it causes them to choose which cards you want, and most cards in the deck are highly synergistic.
