Return the Favor combos: Eye of the Storm, cast any instant or sorcery that can generate mana, triggering Eye, cast Return the Favor in response to the trigger. Eye exiles Return the Favor, which can copy the first eye trigger which casts both spells which can copy the first eye trigger again, and ...

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned or Shifting Grift or Return the Favor or Final Showdown ? Shifting Grift can provide an early swap for Zedruu the Greathearted , or work as a huge disruptor swapping six!? pieces around the board. Depending on your meta—and the utility of swapping lands/planeswalke...

I was intrigued by the card Alchemist's Gambit , since my friend built a Glacial Chasm deck. That led me to lean further into a "lose the game" version of the deck. Running Chance for Glory and Alchemist's Gambit encourages Angel's Grace , Stifle , Trickbind , and Discontinuity . All of wh...

There's also an infinite mana combo with Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse and Dockside Extortionist (I run both) if opponents have 5+ artifacts / enchantments and theres enough creatures for parallax wave to use its counters with. With All Will Be One , that's a 4 card combo w...

It's probably worth somebody compiling and posting about all the possible flash enablers. I'll start with all the ones I've seen people mention: Permanents Leyline of Anticipation * Vedalken Orrery * Tidal Barracuda * Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse ...

The counters matters package you propose is very cool (and will live rent free in my head for the foreseeable future). Dismantle is a card I have not really looked at before, but I kind of love it. Mentioned previously somewhere in this thread, Rise and Shine could replace March of the Machines to ...

I quite like Sonic Screwdriver . It's going to replace Venser, the Sojourner as the unlockable piece in the Coveted Jewel + March of the Machines + Mirrorweave combo, as I really don't use Venser, the Sojourner otherwise. I'm also struggling to keep Unbender Tine in the deck after cutting Kiki-Jiki,...

It being an instant makes it go infinite with Eye of the Storm pretty easily. I don't know yet if that is a good or a bad thing, as I think it's pretty much locked at a 4 card combo: Eye + Virtue + and instant or sorcery to get Eye's trigger on the stack + a spout that cares about triggering Eye an...

Virtue of Knowledge was just spoiled, and a very cheap way to pull off a 2x Mirror of Fate combo. Beside that, it behaves similarly to Strionic Resonator , but also copies activated abilities: e.g., flipping Azor's Gateway // Sanctum of the Sun (can it copy the land's mana ability?) or copying Mago...

Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist & Tana, the Bloodsower - this list used to be a Sekki, Season's Guide but I felt too constricted playing mono-g. This is my current darling, it revolves around the combat step trickery which is a new one for me. Like Zedruu, it doesn't revolve around the command z...

So are all your other decks more conventional compared to zedruu? I'm mainly asking because looking at your deck and making my own version and stuff was/is a super fun time deck building. Is there any mentality or generalized goal you keep to keep other decks also fresh? Also besides zedruu who are...

Stumbled upon this primer whilst looking for inspirstion to create a deck centered around trickery, redirection and control! Reading through this primer I've talked myself into trying out this new playstyle after a year playing magic only with an upgraded horrors precon....a lot to learn. Had to si...

Thanks for all the help guys, I do really appreciate it, and it has been of greate use. This is the list I came up with. I'm sure it could be improved, and tomorrow i'll playtest it with some friends. Anyway, what do you think about it? Is there some more trickery i could insert in place of some mo...

I would never suggest Sudden Substitution (an awsome card in general) to anyone playing things like Chance for Glory . You know, that is fair. Do you mind explaining why? I'm not sure I understand the combo. If you play Chance for Glory, then Sudden Substitution, you would give CfG to your opponent...

Looking into building zedruu but my issue is my meta is very high power (not cedh but def about as high as casual goes) . Will something like this be able to keep up in a reasonable way? Is there a more optimized way to do zedruu? I've been having trouble finding much that's not this thread. I'm do...

I was looking into Eye of the Storm rulings involving split-second. Multiple people have asked me if they can "protect" their Eye of the Storm spells by casting a split-second spell first (which would then resolve last). Unfortunately, I don't believe this works. 608.2g If an effect gives ...

When I originally put in angel's grace , it was with a package of "lose the game" cards ( Chance for Glory , Glorious End , Sudden Substitution , etc). But I never anticipated just how many combos it enables. It also does something very powerful, and unique: it allows comboing through puni...

For the record, I'm leaning towards a Stifle effect as the last piece. There is a surprising number of triggered abilities already native to this deck that could be worth stifling: bounceland bounce triggers, other people casting spells from Knowledge Pool / Possibility Storm / Eye of the Storm , t...

Kind of surprised I've never seen it mentioned, but has anybody tried out Zur's Weirding ? In my hunt for enchantments, it seems like a good "turn the game upside down" card. The actual synergy is that everyone else's wincon is probably clearer than mine: e.g., everybody knows to pay 2 li...

Kind of surprised I've never seen it mentioned, but has anybody tried out Zur's Weirding ? In my hunt for enchantments, it seems like a good "turn the game upside down" card. The actual synergy is that everyone else's wincon is probably clearer than mine: e.g., everybody knows to pay 2 lif...

So I've been working with Parallax Wave , which is probably the most unpopular idea I've had so far. The problem is that the best combos involve turning it into a creature, but Opalescence makes way too many 2-3-card combos. Enter Starfield of Nyx . It turns everything into 4+ card combos by requiri...

Cutting literally almost every creature and enchantment etb from the deck is too much of a cost personally. If I was to run any of the two, I would have the Opalescence cut (which coincidentally, did on my own a few days ago). Would you mind sharing your Phelddagrif list? I'm always looking for mor...

I haven't seen anyone discuss Parallax Wave or Parallax Tide . Anyone try these out? I've been looking for an alternative to Pandemonium , because it usually sits in my hand unless I have the rest of a combo, whereas Parallax Wave doubles as removal. With Opalescence , Parallax Wave can flicker itse...

My deck shifted away from crazy Eye of the Storm / Knowledge Pool / Possibility Storm / Barren Glory , because my meta hates it. My new package of stuff revolves around Chance for Glory . Chance for Glory already enables Arcbond indestructible combos. Additional pieces include Angel's Grace , Discon...

I'm unsure if this card has been discussed before, but I'd like to hear people's view on it. Contested War Zone , obviously the downside is a pretty brutal tempo hit. I've not tested the card, but I imagine (or at least, hope) it incentives your opponents to start attacking each other once one is t...