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Davran
02-28-2014, 10:15 AM
Commander:
Sakashima the Impostor

Creatures:
Gilded Drake
Snapcaster Mage
Time Elemental
Trinket Mage
Vendilion Clique
Glen Elendra Archmage
Phyrexian Metamorph
Venser, Shaper Savant
Body Double
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
Consecrated Sphinx
Tidespout Tyrant

Instants:
High Tide
Mystical Tutor
Arcane Denial
Counterspell
Cyclonic Rift
Deprive
Negate
Blue Sun's Zenith
Capsize
Hinder
Spell Crumple
Cryptic Command
Fact or Fiction
Mindbreak Trap
Turnabout
Evacuation

Sorcery:
Curse of the Swine
Call to Mind
Fabricate
Rite of Replication
Bribery
Time Warp
Recurring Insight
Knowledge Exploitation

Artifact:
Expedition Map
Mana Vault
Sensei's Divining Top
Sol Ring
Wayfarer's Bauble
Mind Stone
Sky Diamond
Strionic Resonator
Coalition Relic
Crystal Shard
Oblivion Stone
Proteus Staff
Vedalken Shackles
Thran Dynamo
Gilded Lotus

Enchantment:
Mystic Remora
Propaganda
Rhystic Study
Thassa, God of the Sea
Control Magic
Future Sight
Treachery

Planeswalker:
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Tamiyo, the Moon Sage

Lands:
Academy Ruins
Faerie Conclave
29 Island
Maze of Ith
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
Mutavault
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Reliquary Tower
Riptide Laboratory
Strip Mine
Wasteland

I've been wanting to build a "competitive" deck for a while now, and mono-islands seemed like a good place to start. Sakashima is the commander because (s)he seemed less "scary" than the other potential options (Teferi, Clique, Venser). The game plan is pretty straight forward - counter stuff you care about, stick Tidespout Tyrant, and ride it to victory. Plan B is to copy/steal whatever gigantic thing your opponent has and kill them with it. Plan C involves High Tide, Turnabout, Blue Sun's Zenith, and a quick stop over in magical christmas land.

I have a Basalt Monolith, Rings of Brighthearth, and Power Artifact I could stick in here somewhere for stupid amounts of mana, I suppose. That would make Plan C a little less of a stretch, but whatever.

Notable Omissions:

Force of Will, Mana Drain, Misdirection: I don't currently own copies of these, and they're a little outside my current EDH budget.

Maybeboard:
Spelljack
Gather Specimens
Devastation Tide
Tromokratis
Inkwell Leviathan
Memnarch
Wash Out
Personal Tutor

Wish List:
Mana Drain
Force of Will
Misdirection
Twincast

Offler
03-05-2014, 03:18 AM
I like the combination of Sakashima + Gilded Drake. I would also recommend Sower of Temptation.

Previously I was thinking about deck with Barrin, Master wizard as a commander. It works with sower and drake in a manner "play creature, steal something, sacrifice it, bounce drake/sower of temptation".

Sakashima as commander offers another way of repeating this effect, same is true for any "Clone" creatures.