I'M BACK + Maelstrom Wanderer EDH Deck Tech

Hey Ladies and Gents!



I am back in the saddle here in Grand Rapids and looking forward to bringing you more EDH/Commander goodness in the weeks to come now that my summer job is over so expect to see a lot more of me soon! Also I will be picking back up with the EDH staples and Card of the Week! I might also consider doing a set review for Return to Ravnica but we shall see how my time pans out...



Now on the the Wanderer!

Sexy...

So there is a story behind this deck and why I wanted to make him my general. One night I was hanging out with my good friends Alec and Michael. We have played Magic together before and even talked about making EDH decks for the two of them but it had just never worked itself out. That night we were in the mood and went out and bought three of the new Planchase decks (which are sweet I might add) As I looked through the selection of decks one of my friends quickly grabbed the ninja deck and the other snagged up the GW Aura deck he had played with once before. This left the 5 color cascade deck and the GR Aggro deck. Obviously I was drawn to the Cascade deck. That night I played with the deck and found it so much fun to just flip cards off the top not really knowing what I would get but knowing that it was probably gonna be sweet.

Long story short the game went on for quite some time and I ended up with a 7 card library of Enigma Sphinx which kept on getting shuffled in and 6 basic land cards. It was one of the most memorable games I have ever played yet the entire time all I was thinking about was how I could make the deck better and EDH-ify it. This led to me discovering the Maelstrom Wanderer was in fact legendary.

I may have cried.

The deck focuses on ramping mana very quickly, drawing tons of cards, and manipulating the top of your library until you can cast your big, splashy cascade cards and big bombs. I have yet to find a deck I absolutely love to pilot as much as this deck. So without further ado the cards.

General:

1 Maelstrom Wanderer

Artifacts:
1 Birthing Pod
1 Coalition Relic
1 Crystal Ball

1 Crystal Shard
1 Expedition Map
1 Lightning Greaves


Creatures:
1 Aeon Chronicler
1 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Brooding Saurian
1 Coiling Oracle

1 Deadeye Navigator
1 Djinn of Wishes
1 Eternal Witness
1 Etherium-Horn Sorcerer
1 Garruk’s Horde
1 Inferno Titan

1 Izzet Chronarch
1 Jushi Apprentice

1 Magus of the Future
1 Manaplasm
1 Oracle of Mul Daya

1 Palinchron
1 Peregrine Drake
1 Phyrexian Ingester
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Primeval Titan
1 Seedborn Muse
1 Shardless Agent
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1 Trygon Predator
1 Whirlpool Warrior
1 Yavimaya Elder

 Enchantments:
1 Druids' Repository
1 Honden of Seeing Winds
1 Leyline of Anticipation
1 Rites of Flourishing
1 Warstorm Surge

 Instants:
1 Beast Within
1 Spell Crumple

1 Violent Outburst


Lands:
1 Alchemist’s Refuge
1 Command Tower
1 Copperline Gorge

1 Desolate Lighthouse
1 Evolving Wilds
7 Forest
1 Gruul Turf
1 Hinterland Harbor
7 Island

1 Izzet Boilerworks
1 Kessig Wolf Run
1 Misty Rainforest

1 Mosswort Bridge

5 Mountain
1 Raging Ravine
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Rootbound Crag
1 Simic Growth Chamber
1 Sulfur Falls
1 Temple of the False God

1 Verdant Catacombs


Legendary Creatures:
1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
1 Intet, the Dreamer

 Planeswalkers:
1 Garruk Wildspeaker

1 Jace Beleren

1 Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded

Sorceries:
1 Bonfire of the Damned

1 Boundless Realms
1 Cultivate
1 Decimate
1 Devastation Tide

1 Disaster Radius
1 Explosive Vegetation

1 Genesis Wave
1 Kodama’s Reach
1 Mass Mutiny
1 Mind’s Desire
1 Past in Flames
1 Praetor's Counsel
1 Rite of Replication

1 Time Warp

So that is the list. It is pretty cheap to make and very fun to run. Now the emphasis is FUN. For those of you that are crying out "where is the Mimic Vat" or "Lurking Predators would be sweet in this deck" I ask you this: do you ever really have fun using those cards? No they are combo cards that just lead to quicker kills and shorter less enjoyable games. Note that the deck is not completely finished at this point but it is specifically built to have a couple of infinite combos ( Deadeye Navigator + either Izzet Chronarch/Palinchron/Peregrine Drake for infinite mana or turns) to punish the douches of the world while still being a fun deck when I find players who really enjoy the game for what it is: a casual game type that promotes interacting with friends and making connections while watching sweet things happen.



If people like the deck I can go into more detail but or now I think I will leave the deck tech as is. One of my favorite parts of the deck is just playing with it and slowly discovering new things about it. I hope this inspires you to make your own RUG deck or use my deck to great success!



Monday I will be covering a brew I am working on with Omnath, Locus of Mana as the general!



And remember a deck is only as good as the gentleman playing it!