<h6 style="text-align: right;">(<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Tenth Doctor" href="#" target="_blank">The Tenth Doctor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art By <a href="https://www.luisapreissler.de/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Luisa J. Preissler</a>| <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rose Tyler" href="#" target="_blank">Rose Tyler</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://www.luisapreissler.de/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Luisa J. Preissler</a>| <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Millennium Calendar" href="#" target="_blank">The Millennium Calendar</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://boros-szikszai.com/landing_2/boros/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zoltan Boros</a>)</h6>
<p>Hey friends. It's Beth, Queen of Cardboard here, with the Precon Upgrade Guide for the <em>Universes Beyond: Doctor Who</em> deck, <em>Timey-Wimey</em>. If you haven't yet had the chance to play this deck, or play against it, get ready for one of the most technically complicated preconstructed decks in <em>Magic: the Gathering</em>.</p>
<p>The deck focuses on time and the adding and removing of time counters. Prior to this release, this particular counter didn't see a lot of use in the game, and when used, was often overlooked. Going through upgrading this deck, I was surprised by the amount of cards in the Universes Within that deal with time counters.</p>
<p>Let's get into it.</p>
<h2>Time. What is it Good For?</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Tenth Doctor"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Rose Tyler"></div></div>
<p>It would be easy to say that the deck flourishes because of how well synergized <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Tenth Doctor" href="#" target="_blank">The Tenth Doctor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rose Tyler" href="#" target="_blank">Rose Tyler</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> are together. He gives you more time counters, she gets bigger. Swing in for lethal commander damage, game over. While this is still the main way the deck will operate, it takes a true master of time to control how to use the time counters to cast the exact spell at the correct time.</p>
<p>This deck can be super fun; it can also be a huge headache. When choosing what to add, I focused purely on cards that would be useful in the deck <em>and</em> had time counters on them in one way or another. Cards with Suspend and Vanishing were my primary focus.</p>
<p>Pulling from newer sets, this deck feels incredibly complete with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gandalf of the Secret Fire" href="#" target="_blank">Gandalf of the Secret Fire</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> from the <em>Tales of Middle-earth</em> holiday release, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Millennium Calendar" href="#" target="_blank">The Millennium Calendar</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> from <em>The Lost Caverns of Ixalan</em>. Gandalf's ability creates a delayed Rebound-effect on instant and sorcery spells cast from your hand during your opponents' turns, giving them Suspend and adding three time counters. While this isn't an ability I would normally build around, it's a big win in this list.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Gandalf of the Secret Fire"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Millennium Calendar"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Lotus Bloom"></div></div>
<p>The amount of time counters you're able to put on cards really inspired me to put in the alternate win condition The Millennium Calendar. While it technically doesn't say "You win the game," I hope draining your opponents for 1,000 life is game-ending. Notably, because it's life loss instead of damage, and it doesn't target, it gets around some protection effects, like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The One Ring" href="#" target="_blank">The One Ring</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<p>And adding to the ramp package, I included <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lotus Bloom" href="#" target="_blank">Lotus Bloom</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mox Tantalite" href="#" target="_blank">Mox Tantalite</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<h2>Timecrafting</h2>
<p>In addition to the cards already in the deck, I wanted more ways to add or remove counters as needed. Filling this need is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Jhoira&#039;s Timebug" href="#" target="_blank">Jhoira&#039;s Timebug</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Timecrafting" href="#" target="_blank">Timecrafting</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dust of Moments" href="#" target="_blank">Dust of Moments</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. A little out-of-pocket tech is using <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Delay" href="#" target="_blank">Delay</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> to counter a spell of yours that an opponent has attempted to counter. Instead of the card going to the graveyard, you'll be able to get it later as a Suspended card.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Timecrafting"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Jhoira&#039;s Timebug"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Dust of Moments"></div></div>
<p>Notably missing from this list is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Jhoira of the Ghitu" href="#" target="_blank">Jhoira of the Ghitu</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and it's totally one you can add in if you want to be able to exile cards from your hand and Suspend them on the board. But I kept in the more thematic card, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Face of Boe" href="#" target="_blank">The Face of Boe</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, which fills this slot and is able to put most of the cards in the deck on the board this way.</p>
<p>Check out all the cards added to the deck below.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Timey-Wimey Cards Added" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Artifacts]
*1 Infinite Hourglass
*1 Lotus Bloom
*1 Mox Tantalite
*1 The Millennium Calendar
[/Artifacts]
[Creatures]
*1 Aeon Chronicler
*1 Chronozoa
*1 Gandalf of the Secret Fire
*1 Jhoira&#039;s Timebug
*1 Lavacore Elemental
[/Creatures]
[Instants]
*1 Delay
*1 Dust of Moments
*1 Timecrafting
[/Instants]
[Sorceries]
*1 Chronomantic Escape
*1 Wheel of Fate
[/Sorceries]"></span></div>


<h2>Lost to Time</h2>
<p>Removing cards from a deck, especially one as synergistic as the Doctor Who decks, is always difficult. In these Upgrade Guides, I try to add cards that synergize with what the commander is telling me the deck wants to do. This meant cards that didn't add time counters or remove them had to go.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Wedding Ring"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Jenny, Generated Anomaly"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Adipose Offspring"></div></div>
<p>The hardest cut was <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Wedding Ring" href="#" target="_blank">Wedding Ring</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, as this is one of my favorite cards to play in white and I'm constantly looking for more to add to decks. I was so happy it got a reprint, but in this case it had to go, because you'll already be digging through your deck with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Tenth Doctor" href="#" target="_blank">The Tenth Doctor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. I also dropped <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Jenny, Generated Anomaly" href="#" target="_blank">Jenny, Generated Anomaly</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, even though I personally believe Explore is a busted mechanic.</p>
<p>When I first played against this deck, I mistakenly thought that a Saga lore counters were time counters as well, which would have been great for the deck. But since they're not, they're out of here. And <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Adipose Offspring" href="#" target="_blank">Adipose Offspring</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, although cute, doesn't help our deck do anything with time counters.</p>
<p>Check out all the deck cuts I made below.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Timey-Wimey Cards Removed" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Enchantments]
*1 Grasp of Fate
*1 The Day of the Doctor
*1 The Eleventh Hour
*1 The Girl in the Fireplace
[/Enchantments]
[Creatures]
*1 Adipose Offspring
*1 Donna Noble
*1 Jenny, Generated Anomaly
*1 Martha Jones
*1 The Ninth Doctor
[/Creatures]
[Artifacts]
*1 Psychic Paper
*1 RMS Titanic
*1 TARDIS
*1 Wedding Ring
[/Artifacts]
[Sorceries]
*1 Coward // Killer
[/Sorceries]"></span></div>


<h2>Clockspinning</h2>
<p>With these changes, the deck really spins time. And while you have great supporting cards, I still believe that Rose Tyler is the true star of this show. With being able to get time counters extremely reliably, it's not going to take very many turns for her to get out of control, and I foresee you swinging in for five to nine commander damage on turn three or four with no problems.</p>
<p>Check out the entire deck list below:</p>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Timey-Wimey Precon Upgrade Deck" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Rose Tyler
*1 The Tenth Doctor
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Aeon Chronicler
*1 Amy Pond
*1 Astrid Peth
*1 Atraxi Warden
*1 Chronozoa
*1 Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
*1 Flesh Duplicate
*1 Gandalf of the Secret Fire
*1 Idris, Soul of the TARDIS
*1 Jhoira&#039;s Timebug
*1 Judoon Enforcers
*1 Kate Stewart
*1 Lavacore Elemental
*1 Rory Williams
*1 Sally Sparrow
*1 Sibylline Soothsayer
*1 Star Whale
*1 The Eleventh Doctor
*1 The Face of Boe
*1 The War Doctor
*1 Time Beetle
*1 Wilfred Mott
[/Creatures]
[Sorceries]
*1 All of History, All at Once
*1 Chronomantic Escape
*1 Ecstatic Beauty
*1 Everything Comes to Dust
*1 Farewell
*1 Fractured Identity
*1 Inspiring Refrain
*1 Nanogene Conversion
*1 The Wedding of River Song
*1 Wheel of Fate
*1 Wibbly-wobbly, Timey-wimey
[/Sorceries]
[Artifacts]
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Infinite Hourglass
*1 Lightning Greaves
*1 Lotus Bloom
*1 Mind Stone
*1 Mox Tantalite
*1 Rotating Fireplace
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Sonic Screwdriver
*1 Talisman of Conviction
*1 Talisman of Creativity
*1 The Millennium Calendar
*1 The Moment
*1 The Pandorica
*1 Thought Vessel
[/Artifacts]
[Enchantments]
*1 As Foretold
*1 Crack in Time
*1 Four Knocks
*1 Out of Time
*1 Regenerations Restored
*1 The Parting of the Ways
[/Enchantments]
[Instants]
*1 Clockspinning
*1 Delay
*1 Dust of Moments
*1 Everybody Lives!
*1 Gallifrey Falls // No More
*1 Run for Your Life
*1 Timecrafting
[/Instants]
[Lands]
*1 Command Tower
*1 Deserted Beach
*1 Evolving Wilds
*1 Exotic Orchard
*1 Fiery Islet
*1 Frostboil Snarl
*1 Furycalm Snarl
*1 Glacial Fortress
*1 Irrigated Farmland
*3 Island
*3 Mountain
*1 Myriad Landscape
*1 Mystic Monastery
*1 Ominous Cemetery
*1 Path of Ancestry
*3 Plains
*1 Port Town
*1 Prairie Stream
*1 Rogue&#039;s Passage
*1 Skycloud Expanse
*1 Stormcarved Coast
*1 Sunbaked Canyon
*1 Sundown Pass
*1 Temple of Enlightenment
*1 Temple of Epiphany
*1 Temple of Triumph
*1 Temple of the False God
*1 Thespian&#039;s Stage
*1 Thriving Bluff
*1 Trenzalore Clocktower
*1 War Room
[/Lands]"></span></div>


<h2>In Conclusion</h2>
<p>This deck is my least favorite to play against out of the four Doctor Who precons because it can become very difficult to keep up with everything going on on the board. With the changes I've made, it's going to continue to spit out Suspended cards and time counters, and it takes an experienced pilot to cast spells and not cast spells at the correct time. Bringing in cards from other sets that also deal with Vanishing and Suspend will give you even more to pay attention to; I, for one, tremble to see this guy in action.</p>
<p>Let me know what changes you made to the <em>Timey-Wimey</em> deck and what's your favorite deck from Doctor Who in the comments.</p>
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Precon Upgrade Guide- Timey-Wimey

<h6 style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">(<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Indominus Rex, Alpha" href="#" target="_blank">Indominus Rex, Alpha</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by</span> <a href="https://www.artstation.com/soulsurvivor"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Miro Petrov</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></h6>
<h1><span style="font-weight: 400;">Keyword: Reanimator</span></h1>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Have you ever made a Commander bucket list? Welcome to </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Achievement Unlocked</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, where we take a look at the cool and unique things you can do in this format other than just winning.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reanimation is one of <em>Magic</em>'s most powerful strategies. From reanimating <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Griselbrand" href="#" target="_blank">Griselbrand</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> to more recently reanimating <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Archon of Cruelty" href="#" target="_blank">Archon of Cruelty</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Constructed formats have often had this deck either as an integral part of their metagame or at least lingering on the fringes of playability.</span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Griselbrand"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Archon of Cruelty"></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Commander, however, provides a unique challenge to the archetype. Often one bomb creature will not be enough to take down three opponents. For that reason, reanimation decks have never really piqued my interest. However, that all changed when I saw a certain dino in one of <em>Magic</em>'s newest releases.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Indominus Rex, Alpha" href="#" target="_blank">Indominus Rex, Alpha</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> does a few things I really love. First, it's an enabler for the deck while also being a somewhat formidable threat in itself. It also draws cards to help us find the spells to take advantage of the creatures we dump into the graveyard. Finally, it's in the most important colors for the archetype and gives us access to the full Sultai suite of cards. Let's take a look at what reanimation can look like in Commander.</span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Indominus Rex, Alpha"></div></div>
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Life Finds a Way</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What makes Indominus unique? For one, we want our reanimation targets to have keywords. Some of the top cards that appear in decks so far are <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Venomthrope" href="#" target="_blank">Venomthrope</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> (87%) and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Nighthawk Scavenger" href="#" target="_blank">Nighthawk Scavenger</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> (79%). I can see the vision with these cards as they have a lot of keywords. However, if our primary strategy focuses on reanimation rather than finishing the game with our commander, then we want some creatures that pack a bigger punch when being reanimated. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Triplicate Titan" href="#" target="_blank">Triplicate Titan</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> has many of the same keywords but is formidable enough on its own to present a threat.</span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Venomthrope"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Nighthawk Scavenger"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Triplicate Titan"></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To better find cards that fit this strategy, I looked to EDHREC's filters. In this case, only six decks are showing as as a reanimator theme, which is not a big enough sample size to have confidence in the data. That didn't discourage me, though. Instead, I filtered for all decks that include a key card to the strategy that I want to make work. 641 decks include the card <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Living Death" href="#" target="_blank">Living Death</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> which is one of if not the best win condition in our deck. This gives us way more data to work with, so let's break it down.</span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Living Death"></div></div>
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">You Didn't Ask for Reality; You Asked for More Teeth</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What creatures best fit this strategy? 93% of these decks are on the right path with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Scavenged Brawler" href="#" target="_blank">Scavenged Brawler</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. This is a threat that can stabilize your board and push through damage. Importantly, it has FOUR keywords and even has an ability from the graveyard if you don't have the spells to recur it. It doesn't look like the traditional reanimator threat, but it plays into exactly what our deck wants to do. It's important to note that we're looking to play a grindy game and reanimate multiple threats. For that reason, it's an extra plus to have creatures that aren't embarrassing if we have to cast from our hand, and they'll never rot in our hand unable to cast them. This playstyle is very different to reanimator in other formats, but it gives us the flexibility to play the long game and not run out of gas too quickly.</span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Scavenged Brawler"></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Elder Gargaroth" href="#" target="_blank">Elder Gargaroth</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> fulfills a similar role as a creature that can really fit in any green Commander deck, but it excels here, especially with the keywords it grants. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Wurmcoil Engine" href="#" target="_blank">Wurmcoil Engine</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> plays in a similar space as a midrange threat with keywords that isn't a problem to cast.</span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Elder Gargaroth"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Wurmcoil Engine"></div></div>
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tying the Room Together</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This commander costs just five mana, but with the colored-pips required to cast it it's important that we set up our mana in this deck and even ramp out our commander early if possible. Luckily, we're in green, so we can rely on the tried-and-true green land ramp. In general I prefer the two-mana spells, such as <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Farseek" href="#" target="_blank">Farseek</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Nature&#039;s Lore" href="#" target="_blank">Nature&#039;s Lore</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, but when you have a five-mana commander with such color-intensive mana costs, I think <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cultivate" href="#" target="_blank">Cultivate</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Harrow" href="#" target="_blank">Harrow</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can fit in this deck as well. </span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Farseek"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Nature&#039;s Lore"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Harrow"></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mana dorks can be underwhelming in Commander, but there are a few great options here. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Leyline Prowler" href="#" target="_blank">Leyline Prowler</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Birds of Paradise" href="#" target="_blank">Birds of Paradise</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> are both mana dorks that can also contribute to our commander's keywords once they would otherwise be less useful late in the game.</span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Leyline Prowler"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Birds of Paradise"></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reanimation spells are plentiful, and the best bang for our buck is cards that can reanimate two creatures at once, like the aforementioned <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Living Death" href="#" target="_blank">Living Death</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Reanimate" href="#" target="_blank">Reanimate</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is good, but in this deck I think <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Victimize" href="#" target="_blank">Victimize</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is even better. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rise of the Dark Realms" href="#" target="_blank">Rise of the Dark Realms</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> will end the game in almost any situation, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Virtue of Persistence" href="#" target="_blank">Virtue of Persistence</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> gives us early game removal that doubles as repeated reanimation later in the game.</span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Victimize"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Rise of the Dark Realms"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Virtue of Persistence"></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One of my favorite parts of Commander deckbuilding are finding hidden gems that excel specifically with what our deck is trying to do, but wouldn't see play in the average deck. One standout here is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Archfiend of Ifnir" href="#" target="_blank">Archfiend of Ifnir</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. This plays naturally into our reanimation plan by putting itself in the graveyard if we need, but when set up correctly this card can become an asymmetrical board wipe. Similarly, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Shadow of the Grave" href="#" target="_blank">Shadow of the Grave</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can leverage our commander for even more card draw and can combine with blink effects such as <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ghostly Flicker" href="#" target="_blank">Ghostly Flicker</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> to help us stick even more cards in our graveyard.</span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Archfiend of Ifnir"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Shadow of the Grave"></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This commander also plays in a space that recently the game has been exploring more in the keywords-matter theme. Because of the density of creatures we are running with keywords, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Selective Adaptation" href="#" target="_blank">Selective Adaptation</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can serve as an alternate win condition and another way to cheat out multiple creatures. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Majestic Myriarch" href="#" target="_blank">Majestic Myriarch</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> also packs significantly more punch when combined with all these other creatures. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Soulflayer" href="#" target="_blank">Soulflayer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a little counterintuitive as it exiles cards from our graveyard, but I feel it is efficient enough that we can leverage it as an additional way to get a big hitter for cheap.</span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Selective Adaptation"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Majestic Myriarch"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Soulflayer"></div></div>
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Winning the Game</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The main gameplan here is to reanimate many creatures at once, but there are a few creatures here that can win the game on their own. The best part is that they are also full of keywords for our commander. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Craterhoof Behemoth" href="#" target="_blank">Craterhoof Behemoth</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is maybe a cheat here, but it does have haste, so I don't feel too bad stating the obvious that it is a potential win condition here. However, with even more keywords and a much lower pricetag, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="End-Raze Forerunners" href="#" target="_blank">End-Raze Forerunners</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> does a pretty solid impression.</span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Craterhoof Behemoth"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="End-Raze Forerunners"></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's important not to count out commander damage either, although it's not the deck's main gameplan. This commander can quickly turn into a clock for our opponents especially when double strike is paired with some sport of evasion and even haste. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Luxior, Giada&#039;s Gift" href="#" target="_blank">Luxior, Giada&#039;s Gift</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> makes this line of play even more aggressive and deadly. The best part of this commander is that it's an enabler that our opponents can't just ignore once it is in play. If they do kill it, we can recast it to refuel and go again.</span></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Luxior, Giada&#039;s Gift"></div></div>
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Conclusion</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This deck was a lot of fun to think about and build. Have you built reanimator in Commander? Who was your commander and how did you adapt your gameplan to a multiplayer environment? Let me know in the comments below!</span></p>
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<p>[Commander]</p>
<p>*1 Indominus Rex, Alpha</p>
<p>[/Commander]</p>
<p>[Creatures]</p>
<p>*1 Questing Beast</p>
<p>*1 Nightveil Predator</p>
<p>*1 End-Raze Forerunners</p>
<p>*1 Mirri the Cursed</p>
<p>*1 Rhonas the Indomitable</p>
<p>*1 Scavenged Brawler</p>
<p>*1 Elder Gargaroth</p>
<p>*1 Kefnet the Mindful</p>
<p>*1 Leyline Prowler</p>
<p>*1 Birds of Paradise</p>
<p>*1 Glissa Sunslayer</p>
<p>*1 Soulflayer</p>
<p>*1 Majestic Myriarch</p>
<p>*1 Triplicate Titan</p>
<p>*1 Carnage Tyrant</p>
<p>*1 Nullpriset of Oblivion</p>
<p>*1 Archfiend of Ifnir</p>
<p>*1 Stonehoof Chieftain</p>
<p>*1 Spark Double</p>
<p>*1 Likeness Looter</p>
<p>*1 Wurmcoil Engine</p>
<p>*1 Titan of Industry</p>
<p>*1 Slippery Bogbonder</p>
<p>*1 Ornithopter of Paradise</p>
<p>*1 Tyrranax Rex</p>
<p>*1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir</p>
<p>*1 Topiary Stomper</p>
<p>*1 Silumgar, the Drifting Death</p>
<p>[/Creatures]</p>
<p>[Instants]</p>
<p>*1 Harrow</p>
<p>*1 Beast Within</p>
<p>*1 Assassin's Trophy</p>
<p>*1 Cyclonic Rift</p>
<p>*1 Heroic Intervention</p>
<p>*1 Shadow of the Grave</p>
<p>*1 Fierce Guardianship</p>
<p>*1 An Offer You Can't Refuse</p>
<p>*1 Swan Song</p>
<p>*1 Malakir Rebirth</p>
<p>*1 Ghostly Flicker</p>
<p>*1 Pongify</p>
<p>*1 Rapid Hybridization</p>
<p>[/Instants]</p>
<p>[Enchantments]</p>
<p>*1 Animate Dead</p>
<p>*1 Virtue of Persistence</p>
<p>[/Enchantments]</p>
<p>[Artifacts]</p>
<p>*1 Sol Ring</p>
<p>*1 Arcane Signet</p>
<p>*1 The Ozilith</p>
<p>*1 Luxior, Giada's Gift</p>
<p>[/Artifacts]</p>
<p>[Sorceries]</p>
<p>*1 Farseek</p>
<p>*1 Nature's Lore</p>
<p>*1 Three Visits</p>
<p>*1 Rampant Growth</p>
<p>*1 Cultivate</p>
<p>*1 Kodama's Reach</p>
<p>*1 Victimize</p>
<p>*1 Toxic Deluge</p>
<p>*1 Rise of the Dark Realms</p>
<p>*1 Selective Adaptation</p>
<p>*1 Demonic Tutor</p>
<p>*1 Damnation</p>
<p>*1 Living Death</p>
<p>*1 Persist</p>
<p>*1 Reanimate</p>
<p>*1 Mythos of Brokkos</p>
<p>[/Sorceries]</p>
<p>[Lands]</p>
<p>*1 Command Tower</p>
<p>*1 Zagoth Triome</p>
<p>*1 Overgrown Tomb</p>
<p>*1 Watery Grave</p>
<p>*1 Breeding Pool</p>
<p>*1 Undergrowth Stadium</p>
<p>*1 Rejuvenating Springs</p>
<p>*1 Morphic Pool</p>
<p>*1 Verdant Catacombs</p>
<p>*1 Misty Rainforest</p>
<p>*1 Polluted Delta</p>
<p>*1 Exotic Orchard</p>
<p>*1 Dreamroot Cascade</p>
<p>*1 Deathcap Glade</p>
<p>*1 Shipwreck Marsh</p>
<p>*1 Myriad Landscape</p>
<p>*1 Yavimaya Coast</p>
<p>*1 Llanowar Wastes</p>
<p>*1 Underground River</p>
<p>*7 Forests</p>
<p>*5 Islands</p>
<p>*5 Swamps</p>
<p>[/Lands]</p>
<p>[/Deck]</p>

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<h6 style="text-align: right;">(<a href="https://scryfall.com/card/aer/131/oath-of-ajani">Oath of Ajani</a> | Art by <a href="https://scryfall.com/search?q=a%3A%E2%80%9CWesley+Burt%E2%80%9D&amp;unique=art">Wesley Burt</a>)</h6>
<h1>Clear Eyes and Great Hearts Can Still Lose: The Selesnya Story</h1>
<p>The question of planeswalkers as commanders has been brought up in <em>Magic</em> discourse an infinite number of times. People say it would kill EDH as a format, and others say it will do nothing but give more options to a perpetually endless pool of commanders. I believe the truth is somewhere in the middle. My name is Nick, and the eleventh installment of <em>Myth Realized</em> will cover Selesnya (white, green) cards and how they would each ruin (or not ruin) your favorite 100-card Singleton format.</p>
<p>If you've stuck around with me until this article, you know what cards to look for in this color combination. If not, check out the articles I did in <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/myth-realized-what-if-any-planeswalker-could-be-your-commander/">white</a> and <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/myth-realized-what-if-any-planeswalker-could-be-your-commander-green/">green</a> to see the cards I've previously shouted out in these colors.</p>
<h2><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ajani, Mentor of Heroes" href="#" target="_blank">Ajani, Mentor of Heroes</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> <strong>- 3GW</strong></h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ajani, Mentor of Heroes"></div></div>
<p>This is one of the physically most difficult-to-read cards of all time. It's a bit unique to that extent as well, and it might be on a small list of planeswalkers where you're more often only ever going up in loyalty. At five mana, many might think that it's too expensive, but you want to be established anyway before this card hits the board, and sometimes that's a benefit when the card is tucked away in your command zone.</p>
<p>Three +1/+1 counters across one, two, or three creatures aren't too shabby of an ability, and these are the best colors to benefit from counters of most kinds. Filtering through your top four cards for an Aura, creature, or planeswalker lets you diversify your deck to lean heavier into one of those types. The only thing about this card that's relatively lackluster is the ability to gain 100 life. When I first saw this card, I figured it was unbeatable. How do you kill someone at 100+ life? There are quite a few answers in the commander format that do this for you and hopefully, the other players still alive in the game. The other way is to win the game yourself. There are 29 cards, according to Scryfall, that allow their controller to <a href="https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&amp;order=name&amp;q=%28oracle%3Ayou+oracle%3Awin+oracle%3Athe+oracle%3Agame%29+%28game%3Apaper%29">win the game</a>.</p>
<p>Now, some of these are much better than others, and you aren't guaranteed to win with any of these before the Ajani player uses that 100 life to kill you with something like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Aetherflux Reservoir" href="#" target="_blank">Aetherflux Reservoir</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, but more often than not the -8 on this card is to be ignored. This will not demonize itself when it shows up across the table from you, and it's not oppressive, but similar to many cards in the last article, it's a solid Selesnya planeswalker.</p>
<h2><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ajani, Sleeper Agent" href="#" target="_blank">Ajani, Sleeper Agent</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> <strong>- 1G(G/2 life/W)</strong></h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ajani, Sleeper Agent"></div></div>
<p>Two articles in a row featuring a Compleated planeswalker! This Ajani is either hitting the board on turn four with four loyalty or turn three with two loyalty, and you having two less life. To me, this version of everyone's favorite cat dad is "what if they made <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ajani, Mentor of Heroes" href="#" target="_blank">Ajani, Mentor of Heroes</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in 2023". We see a +1 filtering ability, but we only check the top card, and we get the counter distribution from its previous iteration and the addition of vigilance but on a -3. The craziest part of this card is an emblem that gives you an alternate way to win the game. This card lets you poison your opponents out of the game as another path to victory. This sleeper agent wants you to wake up to the rolling creature storm about to hit the table.</p>
<p>While five planeswalkers after this ultimate might be a struggle, five creatures in a color combination known for ramp and cheap mana value could kill one player immediately after activation. Cards that give players poison counters are sadly more concentrated in black, and they are few and far between, but there are many ways to turbo out a table if you manage to get this card's emblem. Reliance on a planeswalker's ultimate as your main win condition isn't the most reliant way to win, but it's an interesting one. There is a world where something could break this card if specific cards supporting planeswalkers get pushed in future sets, but at the moment, this would be fine as a commander sitting across the table.</p>
<h2><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ajani, the Greathearted" href="#" target="_blank">Ajani, the Greathearted</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> <strong>- 2GW</strong></h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ajani, the Greathearted"></div></div>
<p>Possibly the most synergistic planeswalkers for any color combination. It puts counters on creatures, helps your mana dorks by giving vigilance, adds counters to planeswalkers, and has a fair mana cost. Selesnya colors are found in five of the top ten <a href="https://edhrec.com/themes/p1-p1-counters">+1/+1-themed top commanders</a>. It also synergizes with far too many commanders across the entire GW and GWx color combinations. Now, this card isn't going to beat tables by itself. It alone does nothing other than gain you three life with its +1 ability. But there are infinite pieces that can be put around it to piece a cohesive victory together.</p>
<p>The Greathearted Ajani is going to be a card that will do everything you want a card in your deck to do, but at the same time in the 99 could be a dead draw when you're in top deck mode. It's not broken, but it's not worth leaving unsleeved when building your deck. As a commander, this would open up more build-around opportunities when you always have access to this card when you need/want it.</p>
<h2><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ajani Unyielding" href="#" target="_blank">Ajani Unyielding</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> <strong>- 4GW</strong></h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ajani Unyielding"></div></div>
<p><a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/myth-realized-what-if-any-planeswalker-could-be-your-commander-red/">In my article discussing mono-red</a>, I emphasized how many walkers were just slight variations of a previous version of the same character. Well, that wasn't unique to the red section of the color pie. This card is unyielding in its similarities to all previously discussed cards. We have card filtering on an uptick, counter distribution on a downtick, and a random third ability thrown in for a splash of uniqueness. At six mana, this card pumps up all the numbers around the abilities on the card. The +2 gets us the possibility of three cards as long as they're nonland permanents.</p>
<p>The unique ability of this Ajani is a -2 version of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Swords to Plowshares" href="#" target="_blank">Swords to Plowshares</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. The counter distribution of this card is at win-the-game levels compared to other versions. Five +1/+1 counters to ALL your creatures and five loyalty counters to ALL your other planeswalkers is huge if you can get to it. This will let you ultimate multiple planeswalkers, and with some evasion added to those creatures, there aren't many tables that can withstand what you'll have in front of you. The biggest knock against this card is that it's slower. It has a high mana cost, a big loyalty number to get to this card's ultimate, and a second ability with a minus attached. Big and splashy but not big, splashy, and dangerous.</p>
<h2><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ajani, Valiant Protector" href="#" target="_blank">Ajani, Valiant Protector</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> <strong>- 4GW</strong></h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ajani, Valiant Protector"></div></div>
<p>Right in the middle, we get this article's annual planeswalker-deck planeswalker. At face value, this card doesn't look as bad as it secretly is. Six mana and only four starting loyalty is not great, to begin with. We can add +1/+1 counters again, but we cannot split them on a wide board. We also get card filtering, which is guaranteed to hit a card that goes to our hand, but this time, it can only be a creature. A -11 ultimate is impossible to hit without any additional cards to help you. The worst part about this card is that even by taking off eleven loyalty counters, you still aren't going to win the game. All the counters have to go on one creature, and it gives counters based on your life total, which this card doesn't interact with in any way. This makes it a bit worse for wear. All of its abilities synergize with creatures to a degree, but the biggest pump this card gives is tied to your life total, coming from a card that is not hitting the board till mid-game at best and not doing anything after it hits till much later.</p>
<h2><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Calix, Destiny&#039;s Hand" href="#" target="_blank">Calix, Destiny&#039;s Hand</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> <strong>- 2GW</strong></h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Calix, Destiny&#039;s Hand"></div></div>
<p>When we get a new character on this list, we also get a planeswalker that interacts with a card type we have not seen from Selesnya so far: enchantments. This card is strong; it does many things very well, and I've personally lost many games to it. That being said, this isn't a card that will ever be as good for enchantment strategies as any creature that's earned the short-hand "Enchantress creature" moniker. Outside of some specific outliers like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Zur, Eternal Schemer" href="#" target="_blank">Zur, Eternal Schemer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Daxos the Returned" href="#" target="_blank">Daxos the Returned</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tatsunari, Toad Rider" href="#" target="_blank">Tatsunari, Toad Rider</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, the top commanders for enchantment strategies usually do two things: Draw cards or get more mana. This card doesn't do either by itself, and depending on what enchantment you find off the +1, it might not do it at all.</p>
<p>What this card <em>can</em> do is protect itself and, more importantly, protect you from creatures and enchantments in your opponent's control, even if they get rid of Calix. The best thing this card does, without question, is a true blue "win the game" ultimate on the spot at best or "gain overwhelming value" at worst. It's -7 to get the same effect as <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Replenish" href="#" target="_blank">Replenish</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, one of the best cards for enchantment decks. If you've ever been at a table where someone resolved this ultimate or a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Replenish" href="#" target="_blank">Replenish</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, the game is most likely over for all the other players. The four mana value and the disability to draw cards/make mana by itself makes this card unlikely to be put in the command zone over the likes of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sythis, Harvest&#039;s Hand" href="#" target="_blank">Sythis, Harvest&#039;s Hand</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, or even the creature version of this character <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Calix, Guided by Fate" href="#" target="_blank">Calix, Guided by Fate</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<h2><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Huatli, Radiant Champion" href="#" target="_blank">Huatli, Radiant Champion</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> <strong>- 2GW</strong></h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Huatli, Radiant Champion"></div></div>
<p>Another planeswalker that wants you to have both creatures and planeswalkers to get its full potential. Luckily, the Selesnya color combination is very good at making tokens, and the planeswalkers within this color are part of why they are so good. This is a planeswalker that can ultimately do so with frightening speed. A few mana dorks and small creatures can get you to the -8 needed for this card to have an emblem in as little as one turn, and this is without something like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Doubling Season" href="#" target="_blank">Doubling Season</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. And this is an ultimate you want to get to.</p>
<p>The -1 on this card is, for the most part as good as blank text, but even with low starting loyalty at three, you could very easily tick down when this first comes in and not be worried too much about losing it since your uptick could net you three to five loyalty in most decks the next turn. This could be run in the command zone similar to <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ajani, Sleeper Agent" href="#" target="_blank">Ajani, Sleeper Agent</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, where you "win the game" with its ultimate. Still, this can also provide overwhelming value even if you can't close out the game immediately. A sneaky planeswalker that can catch people by surprise.</p>
<h2><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Huatli, the Sun&#039;s Heart" href="#" target="_blank">Huatli, the Sun&#039;s Heart</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> <strong>- 2(G/W)</strong></h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Huatli, the Sun&#039;s Heart"></div></div>
<p>It's a bit of a lackluster way to end the article with this planeswalker. From a set everyone is all too familiar with, <em>War of the Spark</em>, we see a planeswalker with a static ability, a downtick and nothing more. This card will never be more than part of the 99 in the likes of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Doran, the Siege Tower" href="#" target="_blank">Doran, the Siege Tower</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Arcades, the Strategist" href="#" target="_blank">Arcades, the Strategist</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. The static on this card is something those decks often need to function at full capacity, and you'll gain a big chunk of like every time you get to -3 this card, but you only have two activations without help. This card will lead a deck if you want to do Selesnya walls, but other than that, I don't predict seeing it outside of the 99 of the other decks.</p>
<h1><strong>Wrap Up</strong></h1>
<p>So far, this has been the least colorful of all the color combinations. Selesnya is not a "flashy" color combination, but what it does, it does well. In the case of the planeswalkers spending four mana to put counters on your creatures, sometimes getting card selection, and maybe winning the game is what it does. I also don't think any planeswalker on here has any chance of being banned with a rule change making them all legal as a commander. Ajani and Huatli have strong ultimates on some of their planeswalkers, but they are not strong on their own, and sometimes, when you're looking for your commander or the card that wins the game, you need it to be able to go it alone without relying as much on other cards.</p>
<p>What this color combination does have going for it maybe above all else, is the single planeswalker that I would rate as bad, and it's one from a planeswalker deck product, so that's not necessarily a surprise. Selesnya seems to thrive on four-mana curves and creature synergies and not much else. If anything, this might provide proof that after going through all the single-color and half of the dual-color planeswalkers, stability might be achievable on the horizon. In my next article, we have the color combination synonymous with death and taxes, Orzhov. With ten planeswalkers split into only two characters, we should end up getting more variety than seen here.</p>


Myth Realized - What if Any Planeswalker Could Be Your Commander? (Selesnya)

Wombo Combo - Mono-Black Edition

Singleton Shmingleton - Fling

<h6 style="text-align: right;">(<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Fourth Doctor" href="#" target="_blank">The Fourth Doctor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://www.artstation.com/auden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Auden Nash</a> | <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sarah Jane Smith" href="#" target="_blank">Sarah Jane Smith</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art By <a href="https://fajareka.artstation.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fajareka Setiawan</a> | <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gallifrey Stands" href="#" target="_blank">Gallifrey Stands</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://linktr.ee/alexgering" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexander Gering</a>)</h6>
<p>Hey everyone! Beth, Queen of Cardboard here with the Precon Upgrade Guide for <em>Blast From the Past</em> from <em>Universes Beyond: Doctor Who</em>.</p>
<p>With these guides, I normally try to figure out what the original commander wants the deck to do and make the deck as synergistic as possible. But this one's a little different for a couple of reasons. First, the cards in the set are super synergistic already, with each card fitting a theme and going incredibly well in the deck already; for the most part, these decks do what you want them to do. The other reason this deck is different is because, as they currently stand, none of these precons account for the alternate win condition printed in this deck, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gallifrey Stands" href="#" target="_blank">Gallifrey Stands</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. This win condition requires you to have 13 Doctors on the field at the beginning of your upkeep.</p>
<p>It's currently impossible to put all 13 Doctor cards from the set in one deck with any of the commanders released in this universe, because of color identity rules. But, technically speaking, you don't need to have 13 <em>different</em> Doctors. While there is talk of a Secret Lair or the possibility of more Doctor Who cards released in the future, as of the time of writing, we're going to need to use a few tricks to get 13 Doctors on the board at one time.</p>
<p>Let's get into it.</p>
<h2>An Almost Perfect Pairing</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Fourth Doctor"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Sarah Jane Smith"></div></div>
<p>Since we aren't sticking with our normal theme, I tried out a couple of different commander pairings. But ultimately I stuck with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Fourth Doctor" href="#" target="_blank">The Fourth Doctor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sarah Jane Smith" href="#" target="_blank">Sarah Jane Smith</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, because this color pairing allows for the most Doctors currently printed to be in the deck (10), and also because I didn't want to stray too far from the original deck. If we did that, it's no longer an upgrade guide, it's just a deck build.</p>
<p>Additionally, because this deck was already focused on historic spells and was full of spells that were perfect for legends, which our Doctors all are. At the end of the day, I added 20 cards to the deck.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Blast From The Past Cards Added" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Instants]
*1 Everybody Lives!
*1 Teferi&#039;s Protection
[/Instants]
[Sorceries]
*1 Nanogene Conversion
*1 Quantum Misalignment
[/Sorceries]
[Creatures]
*1 Auton Soldier
*1 Clara Oswald
*1 Clever Impersonator
*1 Gandalf the White
*1 Phyrexian Metamorph
*1 Raff Capashen, Ship&#039;s Mage
*1 Realmwalker
*1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
*1 Sakashima the Impostor
*1 Sally Sparrow
*1 Spark Double
*1 The Eleventh Doctor
*1 The Thirteenth Doctor
[/Creatures]
[Enchantments]
*1 Flowering of the White Tree
*1 The Eleventh Hour
[/Enchantments]
[Artifacts]
*1 Relic of Legends
[/Artifacts]"></span></div>


<h2>Is This World Protected?</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Gallifrey Stands"></div></div>
<p>When trying to win via an alternate win condition like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gallifrey Stands" href="#" target="_blank">Gallifrey Stands</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, there's a lot that can go wrong. With this is mind, it's likely that you'll win more via combat than you will with this card; that's just realistic. But there's no reason not to protect your board state. So I've included fan-favorite <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Teferi&#039;s Protection" href="#" target="_blank">Teferi&#039;s Protection</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> as a generic failsafe for your board state, as well as <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Flowering of the White Tree" href="#" target="_blank">Flowering of the White Tree</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Everybody Lives!" href="#" target="_blank">Everybody Lives!</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, in an attempt to keep your board the way that you want it.</p>
<p>The most difficult piece of Gallifrey Stands is that it triggers at the beginning of your upkeep and is a permanent, not an instant that you can cast whenever you wish. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Raff Capashen, Ship&#039;s Mage" href="#" target="_blank">Raff Capashen, Ship&#039;s Mage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gandalf the White" href="#" target="_blank">Gandalf the White</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> allow you to cast historic spells (Raff) or legendary and artifact spells (Gandalf) as if they had flash. This is where you hold Gallifrey Stands until you really need it and cast it right when you can be assured a win. If you don't have Raff, and you've managed to keep the enchantment on the board for a turn around the table, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sally Sparrow" href="#" target="_blank">Sally Sparrow</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> will allow you to cast the Doctors you need to win before your upkeep.</p>
<h2>The 13 Doctors</h2>
<p>As I mentioned, you can't actually fit all 13 Doctors printed in this set into the deck due to color identity issues. Only two of the Doctors not already included in this deck could be added, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Eleventh Doctor" href="#" target="_blank">The Eleventh Doctor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Thirteenth Doctor" href="#" target="_blank">The Thirteenth Doctor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. I also mentioned that the deck doesn't have to have 13 different Doctors, it just has to have 13 "Doctors," so I've included a copy and clone package to help you get there.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Sakashima the Impostor"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Quantum Misalignment"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Spark Double"></div></div>
<p>In the Precon Primers, I mentioned that these decks break some of the fundamental rules of <em>Magic</em>, including the legendary rule. Our clone army will become Doctors for the purpose of Gallifrey Stands. To help you reach the goal, I've also included <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Clara Oswald" href="#" target="_blank">Clara Oswald</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> to double trigger your Doctors, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Realmwalker" href="#" target="_blank">Realmwalker</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> to predict what's coming, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Relic of Legends" href="#" target="_blank">Relic of Legends</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> to utilize your legendary creatures for ramp, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Eleventh Hour" href="#" target="_blank">The Eleventh Hour</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> for a one-time Doctor tutor.</p>
<h2>Crisis of Conscience</h2>
<p>Cuts in any deck are always hard, and this one was no different. I even cut my favorite card in the set, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Displaced Dinosaurs" href="#" target="_blank">Displaced Dinosaurs</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, from this deck. The easiest cuts were the majority of the Sagas and the Saga supporters, like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Barbara Wright" href="#" target="_blank">Barbara Wright</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ian Chesterton" href="#" target="_blank">Ian Chesterton</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Displaced Dinosaurs"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ian Chesterton"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Susan Foreman"></div></div>
<p>The rest of the cuts revolved around combat, which the deck is no longer necessarily trying to do. I also removed the mana dork <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Susan Foreman" href="#" target="_blank">Susan Foreman</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, because this card is really only a consideration when playing Planeschase.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Blast From The Past Cards Removed" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Creatures]
*1 Ace, Fearless Rebel
*1 Alistair, the Brigadier
*1 Barbara Wright
*1 Displaced Dinosaurs
*1 Ian Chesterton
*1 Jamie McCrimmon
*1 Jo Grant
*1 Leela, Sevateem Warrior
*1 Susan Foreman
*1 Vrestin, Menoptra Leader
[/Creatures]
[Enchantments]
*1 Day of Destiny
*1 The Caves of Androzani
*1 The Curse of Fenric
*1 The Night of the Doctor
*1 The Sea Devils
*1 The War Games
*1 Trial of a Time Lord
[/Enchantments]
[Artifacts]
*1 Ace&#039;s Baseball Bat
*1 Five Hundred Year Diary
*1 Hero&#039;s Blade
[/Artifacts]"></span></div>


<h2>What Remains</h2>
<p>This deck has a lot of great spells that feel perfect for what we want to do. Some all stars include <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Twice Upon a Time" href="#" target="_blank">Twice Upon a Time</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Five Doctors" href="#" target="_blank">The Five Doctors</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Time Lord Regeneration" href="#" target="_blank">Time Lord Regeneration</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. While the goal of this deck isn't combat-based, it's always a good idea to use it as a backup, so I kept <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bessie, the Doctor&#039;s Roadster" href="#" target="_blank">Bessie, the Doctor&#039;s Roadster</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sonic Screwdriver" href="#" target="_blank">Sonic Screwdriver</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> to ensure that you can hit your opponents when you want to with unblockable damage.</p>
<p>In addition to thematic cards, this deck had sufficient ramp and removal, so I barely needed to touch this package at all.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Blast From The Past Precon Upgrade Guide" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Sarah Jane Smith
*1 The Fourth Doctor
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Adric, Mathematical Genius
*1 Auton Soldier
*1 Clara Oswald
*1 Clever Impersonator
*1 Duggan, Private Detective
*1 Gandalf the White
*1 K-9, Mark I
*1 Nyssa of Traken
*1 Peri Brown
*1 Phyrexian Metamorph
*1 Raff Capashen, Ship&#039;s Mage
*1 Realmwalker
*1 Romana II
*1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
*1 Sakashima the Impostor
*1 Sally Sparrow
*1 Sergeant John Benton
*1 Spark Double
*1 Tegan Jovanka
*1 The Eighth Doctor
*1 The Eleventh Doctor
*1 The Fifth Doctor
*1 The First Doctor
*1 The Second Doctor
*1 The Seventh Doctor
*1 The Sixth Doctor
*1 The Third Doctor
*1 The Thirteenth Doctor
[/Creatures]
[Enchantments]
*1 An Unearthly Child
*1 Banish to Another Universe
*1 City of Death
*1 Flowering of the White Tree
*1 Gallifrey Stands
*1 The Eleventh Hour
[/Enchantments]
[Artifacts]
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Bessie, the Doctor&#039;s Roadster
*1 Heroes&#039; Podium
*1 Mind Stone
*1 Relic of Legends
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Sonic Screwdriver
*1 TARDIS
*1 Talisman of Progress
*1 Talisman of Unity
*1 Thought Vessel
[/Artifacts]
[Sorceries]
*1 Crisis of Conscience
*1 Explore
*1 Nanogene Conversion
*1 Quantum Misalignment
*1 The Five Doctors
*1 Three Visits
*1 Time Wipe
*1 Traverse Eternity
*1 Twice Upon a Time // Unlikely Meeting
[/Sorceries]
[Instants]
*1 Everybody Lives!
*1 Heroic Intervention
*1 Path to Exile
*1 Return to Dust
*1 Reverse the Polarity
*1 Swords to Plowshares
*1 Teferi&#039;s Protection
*1 Time Lord Regeneration
[/Instants]
[Lands]
*1 Ash Barrens
*1 Canopy Vista
*1 Celestial Colonnade
*1 Command Tower
*1 Deserted Beach
*1 Dreamroot Cascade
*1 Exotic Orchard
*3 Forest
*1 Fortified Village
*1 Gallifrey Council Chamber
*1 Glacial Fortress
*1 Horizon Canopy
*1 Irrigated Farmland
*2 Island
*1 Overgrown Farmland
*1 Path of Ancestry
*2 Plains
*1 Port Town
*1 Prairie Stream
*1 Scattered Groves
*1 Seaside Citadel
*1 Skycloud Expanse
*1 Sungrass Prairie
*1 Temple of Enlightenment
*1 Temple of Mystery
*1 Temple of Plenty
*1 Thriving Grove
*1 Thriving Heath
*1 Thriving Isle
*1 Trenzalore Clocktower
*1 Vineglimmer Snarl
*1 Waterlogged Grove
[/Lands]"></span></div>


<h2>In Conclusion</h2>
<p>While it might be difficult to pilot this deck to a Gallifrey Stands win, it does include some pretty powerful legends that can be a hassle for your opponents, and it's not afraid to swing in for combat damage when necessary. If there are more Doctors printed or a five-color commander you prefer, you can easily replace the clones with the other three Doctors not included in this deck to go for the win. I'm really happy with this deck and it felt truly on brand when I was done with it.</p>
<p>Let me know in the comments what decks you built around Gallifrey Stands or how you upgraded <em>Blast From the Past</em>!</p>
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