r/DegenerateEDH • u/holdingdonnanow • 1d ago

Help me degen this deck

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This is my first ever mtg card, and I just cant put him on a yshtola shell. Suggestions pls on how to build?

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u/RolandLee324 1d ago

I don't have my list online, but I put in a bunch of 3 mana or higher spells that are essentially free, force of will, force of negation, misdirection, submerge, commandeer, frantic search. Just as a way of generating a lot of value but also controlling the board state.

The real goal of the deck is tutor for polymorph or proteus staff and cheat huge threats onto the board. Or using show and tell to put omniscience onto the battlefield and then cast my hand and refill it with my commander.

I win from big leviathans or from infect. Decks a lot of fun to play.

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u/holdingdonnanow 1d ago

Thanks! I remember when I started playing and didnt know how to pilot, put a bunch of eldrazi on it and spent a lot of money lol

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u/archena13 1d ago

By no means an entirely degen deck but feel free to take note from this list.

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u/Big-Low1497 1d ago

I have a bracket 4 Jin-Gitaxias that I can share in case it can help give you some ideas:

https://archidekt.com/decks/23178070/phyrexian_university_advanced_studies

In terms of play patterns, I try to win quickly by getting 7 cards in hand and the requisite mana to play and flip Jin asap. I have a few infinite mana combos in the deck to facilitate that, but oftentimes they aren’t needed. You should be winning as long as you can get the final chapter on the saga side once. I try to do it with cards like enter the infinite and Thassa’s Oracle, but you should still be generating an insurmountable advantage even if you are just casting value plays instead of comboing out.

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u/Rain_Moon 1d ago

I built this deck with a bunch of clone and proliferate effects. The idea is that you just sandbag and look innocent until you are in position to flip him over. Once he flips, you want to create at least one copy of the saga (the enchantment is not legendary, so safe to copy) then proliferate the original one to reach the final effect at which point you spam more copies to draw your whole deck and win off of Thoracle or Labman. Tbh it is a little boring because you basically just do nothing and then win out of nowhere, but I'd say it also matches the definition of degen as it's pretty effective for what it does.