Eric Etrata?

Commander / EDH UB (Dimir)

Tippycat

Creature (29)

• 1x Agent of Treachery
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Armory Automaton
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Canoptek Scarab Swarm
• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Dimir Infiltrator
• 1x Displacer Kitten
• 1x Ertai Resurrected
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Identity Thief
• 1x Mari, the Killing Quill
• 1x Meneldor, Swift Savior
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Nephalia Smuggler
• 1x Ramses, Assassin Lord
• 1x Ravenloft Adventurer
• 1x Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
• 1x Shield Broker
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
• 1x Tribute Mage
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Urza, Lord High Artificer

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Kaito, Dancing Shadow

Land (38)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Homeward Path
• 13x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Artifact (10)

• 1x Aether Vial
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Blade of Selves
• 1x Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Mirror Box
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Damnation
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Rite of Replication

Commander (1)

Instant (13)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Blur
• 1x Clutch of the Undercity
• 1x Essence Flux
• 1x Geistwave
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Planar Incision
• 1x Siren's Ruse
• 1x Slip Out the Back
• 1x Teferi's Time Twist
• 1x Unsummon

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Candlekeep Sage
• 1x Heartless Summoning
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rhystic Study

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Maybeboard

Artifact (1)

• 1x Vorpal Sword

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Vraska, Scheming Gorgon

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The king is dead, long live the king! I have long wanted to build a casual Etrata commander deck - not an easy task. Etrata's ability makes it hard to build even for a casual multiplayer commander scenario.

In my meta, a few things to note with this build:

a) There is a lot of graveyard recursion or stealing of permanents - so exile is greatly preferred to destroy when possible to deal with threats b) There are a lot of ETB effects so bouncing is often ineffective - and playing with Torpor Orb just draws quick hate.

This build is trying to capitalize on a few strategies to have Etrata be able to kill players:

1. Copying Etrata without the legendary restriction Mirror Box, Sakashima of a Thousand Faces, etc.
2. Flickering any Etrata's to avoid the 'shuffle back into library' step Blur, Essence Flux etc. as well as creatures like Meneldor, Swift Savior
3. Strionic Resonator to copy Etrata's ability
4. Myriad Blade of Selves
5. Cards which synergize with killing at least one player Ramses, Assassin Lord and Elbrus, the Binding Blade   and a few in the Maybeboard like Vraska, Scheming Gorgon and Vorpal Sword

Utility cards:

1. Searching for critical 2-, 3- or 4-mana pieces like Blade of Selves, Mirror Box or Sakashima of a Thousand Faces with Fabricate,Perplex,Lim-Dul's Vault or creatures like Trophy Mage or Tribute Mage
2. Rhystic Study, Kaito, Dancing Shadow and Candlekeep Sage for additional card draw
3. Aether Vial and Heartless Summoning to try and speed up redeployment of Etrata or copies of it
4. Other creatures with good ETB triggers in case Etrata is getting removed to maintain board state.

Win conditions other than with Etrata - Rite of Replication on an appropriate opponent's target if not on Etrata.

Would really appreciate some thoughts on how to make this better - it plays OK, but I feel there must be some synergies I am missing. Thanks!

Date added	10 months
Last updated	10 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.19
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Drone 2/2 C, Dungeon: Undercity, Insect 1/1 C w/ Flying, Skeleton 4/1 B, The Initiative, Treasure