'My Devin Townsend Project' (Commander / EDH MTG Deck)

'My Devin Townsend Project'

Commander / EDH Casual Double strike Multiplayer Theme/Gimmick

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Land (39)

Sorcery (20)

Instant (10)

Artifact (8)

Commander (1)

Creature (12)

Enchantment (10)

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I present to you: ‘My Devin Townsend Project’, a Commander deck dedicated to my love for Devin Townsend as a person, musician and an inspiration in life.

The deck is a tribute to Devin Garrett Townsend. Everything has been hand-selected. Every card, every artwork, every nickname and every custom flavour text. It aims to reflect Devin Townsend in all his facets through all the different artworks, and it is a heavily thematic deck. It is also quite a wacky deck. A powerful one, but a goofy one. The deck has an inefficient strategy to do explosive things and take you by surprise, having stupidly powerful cards that, when put together, do gimmicky things. Wincons are commander damage and Torment of Hailfire.

The commander is Progenitus, a 10-Mana behemoth of a creature in all colours of Magic, which fits Devin’s diverse, multi-faceted personality and multi-instrumentalist nature. Progenitus is also fitting as it references the Soul of the World, and Devin is the soul of this deck. Lastly, the many heads Progenitus has represent the many different genres of music present in Devin’s oeuvre.

The deck revolves around balance. The Commander + Lands = 40 cards, other creatures (12) + artifacts (8) = 20 cards, Sorceries = 20 cards, Instant = 10 cards and Enchantments = 10 cards. This, together, makes up exactly 100 cards, with every single card being unique, lands included, making it a beautiful, colourful whole that paints a beautiful picture of the multi-faceted nature of Devin Townsend. There are also specifically 7 ultimatums in the deck, a magical number that hopefully sparks magical results.

The deck comes in the ‘Dragon Shield Truth’ sleeves, as these cards hold the truth. A truth. The truth to getting to know Devin Townsend better while enjoying Magic: The Gathering.

Now for my next goal in life: having Devin sign Progenitus. Fingers crossed…

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Custom Nicknames + Flavour Texts: Creatures — April 30, 2024

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Commander

Progenitus: Nickname: Devin; or Loyal Commander Devin Townsend, the Progenitor “As diverse as Devin Townsend’s personality and musical career, this behemoth has multiple heads to represent the multi-instrumentalist nature of Devin, as well as his diverse musical career, ranging from metal to meditation, from rock to experimental, from new age to country. The Soul of the World has returned, indeeeeed!” (Indeed: Ziltoid reference from Ziltoid The Omniscient — 2007). Additionally, the card’s designer is even named Mike, linking to Mike St. Jean, his ‘right-hand man’ and visual director, or Mike Keneally, who currently plays with him.

Creatures

Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait: Nickname: Coast “Coast…coast…come to the coast, come to the coast…it will find you!” (Coast, Ki — 2009)

Baleful Strix: Nickname: Orphan bird “Once upon a time, in a tiny little town, in a tiny little house, where no one came around, there lived a bird who was just so sad, for this little bird didn’t have a mum or a dad. He had forgotten how to fly, and he had lost the will to try, until one day a bear came around, and the bird heard its terrible sound. And through his fear, his courage did appear, lifting once more from the ground.” (Sprite, Empath — 2019, previously demoed, callback to the first song on Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing, S.Y.L.)

Dockside Extortionist: Nickname: Prog Goblin “That is one hell of a Prog Goblin if I’ve ever seen one…” (Anecdote from Devin on Coffee with Devin Townsend, Ola Englund — 2023)

Dryad of the Ilysian Grove: Nickname: Namaste “Namaste, whispered the creature without moving their lips, nature sprouting from its body.” (Namaste, Physicist — 2000)

Esper Sentinel: Nickname: The Sentinel “Legend says that the mythical Sentinel drawn here was the inspiration for Devin’s use of his signature CGCGCE.” (The Sentinel by Judas Priest was one of the early songs Devin learnt. He struggled plentiful with it, until he figured out it was not played in standard, but in CGCGCE)

Ignoble Hierarch: Nickname: Herman “The name’s Herman, and I hate musicals!” (Planet Smasher, Ziltoid the Omniscient — 2007)

Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar: Nickname: Love? “I won’t hold back anything, and I won’t care if you don’t hear, cause all I want is to be true, and say to all that I love you tonight!” (Universal Flame, Sky Blue/Z2 — 2014)

Noble Hierarch: Nickname: Meditation “Dear Sun Goddess, let your deep peace, love and happiness spread through me.” (Deadhead, Accelerated Evolution — 2003, Deep Peace, Terria — 2001)

Nyxbloom Ancient: Nickname: Stars “I want…you to follow me, into..the stars! I want you to love…me!” (The Mighty Masturbator, Deconstruction — 2011)

Rafiq of the Many: Nickname: War “How about a good, old-fashioned war?” (War, The Retinal Circus — 2013)

Ramos, Dragon Engine: Nickname: Anxiety in Pyjamas “Task: draw something mythical that gives you anxiety in pyjamas if it would come for you in your sleep.” (Anxiety in Pyjamas, The Puzzle — 2021)

Serra Paragon: Nickname: Rise Again “Though you feel you’re far gone, never to love again. Remember to have faith now, the sun will rise again!” (Universal Flame, Sky Blue/Z2 — 2014)

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Custom nicknames + Flavour Text: Enchantments — April 30, 2024

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Custom Nicknames + Flavour Text: Lands — April 30, 2024

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Custom Nicknames + Flavour Text: Sideboard — April 30, 2024

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94% Casual

Competitive

Date added	2 weeks
Last updated	4 days
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 1 Mythic Rares 68 - 2 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.97
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Elephant 3/3 G, Spirit 1/1 C, Treasure
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