Art by Chase Stone
Saved commander deck
Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
Leverage Eluge's cost reduction on instants and sorceries by accumulating submerged counters, enabling cheap counterspells and massive card draw spells to easily drop huge budget sea monsters.
Prompt: I would like a budget deck built with Eluge, the Shoreless Sea as the commander. I need removal spells such as counterspells, exiling permanents, and a few board wipes(returning all creatures/nonland permanents to hand could be considered a board wipe). I don't have a specific type of typal, but fish, kraken, and overall sea-related creatures seem to have a low cost. Please and thank you
Commander
1 cards
Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
{1}{U}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Elemental Fish
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Card Draw
9 cards
Treasure Cruise
{7}{U}Sorcery
delve draw spell that becomes nearly free with Eluge
Removal
12 cards
Threats/Wincons
23 cards
Pursued Whale
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Whale
forces opponents' creatures to attack and hurts targeting
Spawning Kraken
{5}{U}Creature — Kraken
creates 9/9 kraken tokens on sea creature hits
Scourge of Fleets
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken
bounces opponents' creatures based on island count
Stormsurge Kraken
{3}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken
hexproof beatstick with commander out
Shipbreaker Kraken
{4}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken
taps down opponent threats upon going monstrous
Deep-Sea Kraken
{7}{U}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken
suspends easily as opponents cast spells
Hullbreaker Horror
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken Horror
flash threat that bounces spells and permanents
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken
{6}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Kraken
bounces permanents on casting high-mana spells
Nezahal, Primal Tide
{5}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
uncounterable threat that draws off opponents' spells
Octavia, Living Thesis
{8}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Elemental Octopus
turns small creatures into 8/8s with magecraft
Charix, the Raging Isle
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Leviathan Crab
massive high-toughness leviathan blocker/beater
Reservoir Kraken
{2}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken
generates fish tokens and attacks heavily
Fleet Swallower
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Fish
huge fish monster that mills half a deck
Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep
{6}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Leviathan
kicker bounce wipe on a massive creature body
Lorthos, the Tidemaker
{5}{U}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Octopus
taps down multiple permanents on attack
Mesmerizing Benthid
{3}{U}{U}Creature — Octopus
creates illusion tokens and protects itself
Quest for Ula's Temple
{U}Enchantment
cheats out giant sea creatures every end step
Tolarian Terror
{6}{U}Creature — Serpent
cheap giant serpent paid for with spells in graveyard
Cryptic Serpent
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Serpent
discounted sea serpent based on instants/sorceries
Aethersquall Ancient
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Leviathan
large flying leviathan that can bounce all other creatures
Utility
6 cards
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
gives haste and shroud for commander protection
Archetype of Imagination
{4}{U}{U}Enchantment Creature — Human Wizard
gives your army evasion while grounding opponents
Coastal Piracy
{2}{U}{U}Enchantment
draws cards when creatures deal combat damage
Reconnaissance Mission
{2}{U}{U}Enchantment
card draw engine on combat damage with cycling
