Art by Amy Weber
Saved commander deck
Phelddagrif
Maximize political wheeling, bribing opponents with cards and hippos, creating hilarious and chaotic board states, and redirecting attacks away from you until you pull off an alternate win-condition.
Prompt: Build a Phelddagrif Group Hug/Politics Commander deck for official Bracket 3. Make the deck intentionally ridiculous, funny, chaotic and highly political while still functional. The primary goal is NOT maximizing win rate; maximize table interaction, bargaining, bribery, temporary alliances, helping opponents, giving away resources, absurd board states and memorable multiplayer situations. Use Phelddagrif's ability to give opponents cards, life and Hippos. Include cards that let me selectively help players, make deals, encourage opponents to attack each other, vote, exchange gifts, and manipulate the table. Avoid hard locks, mass land denial, early infinite combos, chained extra turns and B4/cEDH optimization. Max 3 Game Changers. Include a few amusing late-game ways to actually win, but keep politics and stupid fun as the core strategy.
Commander
1 cards
Phelddagrif
{1}{G}{W}{U}Legendary Creature — Phelddagrif
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Thought Vessel
{2}Artifact
Provides mana and unlimited hand size when drawing massive amounts of cards.
Cultivate
{2}{G}Sorcery
Ensures consistent land drops for casting big group spells.
Kodama's Reach
{2}{G}Sorcery — Arcane
Searches for lands to maintain steady mana progression.
Tempt with Discovery
{3}{G}Sorcery
Encourages political cooperation for mutual land searching.
Collective Voyage
{G}Sorcery
Allows the entire table to pool mana and ramp massively together.
Selvala, Explorer Returned
{1}{G}{W}Legendary Creature — Elf Scout
Provides parley card draw, life gain, and green mana.
Veteran Explorer
{G}Creature — Human Soldier Scout
Funny group-hug death trigger that ramps everybody.
Card Draw
10 cards
Howling Mine
{2}Artifact
Classic group hug staple that gives everyone an extra card each turn.
Dictate of Kruphix
{1}{U}{U}Enchantment
Flash card draw engine for the entire table.
Folio of Fancies
{1}{U}Artifact — Book
Gives no hand size limits and lets players pay to draw together.
Minds Aglow
{U}Sorcery
Join-forces spell allowing the table to draw huge amounts of cards.
Kami of the Crescent Moon
{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Spirit
Adorable spirit that gives everyone extra cards.
Well of Ideas
{5}{U}Enchantment
Draws two extra cards for you and one extra for opponents.
Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
{W}{U}Legendary Creature — Rabbit Wizard
Gives opponents optional card draw and life gain.
Heartwood Storyteller
{1}{G}{G}Creature — Treefolk
Rewards players with card draw whenever anyone casts noncreature spells.
Font of Mythos
{4}Artifact
Accelerates the game by giving everyone two extra draws per turn.
Removal
10 cards
Swords to Plowshares
{W}Instant
Cheap single-target creature exile that gives the controller life.
Beast Within
{2}{G}Instant
Versatile spot removal that gifts the opponent a 3/3 Beast.
Generous Gift
{2}{W}Instant
Destroys any target permanent while leaving behind an Elephant token gift.
Council's Judgment
{1}{W}{W}Sorcery
Political voting card that exiles nonland permanents target players choose.
Arcane Denial
{1}{U}Instant
Counters a spell while giving the caster two cards as compensation.
Oblation
{2}{W}Instant
Tucks a threatening permanent while giving its owner two fresh draws.
Promise of Loyalty
{4}{W}Sorcery
Political wipe that lets each player keep their favorite creature, which cannot attack you.
Tragic Arrogance
{3}{W}{W}Sorcery
Allows you to select which single permanent of each type each player gets to keep.
Curse of the Swine
{X}{U}{U}Sorcery
Turns threatening opposing board states into a farm of funny Boar tokens.
Threats/Wincons
24 cards
Approach of the Second Sun
{6}{W}Sorcery
Primary alternate win-condition after drawing tons of cards political style.
Eye of the Storm
{5}{U}{U}Enchantment
Turns the game into absolute chaotic madness whenever anyone casts an instant or sorcery.
Shared Fate
{4}{U}Enchantment
Forces everyone to draw from each other's decks for maximum chaos.
Duelist's Heritage
{2}{W}Enchantment
Can give double strike to any attacking creature on the board to direct violence elsewhere.
Edric, Spymaster of Trest
{1}{G}{U}Legendary Creature — Elf Rogue
Incentivizes all opponents to attack anyone except you for card draw rewards.
Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer
{1}{W}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
Bribes opposing creatures so they cannot attack or block while drawing them cards.
Gluntch, the Bestower
{1}{G}{W}Legendary Creature — Jellyfish
Passes out +1/+1 counters, Treasure tokens, and card draw every end step.
Nils, Discipline Enforcer
{2}{W}Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
Puts counters on opposing creatures and taxes them if they try attacking you.
Windborn Muse
{3}{W}Creature — Spirit
Pillowfort creature forcing opponents to pay mana to attack you.
Propaganda
{2}{U}Enchantment
Classic pillowfort card discouraging opponents from swinging in your direction.
Ghostly Prison
{2}{W}Enchantment
Protects your life total while opponents fight amongst themselves with your gifts.
Sphere of Safety
{4}{W}Enchantment
Scales pillowfort protection based on your numerous enchantments.
Archon of Coronation
{4}{W}{W}Creature — Archon
Introduces the Monarch mechanic and prevents damage from reducing your life total.
Braids, Conjurer Adept
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Lets every player cheat huge artifacts, lands, or creatures into play every upkeep.
Hunted Lammasu
{2}{W}{W}Creature — Lammasu
Big flyer that gives a target opponent a free 4/4 token for politics.
Spurnmage Advocate
{W}Creature — Human Nomad
Returns cards from an opponent's graveyard to hand to destroy an attacking creature.
Pulsemage Advocate
{2}{W}Creature — Human Cleric
Returns cards from an opponent's graveyard to hand to reanimate your best creature.
Forced Fruition
{4}{U}{U}Enchantment
Forces players to draw 7 cards per spell cast, leading to ridiculous hilarious mill threats.
Hive Mind
{5}{U}Enchantment
Copies every instant and sorcery for all players, sparking absurd political debates.
Wedding Ring
{2}{W}{W}Artifact
Pairs you with an opponent so you share life gain and card draw on their turn.
Happily Ever After
{2}{W}Enchantment
Silly alternate win condition that rewards having many colors, permanent types, and life.
Perplexing Chimera
{4}{U}Enchantment Creature — Chimera
Lets you exchange control of the Chimera to take control of any spell cast by an opponent.
Noble Heritage
{1}{W}Legendary Enchantment — Background
Allows opponents to put +1/+1 counters on their creatures if they agree not to attack you.
Coveted Jewel
{6}Artifact
Hot potato artifact that draws cards and generates mana while encouraging table wide combat.
Utility
7 cards
Secret Rendezvous
{1}{W}{W}Sorcery
Bribes a targeted opponent to draw 3 cards along with you.
Wrong Turn
{2}{U}Instant
Gives control of a target creature to a different player of your choice mid-combat.
Benevolent Offering
{3}{W}Instant
Choose an opponent to gain tokens and life with you at instant speed.
Sylvan Offering
{X}{G}Sorcery
Generates Treefolk tokens and an impressive Commander for an ally and yourself.
Intellectual Offering
{4}{U}Instant
Lets an opponent untap nonland permanents and draw cards alongside you.
Split Decision
{1}{U}Instant
Will of the council counterspell that forces the table to vote on copying or countering.
Model of Unity
{3}Artifact
Encourages players to vote with you and draws extra cards during voting.
