The first time I played an earlier version of this deck, I won by feeding way too much mana into a Hydra Broodmaster to make 17 17/17 creatures and a 22/22 with haste on turn 4. In response I took out most of the good cards that allowed this: Concordant Crossroads, Guardian Project, Priest of Titania, Elvish Archdruid, and most of the rest of the permanent card draw other than Chulane. Now the deck just spins its wheels a lot instead of winning.

Chulane, Teller of Tales has gained a strong reputation for being super powerful, even by accident. Since I’m not interested in building a cEDH deck, I think I should limit its use to highly themed decks that need its ability to function at all, rather than trying to build around his abilities. Maybe I should’ve kept my thanksgiving deck together instead?

The point of this deck is: lots of mana ramp via dorks, and big fat X creatures. Having Haste makes this deck work much better; too much better, especially with Mobilize and Vitalize to untap all the dorks and use them again.

Chulane Tells Stories About Elves and Monsters

Commander (1) 1 Chulane, Teller of Tales Creatures (41) 1 Avacyn’s Pilgrim 1 Beanstalk Giant 1 Birds of Paradise 1 Devoted Druid 1 Druid of the Cowl 1 Elvish Harbinger 1 Elvish Mystic 1 End-Raze Forerunners 1 Faeburrow Elder 1 Fyndhorn Elves 1 Giant Adephage 1 God-Eternal Rhonas 1 Gyre Engineer 1 Heart Warden 1 Heroes’ Bane 1 Hydra Broodmaster 1 Incubation Druid 1 Ivy Elemental 1 Krakilin 1 Leaf Gilder 1 Leafkin Druid 1 Llanowar Elves 1 Llanowar Tribe 1 Maraleaf Pixie 1 Momir Vig, Simic Visionary 1 Mother of Runes 1 Nimbus Swimmer 1 Nylea, God of the Hunt 1 Paradise Druid 1 Passwall Adept 1 Quirion Elves 1 Rampaging Baloths 1 Ramunap Excavator 1 Silhana Wayfinder 1 Steelbane Hydra 1 Taunting Elf 1 Tidespout Tyrant 1 Whisperer of the Wilds 1 Wildborn Preserver 1 Worldsoul Colossus 1 Yeva, Nature’s Herald Enchantments (6) 1 Freed from the Real 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc 1 Leyline of Anticipation 1 Oblivion Ring 1 Path of Discovery 1 Prison Realm Sorcery (6) 1 Displacement Wave 1 Mobilize 1 Phyrexian Rebirth 1 Primal Surge 1 Whirlwind 1 Winds of Abandon Instant (8) 1 Dramatic Reversal 1 Eladamri’s Call 1 March of the Multitudes 1 Mercy Killing 1 Mystic Confluence 1 Return of the Wildspeaker 1 Settle the Wreckage 1 Vitalize Arifacts (4) 1 Prowler’s Helm 1 Rhonas’s Monument 1 Ring of Kalonia 1 Stonecoil Serpent

Lands (34) 1 Azorius Chancery 1 Bant Panorama 1 Blossoming Sands 1 Bountiful Promenade 1 Canopy Vista 1 Evolving Wilds 1 Exotic Orchard 1 Fabled Passage 1 Flooded Grove 4 Forest 1 Hallowed Fountain 2 Island 1 Krosan Verge 1 Myriad Landscape 1 Plains 1 Prairie Stream 1 Rogue’s Passage 1 Savannah 1 Sea of Clouds 1 Selesnya Sanctuary 1 Simic Growth Chamber 1 Sungrass Prairie 1 Sunpetal Grove 1 Temple of Mystery 1 Thornwood Falls 1 Tranquil Cove 1 Tropical Island 1 Tundra 1 Wirewood Lodge 1 Yavimaya Coast

After taking apart my Elsha of the Infinite deck, I’ve built two versions of a Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest Voltron deck. Both aimed to suddenly deal lethal command damage to an opponent in a single attack: One-Punch Man style.

The first version tried to minimize board presence: other than land and mana rocks, the only permanent allowed was Shu Yun himself. The deck basically cast Shu Yun once you could protect him, and then built up a lethal hand. On the right turn, you cast enough buff and evasion spells so his activated double strike ability deals lethal command damage, and attack. He was vulnerable after either being attacked or attacking, so it was challenging to take on more than one opponent. The only hope the deck had was politicking itself into the final pair.

The main reason I rebuilt the deck is because it wasn’t very fun for me to play. Most of the time you did nothing other than cull your hand and try to think of new reasons people shouldn’t attack you. I prefer doing things instead of being patient.

The deck listed here is the last iteration of Shu Yun, One-Punch Man. It uses equipment and other permanents for better value, and to help with the longevity problem of the previous version. One-Punch Man With a Cane. It’s a lot more straightforward, and projects its danger through board presence a bit more obviously. It works better than the first version, and is more fun for me to play. However, we have so many Voltron-style decks that this has been pushed to the bottom of the pile. I have a very similar Okaun/Zndrsplt coin-flip deck that I’ll basically always play instead of this one, so… time to strip it for parts.

Shu Yun, One-Punch Man

Commander (1) 1 Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest Instants (24) 1 Apostle’s Blessing 1 Arcane Denial 1 Brainstorm 1 Brute Force 1 Chaos Warp 1 Counterspell 1 Crypsis 1 Deflecting Palm 1 Fists of Flame 1 Fists of the Anvil 1 Gods Willing 1 Hindering Light 1 Infuriate 1 Leap 1 Memory Lapse 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Restore the Peace 1 Run Amok 1 Rush of Blood 1 Shadow Rift 1 Shelter 1 Swerve 1 Swords to Plowshares 1 Titan’s Strength Sorceries (14) 1 Aether Gale 1 Artful Dodge 1 Divine Reckoning 1 Foresee 1 Gravitic Punch 1 Insult // Injury 1 Merchant Scroll 1 Prosperity 1 River’s Rebuke 1 Shenanigans 1 Slip Through Space 1 Stealth Mission 1 Theft of Dreams 1 Wrath of God Creatures (7) 1 Burnished Hart 1 Feather, the Redeemed 1 Jori En, Ruin Diver 1 Lu Xun, Scholar General 1 Mother of Runes 1 Nivix Guildmage 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner Artifacts (16) 1 Azorius Signet 1 Bident of Thassa 1 Boros Signet 1 Commander’s Sphere 1 Darksteel Ingot 1 Fellwar Stone 1 Firemind Vessel 1 Inquisitor’s Flail 1 Izzet Signet 1 Jeskai Banner 1 Leering Emblem 1 Mana Vault 1 Runechanter’s Pike 1 Sol Ring 1 Wayfarer’s Bauble 1 Whispersilk Cloak Enchantments (2) 1 Madcap Skills 1 Aqueous Form Planeswalker (1) 1 Narset, Parter of Veils

Lands (35) 1 Cascade Bluffs 1 Command Tower 1 Evolving Wilds 1 Exotic Orchard 1 Fabled Passage 1 Faerie Conclave 1 Forge of Heroes 1 Highland Lake 3 Island 1 Izzet Boilerworks 2 Mountain 1 Myriad Landscape 1 Mystic Monastery 1 Mystic Sanctuary 1 Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind 2 Plains 1 Plateau 1 Prairie Stream 1 Reflecting Pool 1 Rugged Prairie 1 Sejiri Refuge 1 Strip Mine 1 Swiftwater Cliffs 1 Temple of Triumph 1 Terramorphic Expanse 1 Tranquil Cove 1 Tundra 1 Vivid Creek 1 Volcanic Island 1 Wind-Scarred Crag 1 Zhalfirin Void

This deck is a hateful creation. For some reason it feels horrible to play against in 1v1, but isn’t as annoying in multiplayer.

Where the deck falls short is in how fun it is to play. Since most of the deck consists of pain and taxes, playing the deck well is more about pestering your opponents to remember your cards’ triggers, than making interesting gameplay decisions.

Even with all that trigger policing, if the deck wins, it’s typically a bit more Voltron: commander damage from Mogis once you have a few damage multipliers on the board.

It looks like I built two decks into one, again.

This was built long before Theros: Beyond Death came out; there may be some new enchantments that would be worth including. Many of the cards are just weird old cards I’ve never had a chance to play.

Mogis, God of Laughter

Commander (1) 1 Mogis, God of Slaughter Enchantments (19) 1 Aether Flash 1 Ancient Runes 1 Citadel of Pain 1 Dauthi Embrace 1 Death Pits of Rath 1 Dictate of the Twin Gods 1 Gratuitous Violence 1 Haunting Wind 1 Impulsive Maneuvers 1 Last Laugh 1 Leyline of Combustion 1 Manabarbs 1 No Mercy 1 Kaya’s Ghostform 1 Revenge of Ravens 1 Spellshock 1 Subversion 1 Sulfuric Vortex 1 Theater of Horrors Creatures (13) 1 Fate Unraveler 1 Forgeborn Oreads 1 Grim Guardian 1 Harsh Mentor 1 Heartless Hidetsugu 1 Hissing Iguanar 1 Immolation Shaman 1 Mayhem Devil 1 Sorceress Queen 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell 1 Tunneling Geopede 1 Viashino Heretic Spells (4) 1 Extinguish All Hope 1 Hour of Devastation 1 In Garruk’s Wake 1 Magmaquake Artifacts (26) 1 Ankh of Mishra 1 Bag of Holding 1 Charcoal Diamond 1 Commander’s Sphere 1 Darksteel Ingot 1 Dingus Staff 1 Endless Atlas 1 Fellwar Stone 1 Fire Diamond 1 Firemind Vessel 1 God-Pharaoh’s Statue 1 Grafted Exoskeleton 1 Greatsword 1 Iron Maiden 1 Mana Vault 1 Prowler’s Helm 1 Rakdos Cluestone 1 Rakdos Locket 1 Rakdos Signet 1 Sol Ring 1 Staff of Nin 1 Swiftfoot Boots 1 Tapestry of the Ages 1 Umbilicus 1 Well of Knowledge 1 Wishclaw Talisman Planeswalkers (3) 1 Jaya, Venerated Firemage 1 Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted 1 Tibalt, Rakish Instigator

Lands (36) 1 Akoum Refuge 1 Bloodfell Caves 1 Cinder Marsh 1 Luxury Suite 14 Mountain 1 Rakdos Guildgate 1 Rogue’s Passage 1 Spawning Pool 1 Sulfurous Springs 12 Swamp 1 Tainted Peak 1 Urborg Volcano