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Wrexial, Jack of All Trades

There are several Wrexial deckbuilders around that debate the merits of going the discard route versus milling versus countering versus board wiping. I am attempting a hybrid theme (for multiplayer EDH) that is more discard focused, but also includes some milling, countering, and destruction. With cards in opponents' graveyards, I will focus on using Wrexial and other cards to steal creatures and spells. This deck also includes ways to copy/steal from outside the graveyard, such as Knowledge Exploitation. Lastly, this deck also includes drawing and recursion to ensure each turn is not wasted.

I have spent the last few months working on this Wrexial deck and have finally hit a wall; I have whittled down potential cards and need help getting this monster down to 100 cards. Let's jump right into it!

((I have added notes to indicate when a card fits into another category, as well.))

Commander (1)
Wrexial, the Risen Deep

Discard/Mill (13)
Cabal Conditioning
Cackling Fiend
Cao Cao, Lord of Wei
Liliana's Specter
Marsh Crocodile
Myojin of Night's Reach
Painful Quandary (Also deals damage)
Scythe Specter (Also deals damage)
Syphon Mind (Also draw)
Traumatize
Unnerve
Words of Waste

Counter/Destroy (13)
Counterspell
Curse of the Cabal
Decree of Pain (Also draw)
Deprive
Ertai, Wizard Adept
Fleshbag Marauder
Hinder (Also threat removal)
Life's Finale
Oblivion Stone
Plague Wind
Scattering Stroke (Also mana ramp)
Spell Crumple (Also threat removal)
Steel Hellkite

Copy/Steal (17)
Beacon of Unrest
Blatant Thievery
Bribery
Chainer, Dementia Master (Also kinda but not really exile/threat removal)
Dimir Doppelganger (Also exile/threat removal)
Dominating Licid
Echo Mage
Geth, Lord of the Vault (Also mill)
Guile
Knowledge Exploitation
Memory Plunder
Necromancy
Necrotic Ooze
Phyrexian Metamorph
Praetor's Grasp (Also Exile/threat removal)
Rite of Replication
Spellweaver Volute (Another kinda but not really exile/threat removal)
Thada Adel, Acquisitor (Yet another kinda but not really exile/threat removal)

Gain Life/Deal Damage (7)
Bloodchief Ascension
Exsanguinate
Guiltfeeder
Liliana's Caress
Sangromancer
Sorin Markov (Take opponent's turn if it ever lasts that long, though doubtful)
Suffer the Past (Also Exile/threat removal)

Creature Enhancement/Defense (9)
Darksteel Plate
Filth
Fireshrieker
Fool's Demise
Protective Bubble
Spellskite
Swiftfoot Boots
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (For landwalk, but also mana fixing/ramp)
Whispersilk Cloak

Exile/Threat Removal (4)
Nightmare Incursion
Nihil Spellbomb (Also draw)
Sadistic Sacrament
Spin into Myth

Draw/Recur (20)
Argivian Restoration
Beseech the Queen
Call to Mind
Diabolic Tutor
Elixir of Immortality
Fabricate
Geth's Grimoire
Mystical Tutor
Necropotence
Panoptic Mirror
Phyrexian Arena
Phyrexian Reclamation
Promise of Power
Relearn
Rhystic Study
Sensei's Divining Top
Soul Foundry
Strands of Night
Thought Reflection
Yawgmoth's Will

Land / Fixing / Ramp (41)
Swamp (10)
Island (10)
Cabal Coffers
Coalition Relic
Crypt of Agadeem
Darksteel Ingot
Darkwater Catacombs
Dimir Aqueduct
Dimir Signet
Dreadship Reef
Drowned Catacomb
Esper Panorama
Everflowing Chalice
Expedition Map
Grixis Panorama
Magus of the Coffers
Mind Stone
Nirkana Revenant
Reliquary Tower
Sol Ring
Tainted Isle
Talisman of Dominance
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (Also listed in creature enhancement for landwalk)

Any advice on what to cut from the above to whittle this down to 100 would be greatly appreciated!

Also, if you feel there is a card worth adding (even land adjustments), please suggest that, as well! I'd ideally like to know what you recommend I cut in its place, of course.

Thank you thank you thank you! =)
Posted 09 January 2012 at 18:20

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Taking a quick look through what you have here I do have a few suggestions to make.

One thing I am seeing that looks like you've missed for the group of cards to exile that every black deck in EDH should run is Bojuka Bog.

Two other lands that you should consider are Academy Ruins and Volrath's Stronghold. Being able to re-use some of your creatures and artifacts from your graveyard is always helpful.

Also, I do believe in most EDH groups, Panoptic Mirror is banned. Time Warp is a big reason for this.

As for tutors... you're missing Demonic Tutor and Vampiric Tutor which are an auto-in over Diabolic Tutor and Beseech the Queen. But of course that is if you happen to own those cards.

Personally I wouldn't be using Bloodchief Ascension or Liliana's Caress in this format. They're great cards, but the frequency of using them just generally makes you a target in multiplayer. Especially an active Bloodchief.

In place of Deprive I would rather have something along the lines of Forbid. Yes, it costs 1 more, but this format normally allows that without a problem. The other bonus to it, is the lack of having no choice but to return that Island to your hand.

Personally I would run Damnation over Life's Finale but of course that is personal views.

If you're using the Praetor's Grasp merely for the purpose to exile a card from your opponent, I personally think Extract does the job just fine.

Also another possible card to add, would be Twincast. It just turns those tutors into two tutors, or gives you the option to run something that [manau][manab] doesn't normally have access to.

And on the mill concept I'd like to point out that Szadek, Lord of Secrets is awesome in that department. Really can work well with Wrexial.

And on another note: Every blue EDH deck I've ever played has had a Cryptic Command. I love that card.

Hopefully I've given you some ideas to play with!
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Posted 15 January 2012 at 18:41

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Thank you for replying! I will be using some of your suggestions (not all, only because of budget constraints).

In fact, one of your suggestions, Cryptic Command, has made me rethink the theme a bit, possibly now leaning towards a discard/bounce deck, instead of trying to to discard, mill, etc.

I'll post with updates!
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Posted 16 January 2012 at 22:22

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