Jin, the True Mastermind

by ReaperAndross on 09 May 2023

Command Zone (1 card)

Creatures (1)

Main Deck (99 cards)

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Deck Description

As some of you may have already seen on here, I did make a deck for each of the Phyrexian Praetors.
These decks were made before All Will Be One and March of the Machine, and since then I have also done testing on at least two of them and made several adjustments. Most jarringly is indeed for Jin-Gitaxias, the blue Praetor of knowledge and progress. My original defender self-mill version was an utter failure of an experiment. But like all good scientists, I changed the formula and tried again. A more artifact focused Jin, using Progress Tyrant seemed to do well, focusing on the Divining Top infinite combo. After MoM dropped, I decided to switch to the Great Synthesis version as it's only a 5-drop instead of 7 and has more versatility than Progress Tyrant. And isn't a massive hate-piece.

While I would love to have cards like Cyclonic Rift, Mana Crypt and Urza's Saga, I'm not made of money. They shall be added in time. Or when they drop dramatically in price.

The original, for anyone interested:
https://www.mtgvault.com/reaperandross/decks/jin-mastermind-of-phyrexia/

How to Play

The main goal of this deck, like the original, is to try and deck yourself out as fast as possible. And there are a few ways of doing this, but it comes down to these two primary conditions:

Beyblade, Beyblade, let it rip! (Infinite Divining Top)
- Sensei's Divining Top
- Cost Reducer (Etherium Sculptor/Helm of Awakening)
- Artifact Deck Topper (Mystic Forge/Reality Chip, reconfigured)
- Deck Out Winner (Thoracle, Lab-man, Mystery Jace)
> Have [Cost Reducer] and [Artifact Deck Topper] on field, use Divining Top. Play Top for free from top of deck. Repeat until deck out. During process, play [Deck Out Winner] and win automatically.

Spicy Leveler win
- Leveler
- Deck Out Winner, as above preferably not Lab-man.
> Play Leveler, then play Thoracle.
> Play Jace, Wielder of Mysteries. DO NOT use ability. Play Leveler, then use Jace's first ability.

Infect and mill are both in here as alternate win-cons. Infect/Poison is in here more for triggering the Corrupt abilities of card, or if the game is really stalled out. Or if you have another poison themed deck at the table.

Deck Tags

  • Commander
  • Combo
  • Infinite Combo
  • Control
  • Artifact

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

072000

Deck Format


Commander

NOTE: Set by owner when deck was made.

Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Not Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Jin, the True Mastermind

some good card's to think about. fabricate, solve the equation, whir of invention, inventor's fair, propaganda

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Posted 11 May 2023 at 04:16

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Thanks for the suggestions! I don't actually own any of those cards, but if I can track them down, I'll try to find room for them.
Well, I have one copy of Propaganda, but that's currently in my Zur deck.

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Posted 11 May 2023 at 07:12

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