Adam Haggerty's Path of the Djinn workshop
 
Type: Deck Idea
Format (legal 👍) comCommander
Approx. Value:
$796.62

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Avg. CMC 3.4
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Main Deck - 100 cards, 89 distinct
Columns
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (32)
1 Adarkar Valkyrie
$0.93 Snow Creature - Angel
1 Ancestor's Chosen
$0.05 Creature - Human Cleric
1 Anger
$3.74 Creature - Incarnation
1 Cityscape Leveler
$11.28 Artifact Creature - Construct
1 Deranged Assistant
$0.03 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Devout Witness
$0.20 Creature - Human Spellshaper
1 Draining Whelk
$0.41 Creature - Illusion
1 Dreamscape Artist
$0.22 Creature - Human Spellshaper
1 Elsha of the Infinite
$0.33 Legendary Creature - Djinn Monk
1 Gilded Drake
$271.61 Creature - Drake
1 Glory
$2.45 Creature - Incarnation
1 Goblin Welder
$17.52 Creature - Goblin Artificer
1 Hanna, Ship's Navigator
$0.46 Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
1 Loran of the Third Path
$3.27 Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
1 Magus of the Jar
$1.88 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Magus of the Moat
$3.96 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Millikin
$0.16 Artifact Creature - Construct
1 Mishra, Excavation Prodigy
$0.05 Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
1 Mother of Runes
$6.74 Creature - Human Cleric
1 Overtaker
$0.68 Creature - Merfolk Spellshaper
1 Peacekeeper
$12.24 Creature - Human
1 Pulsemage Advocate
$1.59 Creature - Human Cleric
1 Serra Avatar
$0.40 Creature - Avatar
1 Serra Paragon
$3.05 Creature - Angel
1 Sindbad
$0.25 Creature - Human
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
$0.20 Legendary Creature - Goblin
1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
$1.88 Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
1 Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
$0.24 Legendary Creature - Bird Cleric
1 Urza, Powerstone Prodigy
$0.03 Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
1 Waterfront Bouncer
$0.24 Creature - Merfolk Spellshaper
1 Windborn Muse
$0.45 Creature - Spirit
1 Wonder
$1.00 Creature - Incarnation
Instant (7)
1 Consider
$0.83 Instant
1 Dissipate
$0.12 Instant
1 Faithful Mending
$1.47 Instant
1 Memory Deluge
$0.92 Instant
1 Otherworldly Gaze
$0.20 Instant
1 Secrets of the Key
$0.06 Instant
1 Summary Dismissal
$0.32 Instant
Sorcery (9)
1 Angelfire Ignition
$0.45 Sorcery
1 Bonfire of the Damned
$1.98 Sorcery
1 Contingency Plan
$0.07 Sorcery
1 Divine Reckoning
$0.43 Sorcery
1 Entreat the Angels
$1.26 Sorcery
1 Faithless Looting
$0.29 Sorcery
1 Reforge the Soul
$7.31 Sorcery
1 Temporal Mastery
$6.04 Sorcery
1 Terminus
$0.83 Sorcery
Artifact (10)
1 Corrupted Grafstone
$0.22 Artifact
1 Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul
$0.44 Artifact // Creature - Eldrazi Reflection
1 Grimoire of the Dead
$0.53 Legendary Artifact
1 Honored Heirloom
$0.05 Artifact
1 Mask of Avacyn
$0.87 Artifact - Equipment
1 Tamiyo's Journal
$2.20 Legendary Artifact
1 Terrarion
$0.05 Artifact
1 The Celestus
$1.54 Legendary Artifact
1 Traveler's Amulet
$0.07 Artifact
1 Vessel of Endless Rest
$0.10 Artifact
Enchantment (2)
1 Always Watching
$0.71 Enchantment
1 Mind's Dilation
$7.84 Enchantment
Planeswalker (2)
1 Nahiri, the Harbinger
$0.34 Legendary Planeswalker - Nahiri
1 Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset
$4.60 Legendary Planeswalker - Teferi
Land (38)
1 Academy Ruins
$14.32 Legendary Land
1 Adarkar Wastes
$6.97 Land
1 Battlefield Forge
$2.15 Land
1 Clifftop Retreat
$1.43 Land
1 Coral Atoll
$0.27 Land
1 Demolition Field
$1.74 Land
1 Deserted Beach
$5.09 Land
1 Dormant Volcano
$0.50 Land
1 Drownyard Temple
$0.15 Land
1 Evolving Wilds
$0.16 Land
1 Flood Plain
$0.80 Land
1 Flooded Strand
$24.36 Land
1 High Market
$4.23 Land
1 Idyllic Beachfront
$0.13 Land - Plains Island
1 Karoo
$0.68 Land
1 Molten Tributary
$0.23 Land - Island Mountain
1 Sacred Peaks
$0.17 Land - Mountain Plains
1 Shivan Reef
$1.11 Land
6 Snow-Covered Island
$1.86 Basic Snow Land - Island
4 Snow-Covered Mountain
$0.73 Basic Snow Land - Mountain
4 Snow-Covered Plains
$0.90 Basic Snow Land - Plains
1 Soldevi Excavations
$12.53 Land
1 Stormcarved Coast
$4.90 Land
1 Sulfur Falls
$0.88 Land
1 Sundown Pass
$7.72 Land
1 Temple of the False God
$0.16 Land
1 Terramorphic Expanse
$0.09 Land
Sideboard - 170 cards, 170 distinct
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (52)
1 Academy Loremaster
$0.07 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Aether Channeler
$0.66 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Alexi, Zephyr Mage
$0.43 Legendary Creature - Human Spellshaper
1 Anarchist
$0.03 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Apprentice Wizard
$0.12 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Aven Fateshaper
$0.16 Creature - Bird Wizard
1 Bogardan Hellkite
$0.38 Creature - Dragon
1 Chartooth Cougar
$0.03 Creature - Cat Beast
1 Cho-Arrim Alchemist
$0.39 Creature - Human Spellshaper
1 Cloud of Faeries
$0.55 Creature - Faerie
1 Crater Hellion
$0.22 Creature - Hellion Beast
1 Daring Archaeologist
$0.09 Creature - Human Artificer
1 Diplomatic Escort
$0.26 Creature - Human Spellshaper
1 Dragon Mage
$0.24 Creature - Dragon Wizard
1 Dreamborn Muse
$3.61 Creature - Spirit
1 Eternal Dragon
$0.10 Creature - Dragon Spirit
1 Fog Bank
$0.28 Creature - Wall
1 Grinning Ignus
$0.20 Creature - Elemental
1 Hammer Mage
$0.31 Creature - Human Spellshaper
1 Haughty Djinn
$1.70 Creature - Djinn
1 Ith, High Arcanist
$0.35 Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
1 Ixidron
$0.31 Creature - Illusion
1 Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
$0.31 Legendary Creature - Human Spellshaper
1 Junk Diver
$6.48 Artifact Creature - Bird
1 Karmic Guide
$0.60 Creature - Angel Spirit
1 Kwende, Pride of Femeref
$0.04 Legendary Creature - Human Knight
1 Llawan, Cephalid Empress
$0.85 Legendary Creature - Cephalid Noble
1 Mageta the Lion
$0.98 Legendary Creature - Human Spellshaper
1 Magus of the Disk
$0.22 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Magus of the Future
$0.28 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Magus of the Moon
$10.65 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Magus of the Tabernacle
$1.68 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Man-o'-War
$0.03 Creature - Jellyfish
1 Metalworker
$123.28 Artifact Creature - Construct
1 Noble Templar
$0.04 Creature - Human Cleric Soldier
1 Palinchron
$34.60 Creature - Illusion
1 Peregrine Drake
$0.36 Creature - Drake
1 Sage of Epityr
$0.24 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Sage Owl
$0.13 Creature - Bird
1 Scrivener
$0.13 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Shoreline Ranger
$0.10 Creature - Bird Soldier Ranger
1 Siege-Gang Commander
$0.27 Creature - Goblin
1 Simian Spirit Guide
$1.13 Creature - Ape Spirit
1 Soul Sculptor
$1.58 Creature - Human
1 Spire Owl
$0.20 Creature - Bird
1 Third Path Iconoclast
$0.75 Creature - Human Monk
1 Valor
$0.31 Creature - Incarnation
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
$0.91 Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
1 Warmonger
$0.32 Creature - Minotaur Monger
1 Whirlpool Rider
$0.23 Creature - Merfolk
1 Whirlpool Warrior
$0.99 Creature - Merfolk Warrior
1 Wishmonger
$0.33 Creature - Unicorn Monger
Instant (35)
1 Arcane Infusion
$0.05 Instant
1 Banishing Stroke
$0.12 Instant
1 Banners Raised
$0.03 Instant
1 Battle Hymn
$1.02 Instant
1 Blessed Defiance
$0.03 Instant
1 Borrowed Hostility
$0.03 Instant
1 Cackling Counterpart
$1.04 Instant
1 Cloudshift
$0.80 Instant
1 Displace
$0.38 Instant
1 Dream Twist
$0.12 Instant
1 Eerie Interlude
$2.95 Instant
1 Essence Flux
$1.51 Instant
1 Fading Hope
$0.50 Instant
1 Faith's Shield
$0.17 Instant
1 Galvanic Iteration
$1.52 Instant
1 Geistblast
$0.10 Instant
1 Geistwave
$0.05 Instant
1 Ghostly Flicker
$0.51 Instant
1 Increasing Vengeance
$0.29 Instant
1 Long Road Home
$0.13 Instant
1 Lunar Frenzy
$0.11 Instant
1 Peel from Reality
$0.05 Instant
1 Play with Fire
$4.38 Instant
1 Raze the Effigy
$0.04 Instant
1 Ride Down
$0.09 Instant
1 Rush of Adrenaline
$0.05 Instant
1 Rush of Blood
$0.11 Instant
1 Stolen Vitality
$0.02 Instant
1 Survive the Night
$0.08 Instant
1 Thirst for Discovery
$0.15 Instant
1 Thought Scour
$0.27 Instant
1 Turn Aside
$0.14 Instant
1 Uncaged Fury
$0.06 Instant
1 Unsubstantiate
$0.17 Instant
1 Valorous Stance
$0.09 Instant
Sorcery (28)
1 Ancestral Anger
$0.18 Sorcery
1 Archangel's Light
$0.55 Sorcery
1 Artful Dodge
$0.22 Sorcery
1 Change of Fortune
$0.18 Sorcery
1 Collective Defiance
$0.52 Sorcery
1 Collective Effort
$0.21 Sorcery
1 Defy Death
$0.25 Sorcery
1 Devastation Tide
$0.45 Sorcery
1 Devil's Play
$0.18 Sorcery
1 Distemper of the Blood
$0.06 Sorcery
1 Hallowed Respite
$0.15 Sorcery
1 Homestead Courage
$0.11 Sorcery
1 Increasing Confusion
$1.32 Sorcery
1 Increasing Devotion
$0.21 Sorcery
1 Infernal Plunge
$0.25 Sorcery
1 Into the Night
$0.06 Sorcery
1 Mystic Retrieval
$0.23 Sorcery
1 Past in Flames
$1.59 Sorcery
1 Pieces of the Puzzle
$0.09 Sorcery
1 Pore Over the Pages
$0.12 Sorcery
1 Rise from the Tides
$0.11 Sorcery
1 Seize the Storm
$0.07 Sorcery
1 Shattered Perception
$0.17 Sorcery
1 Shreds of Sanity
$0.13 Sorcery
1 Silent Departure
$0.07 Sorcery
1 Sudden Disappearance
$0.22 Sorcery
1 Tormenting Voice
$0.04 Sorcery
1 Welcome to the Fold
$0.12 Sorcery
Artifact (18)
1 Altar of the Lost
$0.11 Artifact
1 Cathar's Shield
$0.12 Artifact - Equipment
1 Conjurer's Closet
$9.85 Artifact
1 Dollhouse of Horrors
$0.17 Artifact
1 Geistflame Reservoir
$0.10 Artifact
1 Haunted Cloak
$0.05 Artifact - Equipment
1 Investigator's Journal
$0.12 Artifact - Clue
1 Jack-o'-Lantern
$0.04 Artifact
1 Magnifying Glass
$0.07 Artifact
1 Moonsilver Key
$0.38 Artifact
1 Mysterious Tome // Chilling Chronicle
$0.02 Artifact // Artifact
1 Otherworld Atlas
$1.07 Artifact
1 Runechanter's Pike
$0.28 Artifact - Equipment
1 Scroll of Avacyn
$0.15 Artifact
1 Soul Separator
$0.13 Artifact
1 Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit
$0.04 Artifact // Creature - Spirit
1 Warden of the Wall
$0.11 Artifact
1 Wedding Invitation
$0.12 Artifact
Enchantment (12)
1 Blood Mist
$0.13 Enchantment
1 Curse of Bloodletting
$1.91 Enchantment - Aura Curse
1 Curse of Exhaustion
$0.33 Enchantment - Aura Curse
1 Curse of Silence
$0.17 Enchantment - Aura Curse
1 Dual Casting
$0.49 Enchantment - Aura
1 Fevered Visions
$1.37 Enchantment
1 Immolation
$0.06 Enchantment - Aura
1 Nahiri's Machinations
$0.11 Enchantment
1 Séance
$0.34 Enchantment
1 Trail of Evidence
$0.23 Enchantment
1 Vessel of Paramnesia
$0.03 Enchantment
1 Vessel of Volatility
$0.10 Enchantment
Planeswalker (2)
1 Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
$3.33 Legendary Planeswalker - Jace
1 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
$5.59 Legendary Planeswalker - Tamiyo
Land (23)
1 Boreal Shelf
$1.02 Snow Land
1 Calciform Pools
$0.27 Land
1 Crystal Grotto
$0.06 Land
1 Desolate Lighthouse
$0.13 Land
1 Drifting Meadow
$0.07 Land
1 Forgotten Cave
$0.10 Land
1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
$1.27 Legendary Land
1 Hall of Tagsin
$0.20 Land
1 Hanweir Battlements
$3.76 Land
1 Lonely Sandbar
$0.19 Land
1 Maze of Ith
$5.07 Land
1 New Benalia
$0.19 Land
1 Remote Isle
$0.11 Land
1 Scrying Sheets
$6.70 Snow Land
1 Secluded Steppe
$0.07 Land
1 Skycloud Expanse
$0.16 Land
1 Slayers' Stronghold
$0.18 Land
1 Smoldering Crater
$0.08 Land
1 Tocasia's Dig Site
$0.05 Land
1 Voldaren Estate
$0.14 Land
1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
$6.64 Land // Legendary Creature - Demon
1 Winding Canyons
$21.14 Land
1 Zhalfirin Void
$0.24 Land

Notes
 
I'll use this workshop to explore the packages away from the greater whole, so that I can use my shortcut sideboard as a tool. Let's start at the beginning, the mana! And of course we have Elsha.

We have 4 two mana ramp spells in deranged assistant, millikin, corrupted grafstone, and dreamscape artist. Three of those also can control the top to Elsha. Then we get 3 mana rocks, only those that make multicolor made it, vessel of endless rest, celestus, honored heirloom, and cryptolitb fragment. This is a nice package of 8 split in 2-3. We can upgrade depending on what packages we use. I should have a lot of fun playing this, kind of nailed pre optimized nicol bolas. I need to switch out terminus and divine reckoning, peace keepers effects have me covered on that. Also want a reason to cut creatures. All that's left is to move the list back to the main and see if there are any upgradess

For the land, we started with a basic of each, drownyard and temple, the land type duals, evolving wilds, terramorphic expanse, flooded strand, flood plain, and demotion field as fetches. We then doubled basically to have more basics than fetches at a minimum. We then added the karoo lands, as necromancers best friends, which added more basics. Coral atol is particularly good with elesha, so that one too. We then needed to guarantee more fetches, so traveler's amulet. Moonsilve rwas close but too much. Teferi makes the cut at this point, as he is great with these 2 mana lands, is good for the deck and defendable, and the ultimate is a very Adam way of playing. Needing this many basics does proclude cyclers, and we added 2 more to got to 38 land as we have 34 la do we actually play out our opener with no context. We needed some layers of duals to fix us, so filter lands, the new tango, and pain lands. We get two spots for random utility, so we picked the best in academy ruins and slayer's stronghold. Ruins can let us flash in artifacts with Alesha and abuse effects. Stronghold is just good with elesha straight up. There are many other land tools that may work in depending on the packages we use. We also added terrarian As it adds fixing, is great on all fronts with Elsha.

Next stop is to make Elsha functional. We will not be an all in storm deck, but we can still have chops. Mostly want to play a good stuff deck, using Elsha as very interesting CA and info that changes our tools uses. Still want run at least 10 1 drops, which we already have 2, and any singletons that are particularly good with Elsha. After some evolution, it seems difficult to even go partially on this path. Perhaps at the end a pike might make the mix, but doubtful. Angelfire ignition seems like one of the few inclusions in this vein that might stick. So we play Elsha as CA, library manipulation, and enabling instant speed plays. This puts us more into the reactive control side of things. We also are filling out our spellshapers recursion options, so it seems we have lots of little creatures not meant for combat.

We leaned into the reanimation side of things. Spurmage advocate, teshar, adarkar Valkyrie, goblin welder, Hanna, and Serra paragon lead the way, and many of the other creatures are enabled by them. We then play some good stuff and support. Large package of miracle cards which we use well. Mind's dilation, grimoir of the damned, and Serra Avatar/nahiri are flavorful hallmarks for me. Ancestors chosen should do a good archangel impression. Other flavorful are little Mishra and Urza, might be the first deck to play them, and they are so flavorful for me. With sindbad, millikin, and deranged assistant, we have great support that gets super charged with Elsha in play.
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