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In the Eye of Chaos
World Enchantment
Whenever a player plays an instant spell, counter it unless that player pays , where X is its converted mana cost.
SufferFromEDHD on
7 months ago
In the Eye of Chaos and Nether Void came out in the same set as Presence of the Master. Then WOTC backed off countering enchantments for along time.
Epicurus on
Staxation without Representation
2 years ago
Frustrating. I mean to play against.
You have a good list. One suggestion I don't see enough of is In the Eye of Chaos , which I think would be useful to you since most of your instant spells are very low MV. If you did that, though, you'd want to replace Convolute with Mana Leak , or even Spell Pierce . And I'm not sure how the X spells would interact with that either, but honestly I've never liked spells like Clash of Wills and such. I've always found that a good-'ol Counterspell or even something like Wizard Replica is generally more mana efficient for the same result.
Also, Damping Sphere and Storage Matrix . And I personally wouldn't use Defense Grid , because it would hurt you too much. Ok, I'm done.
Epicurus on
BLRM (Bureau of Land and Resource Management)
3 years ago
channelfireball12345 I hear your concern, and I understand where you're coming from. The problem is, this is a land destruction deck, and there's no instant speed land destruction. If you know of a card that fits into the colors and allows sorceries to be cast at instant speed, let me know. I don't think there is.
I learned long ago that for a land destruction deck to work, there has to be a lot of land destruction cards in it. Like A Lot. If an opponent gets to 4 lands, something is wrong. It's particularly tricky in commander. So I not only packed this deck full to the brim with it, I also stuck in various tax spells for further consternation. Between those elements and all the rocks and dorks, there's really no room for much of anything else. The end result, though, is a deck that mostly can handle any problems during my main phases. The only thing that could get me would be a low-cost infinite combo, to which I reply "good luck having the resources to pull it off."
I've really only included any enchantment and artifact hate if it also kills land, for the same reason stated above. Lack of creature hate is an issue, but again, good luck casting the big bois without any lands. Honestly, if there was a Simic commander with Partner that helped the deck more than Gilarna, I would have In the Eye of Chaos for sure. But I do have things like Price of Glory and Defense Grid to put myself on the level with decks that rely heavily on instant speed casting.
TL;DR lack of instant speed is not a problem for me.
Freeway1312 on
Mishra's Jank Machine [Primer]
3 years ago
In the Eye of Chaos is an interesting Stax piece. It doesn't directly synergize with Mishra's ability, but since this deck runs so few instants, it would almost certainly be worse for our opponents than for us. It has the World supertype, meaning it doesn't work with Nether Void, but might be worth thinking about. I think I prefer Defense Grid, since it serves the same purpose (protecting us from opponents' interaction) but is a more relevant card type for Mishra.
WolverineSR_71 on
Mishra's Jank Machine [Primer]
3 years ago
Would In the Eye of Chaos be a worth while inclusion?
dash.secrets on
4 years ago
a few things
- sideboard is useless in edh- either make it fit or cut it
- get rid of callaphe, teferi,azor and frost titan- they dont really contribute to gameplay.
- if you want annoying look at things like Mana Vortex.Balance, or,Back to Basics,Frozen Aether,In the Eye of Chaos,Invoke Prejudice,Pendrell Mists
- also if you wanted a hard lock on the game go for Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir+Knowledge Pool- you will need to find someway to protect teferi and avoid artifact destruction but if you can pull it off everyone will hate you
cheers. hope this helps. ive run basically every version of this deck. there are endless ways to build stax
Winterblast on
Augustin's $t4ks (cEDH Primer)
4 years ago
treytoohottie I'm currently only using the counters that go smoothly through In the Eye of Chaos apart from Force of Will because of how strong that one is. The timing restriction of force of negation would make me choose it even after for example spell pierce and negate.
