Behind the Scenes: Another Decklist

The Show-Runner

So, another game, another decklist. Funny enough, this one was actually inspired by the last season. When I was getting Daphne into leylines, I had her building a Talrand deck based around the card Polymorph. Then, when I actually did the research to maybe build it in paper, I saw that bout two-thirds of the Polymorph effects were actually in red. So, I switched the commander out to The Locust God and built it. Of course, I like dragons way more than I like squid and sharks, so I made most of the Polymorph flips into the big flying lizards instead of sea monsters like Daphne would have it.

As far as the game in the story goes, I definitely overtuned Daphne's card. Eminence is a broken effect; I suspected I should have excluded the first card drawn in the turn and I was right. I didn't get to polymorph a free tapped token into a giant flying "shark" even once.

Commander:

• The Locust God

Creatures (14):

• Fireflux Squad
• Jalira, Master Polymorphist
• Leyline Tyrant
• Manaform Hellkite
• Backdraft Hellkite
• Hypersonic Dragon
• Iymrith, Desert Doom
• Dreamshaper Shaman
• Keiga, the Tide Star
• Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• Niv-Mizzet, Parun
• Ryusei, the Falling Star
• Skyline Despot
• Utvara Hellkite

Instants (12):

• Brainstorm
• Opt
• Arcane Denial
• Counterspell
• Chaos Warp
• Ionize
• Keep Watch
• Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
• Transcendent Message
• Expansion // Explosion
• Reweave
• Divergent Transformations

Sorceries (17):

• Ponder
• Preordain
• Sleight of Hand
• Vandalblast
• Finale of Revelation
• See Beyond
• Dream Cache
• Indomitable Creativity
• Into the Fire
• Invoke the Firemind
• Molten Psyche
• Polymorph
• Reality Scramble
• Transmogrify
• Time Reversal
• Chaotic Transformation
• Echo of Eons

Artifacts (13):

• Skullclamp
• Sol Ring
• Wayfarer's Bauble
• Arcane Signet
• Izzet Signet
• Thought Vessel
• Commander's Sphere
• Decanter of Endless Water
• Dragon's Hoard
• Midnight Clock
• Proteus Staff
• Bident of Thassa
• The Magic Mirror

Enchantments (6):

• Impact Tremors
• Improbable Alliance
• Reconnaissance Mission
• Teferi's Ageless Insight
• Mindmoil
• Thought Reflection

Lands (37):

• Training Center
• Terrain Generator
• Temple of Epiphany
• Sulfur Falls
• Stormcarved Coast
• Steam Vents
• Smoldering Crater
• Scalding Tarn
• Remote Isle
• Reliquary Tower
• Mystic Sanctuary
• Myriad Landscape
• Mountain (4)
• Lonely Sandbar
• Kher Keep
• Island (6)
• Halimar Depths
• Frostboil Snarl
• Forgotten Cave
• Field of Ruin
• Fabled Passage
• Desolate Lighthouse
• Desert of the Mindful
• Desert of the Fervent
• Demolition Field
• Command Tower
• Castle Vantress
• Cascade Bluffs
• Ash Barrens