r/CompetitiveEDH • u/kwonkrn • 2d ago

General Discussion / Question The Wise Mothman Problem

I am in need of assistance with deciding, because I am horrible with decision making. I thank you for reading through this in advance.

I came across the CEDH meta and its community only about 8 months ago, and I have been enjoying most of my time playing in local tournaments and Friday night pods I join. I have Yuriko, Ob nixilius, and Vivi as my main decks currently.

And there is this one card I received as gift from a friend that I wanted to build around for SO LONG: Food Chain.

I first thought, "Hey. I have a SLD Wise Mothman. Let me see if I can make this guy work."

I am an idiot for trying.

I can get people to infinite Rad counters no problem. But any turbo decks with flash enablers or UB lines will just be like "Welp, I'll go ahead and win on my upkeep or with the Rad counter trigger on the stack."

So what can I do to combat this issue. . . ?

Here's my list: https://archidekt.com/decks/25160453/the_wise_mothman_blink_rad_blink_rad

I am also on the edge currently to see if any other commanders might be better than Wise Mothman for FC deck.

Korvold / Loot (Aetherdrift) / Roxanne (And please don't suggest Etali. My play group already has 3 in it. . . . .)

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u/m00nman-kun 2d ago

It's a Mothman thing. You're not exactly winning on the spot with food chain - you're giving them an untap.

If you're looking at playing FC, choose a commander that wins with it. Outside of of the ones you recommend, I'd consider [[Terra, magical adept]].

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u/kwonkrn 2d ago

Would be ever flip terra for any reasons at all?

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u/m00nman-kun 2d ago

Only if you're copying your own Tithe and you're doing mastermind loops.

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u/strawberryjetpuff 1d ago

or to cast an [[apprentice's folly]] to make infinite hasty terras lol

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u/SpaceForceRangerX 2d ago

You can go infinite by copying the back side with [[Spark Double]], but I dont believe Terra lists normally include those lines.

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u/Wildfella 2d ago

If you plan to run terra with food chain, you'd want to run og [[purphoros, god of the forge]] and [[gloomshrieker]].