Thassa EDH (EDH / Commander) [Révision 14]

Welcome to my Thassa, God of the Sea deck! Thassa is my first commander deck built from scratch (non-reconstructed), and it has gone through various changes throughout it's life until settling down to about where it is now.

This is a very unassuming control/defensive deck with some unique or lessor-used cards, taking Thassa herself into account, to achieve it's goal.

The strategy: Get dug in, set up that defense, use some skill on when to use key pieces of "removal", get devoted, and then set Thassa up for a 1-2 KO punch.

Win conditions: 9 out of 10 games are won through commander damage with Thassa using the likes of Fireshrieker, Inquisitor's Flail, and/or Strata Scythe.

So, when taking cards into consideration for the current version of this deck, I favor permanents that provide devotion over cards that may perform the same function with no devotion. For example, using something like Trophy Mage instead of Fabricate, or Imprisoned in the Moon, Lost in Thought, or Ice Cage, instead of Pongify, Rapid Hybridization, or Reality Shift. This is because it becomes essential toward the later part of the game to get and keep[/b] Thassa "online" as a create as she is the main win condition. And once you start swinging with her, opponents [b]will try to bring your devotion down.

Deck MVPs: Every card! I've played this deck for so long it seems like every card has been the one to "win me the game" - from a timely Evacuation to Clever Impersonator copying that opponent's Planeswalker that just happens to be more synergistic in my deck than in theirs and can keep blinking Scourge of Fleets, to locking opponents out with the Brine Elemental + Vesuvan Shapeshifter combo. Really, the one that scares opponents the most, at least the card that they most verbally react to is Caged Sun, and rightfully so. Caged Sun is such a catalyst for having an explosive turn in mono-blue - it can allow to cast enough devotion, a equipment, attach it to Thassa, and have her go in unblocked all on the same turn.

Some notes on specific cards