Taigam - When Doves Cry (EDH / Commander)

This deck uses two really cool Azorius cards to make one great deck based on tokens and classic rule bending and other shenanigans! Taigam, Ojutai Master says we can't have our stuff countered? Great! Dovescape wants to counter our stuff and give us birds instead? SOUNDS FUN.

First off, as Taigam, Ojutai Master is the focus of the engine, he needs all the protection he can get, otherwise, there will be no doubling the effectiveness of our instants and sorceries.

Having our Instant and Sorcery spells uncounterable is very powerful. We can generally run out our game plan while our opponents will struggle to interact with us. Dovescape is absolutely the biggest powerhouse when combined with Taigam, Ojutai Master. While both are on the field, we get all our spells - PLUS the bird tokens - while the oppositions noncreature spells (i.e., ALL instants, sorceries, enchanments, and non-creature artifacts) will be countered and replaced with only bird tokens. Oh, and we get the birds too! For added 'groan', drop a Cyclonic Rift and bounce the birdies away. This means we have all the fun!

If that wasn't enough for you, we have Taigam, Ojutai Master's second ability. This allows us to double cast any of our instant or sorcery cards that we cast once Taigam, Ojutai Master's attacked. All he needs to do is declare the attack and we get the full value we need, meaning we can act before blockers are declared with any of our value instants like Cryptic Command, Telling Time, Enlightened Tutor, or Fact or Fiction.

But wait, Taigam, Ojutai Master must attack and survive the combat step for some tricks to begin. Never fear, we have a few ways to protect our dragon-loving Monk through this. A 3/4 body is quite respectable, being able to trade blows with a fair number of creatures but for the bigger bullies out there, we can throw the Whispersilk Cloak on him and sneak past with no damage taken.

So, we cast a load of fun value cards but how do we win? Well, we mentioned our Dovescape option above and the absurd synergistic value is having with Taigam, Ojutai Master. There is also our non-spell wincons like Docent of Perfection, Talrand, Sky Summoner, and Monastery Mentor, all who drop tokens when we cast an Instant or Sorcery.

This deck is meant for friendly commander games, but there are other strategies and themes you can go with to fit to your liking. I try to keep the BS combos to a minimum due to most of my opponents being family, who are just beginning to play MTG. So, have fun, and please, leave any comments and/or suggestions for the deck.