EDH MonoU Xerox (EDH / Commander)

Oh my god it works.

Use instant speed cantrips to clone your permanents until you have so much value the others can't play magic anymore.

If anyone tries to interact with your board, protect themselves or follow their own game plan, turn your silly little cantrips towards their permanents and spells and just... stop them.

The entire strategy is to abuse Orvar and ETBs while using tiny, underwhelming spells as uber-flexible pieces of interaction.

There's a bunch of combos buried between the loose Merfolk Wizard tribal ETB themes, probably using Archaeomancer / Energy Tap / Eye of Ramos / Coveted Jewel / Venser, Shaper Savant / Tidespout Tyrant, but I'm too lazy to figure out the loops. Have fun with it.

hint: Peregrine Drake is actually the most valuable combo piece. Less stormy than Coveted Jewel, but way more targetable.

hint #2: Orvar, the All-Form is our only engine! As it's both prone to be removed and fairly fragile, cards like Vanishing, Curator's Ward, Crypsis, Essence Flux, Dive Down, Teferi's Time Twist, Siren's Ruse, Shell Shield, Mizzium Skin and even bounce effects are sometimes worth holding back to protect our commander instead of extending the value chain.

hint #3: Finding and sticking a clone target to the board is very important. If your opening hand misses a few lands to keep a good one, try targeting a few cantrips towards enemy creatures to get your land drops. It's also generally a good idea to bounce the originals to your hand after you've made a few copies to keep them safe from removal. Prioritize cloning mana sources until you can comfortably recast Orvar in case it gets removed.