“Mirror, mirror on the wall…”
Art:Eriette of the Charmed Apple by Magali Villeneuve
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Todays Featured Commander Is:
Eriette of the Charmed Apple is a really sweet commander who is absolutely perfect for the curse strategy! We can use Eriette to not only affect our opponents with curses but prevent them from attacking and the real cherry on top is that we can damage our opponents and gain life on our turn which is a great and effective way to end the game! Eriette is so much fun to play and is the absolute perfect commander for curses! Without further adieu lets get it!
The Deck:
Eriette of the Charmed Apple $165 Curses!
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Why Eriette of the Charmed Apple?
Eriette is our main way to prevent us from dying through combat, and in a lot of cases is our main win condition and a very effective way to kill our opponents and gain a ton of life, we have payoffs for both that allow us to close out games quickly, Eriette is a tough commander to deal with and is a great part of the deck and really ties it all together.
5 Helpful Upgrades:
These are in no particular order but 5 cards I would add to the list if my budget increased!
- Academy Rector
- Replenish
- Greater Auramancy
- Demonic Tutor
- Black Market Connections
- And a Bonus super expensive upgrade Serra's Sanctum
Deck Overview:
This section contains information about cards in the deck and how they function within the deck! For explanations of the combos please refer to the “Main Win Conditions” section below!
Creatures:
The main focus of our creature package is cards that are payoffs for all of the enchantments that we have! Archon of Sun's Grace is a great way to fill the board with creatures and have blockers for our opponents creatures that actually can attack! Underworld Coinsmith
Instants:
Our instant package is packed to the brim with removal! We have Swords to Plowshares
Sorceries:
Merciless Eviction
Artifacts:
Since we gain a ton of life off of Eriette one of our best artifacts is Aetherflux Reservoir
Enchantments:
All of our curses are really good for specific reasons, curses like Curse of Death's Hold
Land Base:
Our land base is nothing too special, we overall dont need a ton of mana to function 5-7 lands is typically perfect and we are perfectly ok with playing a land a turn and casting things on curve. There is no special sauce here, just basics and Orzhov dual lands. In testing this land base was very effective and after testing version with 32, 33 and 34 lands we found that 35 was the perfect number.
Strengths of the Deck:
- Easy to gain a ton of life
- Easy to lock down our opponents with our auras
- Decent amount of interaction
Weaknesses of the Deck:
- Weak to Enchantment Hate
- Weak to Counterspell decks
- Weak to Combo Decks
Deck Stats:
Sample Hands:
Main Win Conditions:
Our main win condition is getting Eriette triggers and draining our opponents, but we do have a few infinite combos that can end the game or get us in a really good position! Below are the combos in the deck explained. All of these combos can be game-ending with cards like Underworld Coinsmith
Screams from Within
Requires:
Screams from Within in hand. Warehouse Tabby on the battlefield. You control another creature with toughness equal to 1. 1BB available.
Steps:
- Cast Screams from Within by paying 1BB, attaching it to another creature with toughness equal to 1.
- The creature dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness, triggering Warehouse Tabby and Screams from Within.
- Resolve the Warehouse Tabby trigger, creating a 1/1 Rat creature token.
- Resolve the Screams from Within trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to the Rat.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite death triggers.
Screams from Within
Requires:
Screams from Within in hand. Knight of Doves on the battlefield. You control a creature with toughness equal to 1. 1BB available.
Steps:
- Cast Screams from Within by paying 1BB, attaching it to a creature with toughness equal to 1.
- The creature dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness, triggering Knight of Doves and Screams from Within.
- Resolve the Knight of Doves trigger, creating a 1/1 Bird creature token.
- Resolve the Screams from Within trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to the Bird.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite death triggers.
Conclusion:
In conclusion Eriette is a super fun commander who is the perfect commander for the curse archetype and is a great way to not only make our opponents unable to attack but bleed them dry when we curse them! The bleed effect from Eriette is on top of the curses so we can get the annoying and sometimes painful effects on our opponents! Hope you enjoyed dont forget you can always request a commander on our twitter or discord! Thanks for reading to the end!