Oversoul
The Tentacled One
At long last, here it is. I have built what might possibly be my most stupid EDH deck thus far. The original inspiration for this project was WotC's Pride Month gimmick from 2022, where they'd temporarily make all commanders have the "Partner" ability. I quipped that I would build a deck that was actually legal in EDH without special corporate-sanctioned rulebreaking, but where all of my creatures would still be partners because they'd all have the "Partner with" ability. I even came up with the idea of running Cecily & Othelm in the command zone so that I could have two commanders for a five-color deck. The original plan was to use every single card with the "Partner with" ability in the entire game. But then I procrastinated.
There are now a whopping 52 cards that have "Partner with." And that's too many! After putting all 26 pairs into a deck with lands, there'd be no room left for any other cards and the deck would be essentially unplayable garbage. Now, I'm not above playing garbage, but I decided that a compromise would be more fun. All creatures and both planeswalkers in this deck have the "Partner with" ability. And I'm using *most* cards that have, to date, been printed with this ability. However, I elected not to include the Jurassic Park pair (it does kind of a Dinosaur Tribal thing anyway), the Doctor Who pairs (they are weird and don't interest me), or the Crimson Vow Commander pairs (they're just bad). And that frees up about 20 non-land slots for the rest of the deck.
This deck obviously isn't very focused, but it does have one rather blatant advantage: 42 of the cards in my maindeck can tutor up a partner on entry. That's a lot of (practically free) card advantage. Is it enough to rescure the deck from being bad? Not really. But we're past that point.
Commander:
1 Cecily, Haunted Mage
1 Othelm, Sigardian Outcast
1 Akroma's Will
1 Alisaie Leveilleur
1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
1 Arid Mesa
1 Badlands
1 Bayou
1 Bebop, Skull & Crossbones
1 Blaring Captain
1 Blaring Recruiter
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Brainstorm
1 Brallin, Skyshark Rider
1 Cazur, Ruthless Stalker
1 Chakram Retriever
1 Chakram Slinger
1 Chaos Warp
1 Chromatic Lantern
1 Command Tower
1 Doubling Season
1 Earthcraft
1 Evie Frye
1 Expropriate
1 Fierce Guardianship
1 Flooded Strand
2 Forest
1 Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit
1 Gaea's Cradle
1 Gorm the Great
1 Haldan, Avid Arcanist
1 Hit the Mother Lode
1 Impetuous Protege
2 Island
1 Jacob Frye
1 Karn's Bastion
1 Khorvath Brightflame
1 Krav, the Unredeemed
1 Ley Weaver
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Lore Weaver
1 Mana Drain
1 Marsh Flats
1 Maze of Ith
1 Merry, Warden of Isengard
1 Misty Rainforest
2 Mountain
1 Nikara, Lair Scavenger
1 Okaun, Eye of Chaos
1 Pako, Arcane Retriever
1 Patriar's Seal
1 Pippin, Warden of Isengard
1 Pir, Imaginative Rascal
2 Plains
1 Plateau
1 Polluted Delta
1 Praetor's Counsel
1 Proud Mentor
1 Regna, the Redeemer
1 Regrowth
1 Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder
1 Rowan Kenrith
1 Ruinous Ultimatum
1 Sam, Loyal Attendant
1 Savannah
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Scrubland
1 Sea Gate Restoration
1 Seasons Past
1 Shabraz, the Skyshark
1 Silvar, Devourer of the Free
1 Soulblade Corrupter
1 Soulblade Renewer
1 Springleaf Drum
2 Swamp
1 Sylvia Brightspear
1 Taiga
1 Tarnation Vista
1 Toothy, Imaginary Friend
1 Tropical Island
1 Trynn, Champion of Freedom
1 Tundra
1 Ukkima, Stalking Shadow
1 Underground Sea
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Victimize
1 Virtus the Veiled
1 Volcanic Island
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Will Kenrith
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Yannik, Scavenging Sentinel
1 Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom
There are now a whopping 52 cards that have "Partner with." And that's too many! After putting all 26 pairs into a deck with lands, there'd be no room left for any other cards and the deck would be essentially unplayable garbage. Now, I'm not above playing garbage, but I decided that a compromise would be more fun. All creatures and both planeswalkers in this deck have the "Partner with" ability. And I'm using *most* cards that have, to date, been printed with this ability. However, I elected not to include the Jurassic Park pair (it does kind of a Dinosaur Tribal thing anyway), the Doctor Who pairs (they are weird and don't interest me), or the Crimson Vow Commander pairs (they're just bad). And that frees up about 20 non-land slots for the rest of the deck.
This deck obviously isn't very focused, but it does have one rather blatant advantage: 42 of the cards in my maindeck can tutor up a partner on entry. That's a lot of (practically free) card advantage. Is it enough to rescure the deck from being bad? Not really. But we're past that point.
Commander:
1 Cecily, Haunted Mage
1 Othelm, Sigardian Outcast
1 Akroma's Will
1 Alisaie Leveilleur
1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
1 Arid Mesa
1 Badlands
1 Bayou
1 Bebop, Skull & Crossbones
1 Blaring Captain
1 Blaring Recruiter
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Brainstorm
1 Brallin, Skyshark Rider
1 Cazur, Ruthless Stalker
1 Chakram Retriever
1 Chakram Slinger
1 Chaos Warp
1 Chromatic Lantern
1 Command Tower
1 Doubling Season
1 Earthcraft
1 Evie Frye
1 Expropriate
1 Fierce Guardianship
1 Flooded Strand
2 Forest
1 Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit
1 Gaea's Cradle
1 Gorm the Great
1 Haldan, Avid Arcanist
1 Hit the Mother Lode
1 Impetuous Protege
2 Island
1 Jacob Frye
1 Karn's Bastion
1 Khorvath Brightflame
1 Krav, the Unredeemed
1 Ley Weaver
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Lore Weaver
1 Mana Drain
1 Marsh Flats
1 Maze of Ith
1 Merry, Warden of Isengard
1 Misty Rainforest
2 Mountain
1 Nikara, Lair Scavenger
1 Okaun, Eye of Chaos
1 Pako, Arcane Retriever
1 Patriar's Seal
1 Pippin, Warden of Isengard
1 Pir, Imaginative Rascal
2 Plains
1 Plateau
1 Polluted Delta
1 Praetor's Counsel
1 Proud Mentor
1 Regna, the Redeemer
1 Regrowth
1 Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder
1 Rowan Kenrith
1 Ruinous Ultimatum
1 Sam, Loyal Attendant
1 Savannah
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Scrubland
1 Sea Gate Restoration
1 Seasons Past
1 Shabraz, the Skyshark
1 Silvar, Devourer of the Free
1 Soulblade Corrupter
1 Soulblade Renewer
1 Springleaf Drum
2 Swamp
1 Sylvia Brightspear
1 Taiga
1 Tarnation Vista
1 Toothy, Imaginary Friend
1 Tropical Island
1 Trynn, Champion of Freedom
1 Tundra
1 Ukkima, Stalking Shadow
1 Underground Sea
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Victimize
1 Virtus the Veiled
1 Volcanic Island
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Will Kenrith
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Yannik, Scavenging Sentinel
1 Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom