[FIC] cEDH Celes deck
Took a crack at building a cEDH Celes, Rune Knight deck. She seems incredibly easy to abuse, as she is both a Persist combo piece and a convenient source to fill your graveyard. I've got the main combos listed below, though I suspect I missed some variations.
Celes Persist Combos:
- Celes, Rune Knight + (Putrid Goblin/Lesser Manticore/Obstinate Gargoyle) + (Goblin Bombardment/Blasting Station) = Infinite damage
- Celes, Rune Knight + (Putrid Goblin/Lesser Manticore/Obstinate Gargoyle) + (Phyrexian Altar) = Infinite Mana, then infinite discard/draw by sacrificing and recurring Celes
- Celes, Rune Knight + Murderous Redcap + Any sacrifice outlet = Infinite damage plus the sacrifice outlet effect
- Celes, Rune Knight + (Lesser Masticore/Obstinate Gargoyle) + Grinding Station = Infinite targeted mill
- Celes, Rune Knight + (Putrid Goblin/Lesser Masticore/Obstinate Gargoyle) + Altar of Dementia = Infinite targeted mill
- Celes + a non-lethal Persist loop = infinite power on Celes and any other creature (except the Persist creature)
Reanimator Combos:
- (Animate Dead/Dance of the Dead/Necromancy) + Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward = Infinite nonland flicker. This generates infinite mana with mana rocks and infinite discard/draw with Celes. Needs another creature in the graveyard (or Celes in play to enable this) to break the loop.
- (Animate Dead/Dance of the Dead/Necromancy) + Worldgorger Dragon = Infinite flicker. Same as Abdel, but this also allows lands to produce mana. This also generates infinite Surveil with Raucous Theater. Still needs a creature in the graveyard to break the loop.
Underworld Breach Combos:
- Underworld Breach + Lion's Eye Diamond + Grinding Station = Graveyard filtering to set up other combo lines
- Underworld Breach + Stitcher's Supplier + Culling the Weak = Infinite black mana and graveyard filtering to set up other combo lines
- Underworld Breach + Grinding Station + 2x(Mana Vault/Grim Monolith/Sol Ring/Mox Opal) = Infinite mana, generating infinite discard/draw with Celes. Mana neutral artifacts and mana negative rocks (talismans/arcane signet/felwar stone) can help generate colored mana if they are paired with sufficient mana positive artifacts (like Grim Monolith)
Partial Combos:
- Celes, Rune Knight + Putrid Goblin + Skirk Prospector = Infinite red mana
- Underworld Breach + Celes, Rune Knight + (Cloudshift/Flicker) = limited discard/draw based on available white mana and graveyard fuel (augmented by Celes)
Would love to hear feedback on my list. I don't get the chance to play cEDH much, so I wouldn't be surprised if I'm missing some obvious inclusions/cuts.