Mechanic Spotlight: Cascade

[@wouterivens4121]

Got a "cascade tribal" and it is a blast to play AND to play against for my playgroup. Made it as random as possible so no tutors (besides the ramp) and no topdeck manipulation. Sometimes it whiffs and the next time you go epic, it's hilarious.

[@commandpower1987]

I was just thinking about building something like that recently! Whats the commander?

[@wouterivens4121]

Jared Carthalion for the 5c access, it has a small +1/+1 subtheme with marchesa, atraxa, tyranid prime and master biomancer. Akroma's memorial usually closes the deal. The rest is almost every card that has cascade on it and the enables like yidris, abbadonn mealstrom nexus etc.

[@commandpower1987]

Sounds sweet. Do you have a list?

[@blkmask2]

My meme cascade commander deck commander: imoti celebrant of bounty Extra turns for more triggers plus being able to get ahead if behind or digging further if ahead. Card draw lots of it with cards like opt, learn from the past elixir of immortality I'm never decking out, big cmc spells with delve exiling unnecessary cards for more value, cascade creatures for funny value, one discard outlet to put cards i dont want into graveyard or reshuffle untap effects, two tutors and lastly evoke creatures. Then we add a jace "I win if I draw out" along with atherflux as well as weather the storm, mana reflection, imoniscience, zendikar resurgent, and three ways of copying imoti herself and two protection spells. I give you the most broken and most hated deck in mtg😂

[@commandpower1987]

Imoti is low key the most accidentally busted deck I ever built

[@PokeJohn7]

My Cascade commander deck Commander: First Sliver / Morophon (can be interchanged as needed) Deck Concept: 1st get Rukarumel / Arcane Adaptation / Conspiracy / Maskwood Nexus (Turn all creature spells you own into slivers) Get out Morophon (Makes everything thats wubrg free) Cast first sliver for free Have a bunch of massive creatures that cost wubrg+0/1/2 that now all get cascade Additional Cascade: Sakashima impostor / thousand faces to copy first sliver and give all slivers more cascade Jodah Unifier / Imoti gives things more cascade Jodah archmage combos with morophon to make every creature spell free Cheating out big Creatures: Run cards with evoke for first cheap casting cost, but they're high cmc creatures that cascade (These can also be used as interaction as needed, good options either way) All 5 Bringer of the black/blue/green/red/white Dawn Cards for free cast with morophon, but 9 cmc cascades Run things with cheaper alternate casting costs to cheat out high cmc cascades (Sephara / Ghalta Primal / Scion Draco / etc) Bolas's Citadel / Marshland bloodcaster are great for cheating out high cmc creatures to start a massive waterfall of cascades Ramp / Draw: Things like Averna / karametra god of harvests / chulane / beast whisperer / vega keep ramp + draw constant while cascading Creature Synergy: Use creatures with etb effects that are similar to ramp/tutors/interaction to keep the cascade waterfall flowing as much as possible while still giving you ramp/tutors/interaction. Hitting a non-creature on cascading stops the constant cascading, but if you hit a creature, you keep cascading Finishing the Game: If needed, hibernation sliver allows you to pay 2 life to bounce a creature you want, with morophon out, you can repetitively pay 2 life to keep casting first sliver until you have everything you need to win Herald of Ilharg and passionate archaeologist are basically a free win if you put em out on field Essentially my deck is currently 40 lands and 50ish creatures and 10 or less tutors/mana rocks... Once the 2-3 Combo pieces I need are out, I tend to play every spell in my deck the following turn

[@commandpower1987]

That sounds amazing! Absolute mad scientist build! Must be a blast to play!😍

[@PokeJohn7]

It is fun, but my friends don't like when I take a 10min turn to cast every card in the deck :D @@commandpower1987

[@unidadPerez]

I need some help, if I have Maelstrom Wanderer in hand and I cheat it into play with something like Incandescent Soulstoke do that trigger cascade?

[@commandpower1987]

Nope, cascade is only on cast

[@unidadPerez]

@@commandpower1987 thank you very much!!

[@commandpower1987]

My pleasure!

[@TheDaddiestBear]

The First Sliver is absolutely wild, what an ability to give slivers.

[@commandpower1987]

Yeah that's a pretty insane one!