Legends Legends - Rasputin Dreamweaver

Rasputin Dreamweaver

by Andi Rusu

Hello, and welcome back to another exciting installment of Legends Legends, the weekly column where we build a thematic, playable Commander deck around one of the original legendary creatures from 1994. This week we're brewing a Rasputin Dreamweaver

General Thoughts

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Rasputin Dreamweaver

Grandpa Dreamweaver creates some unique play patterns for a blue and white deck. Running out Rasputin usually means you'll have seven more mana to spend, which we can use immediately to further ramp into a Chromatic Orrery

This makes him extremely effective for enabling those mana-intensive combos. Cards like Deadeye Navigator

And if we can capitalize on some other classic ETB combos along the way, that's even better.

Rasputin's Dreams

Rasputin's dreams are prophetic visions of things to come, foretelling future combos and synergies. In game terms, we'll spend the early game prepping for our key combos by tutoring up the important pieces, then protecting them with our counter magic. This means using Mystical Tutor

If we can find our Laboratory Maniac

Fabricate

Ultimately, much of the play for this Commander deck will be learning to read your opening hands and identifying which combo you have the most pieces for, then tutoring for the final card. The deck can putter along generally well by blinking the classically valuable ETB creatures, like Mulldrifter

Rasputin's Nightmares

You could write a book on how many ways there are to assemble an infinite combo in these colors. All of the essentials are here: Deadeye Navigator

Creatures from the darkest corners of Rasputin's subconscious make the best threats, so even without our near-infinite mana, we can easily ramp into an Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

The Curse of Knowledge

One of the best play patterns in this deck is casting Rasputin Dreamweaver

Personally, I have trouble divorcing my inner Timmy from my deck builds, so your outlets for your combos may differ according to taste. This Rasputin Dreamweaver

Mana Base

With a six-mana commander, we can't afford to miss a land drop, and we ought to drop a mana rock or two early on as well. To that end, we're running what some might consider a few too many lands at 37. In addition, we've got seven of the more basic mana rocks in Azorius colors, notably Chromatic Orrery

Budget Options

This deck clocks in at a resounding $472 at time of writing, $124 of which is Rasputin Dreamweaver

First, Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines

Mana Drain

Rasputin Dreamweaver Deck List

Wrap Up

While this Rasputin Dreamweaver

Thanks for reading! Check back next week when we tackle another Legends Legend.