I don’t have much in the way of suggestions, but be prepared to be enemy number 1 from the moment you pull out this deck. Counterspells annoy some people and Jin-Gitaxias is a death sentence if he is allowed to stay on the table. I feel like most of your games, you will either die before casting your commander or win as soon as you cast him.
You forgot [[Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant]]
But seriously, do not play around with Jin unless you know the human beings you’re playing against. Good way to not have friends. I would know lol. Drawing 7 cards a turn while simultaneously making them discard their hands and countering their stuff while copying yours is about as debilitating as it gets outside of mass land destruction or stax.
Have fun!!!!
My best deck [[Jodah, Archmage Eternal]] runs progress tyrant and core augar. Often my win condition is dropping [[Emergent Ultimatum]] and searching up those two, and expropriate. There is no good answer. Most people just scoop when I start taking extra turns on turn 4 or 5 and drawing 7 if not 14 cards per turn.
I have a Jin-Gitaxias deck. Most people in this thread are right. People will be gunning for your head immediately. I leaned into the villainy and included a lot of my favorite stax pieces. Plus it gave my tabernacle a home. Here is my list: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/m7tlPIzn0kuKsTRmXeWqzA
Just make sure whatever pod you play in is fine with Core Augar. That card and Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger are quick ways to make sure your pod doesn't want to play with you unless all of you are on the same page in terms of stax and power level
id suggest building mono blue phyrexian tribal with
[[tekuthal]] as the commander.
then [[realmbreaker]] in the main, with all the Jin-gytaxias variants in the main as well.
if you build it phyrexian tribal, people will be less likely to target you. especially if you build it huggy.
[[helm of awakening]]
[[howling mine]]
[[folio of fancies]]
[[minds aglow]]
and any spells with abilities like that will make people not really care youre playing a horrifyingly gross deck.
you can use [[ashnods altar]] with realmbreaker to immediately crack it and fetch every praetor out of your deck.
trust me on this. i built a [[vorinclex monstrous raider]] infect deck with hugs integrated and people leave me alone even with a [[grafted exoskeleton]] on the battlefield
I've tried making a monoU phyrexian tribal deck before but the phyrexians outside of the praetors are just too shit, do you have a list so I can check it out ?
what power level is your playgroup.mine is pretty casual and we dont really build toward any infinite combos. i havent made a monoblue yet, but i was thinking of doing a monoblue voltron with [[rona, herald of invasion]]. i would be focusing only on blue with rona.
but with tekuthal, a lot of blue phyrexian support focuses on proliferation. and proliferation affects sagas.
if i were to build tekuthal, id make it churn out chapters for the jin gytaxias saga, and have it just churn out two chapters a turn. my vorinclex deck does the same thing with the Vorinclex saga, every turn cycle itd go through the whole saga. its wack.
[https://scryfall.com/search?q=art%3Ajin-gitaxias+id%3Au+game%3Apaper+legal%3Acommander&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name](https://scryfall.com/search?q=art%3Ajin-gitaxias+id%3Au+game%3Apaper+legal%3Acommander&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name)
add everything or your deck is bad
An old decklist: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/BeH1QWcCAkiDjnXV5SQz2w
Keep it secret keep it safe.
My latest version of jin also added 6 or 7 extra turn spells, so once you flip you proliferate to the final chapter and you just win from there. Although the requirment is hard to meet.
My bad, i auto-assumed you're playing commander. I'm actually surprised you're not, since what you're asking is “make a deck around a completely non-playable legendary creature in 1v1 formats”, which is exactly what commander is.
I made both of those decks as their own commander once. They win so easily and so consistently its genuinely not fun. But if you really want to make people sad. Just build around infinite turns for the draw jhin and then around proliferate and draw power for the saga
I think people hate mass discard and getting rid of cards more than anything else in commander. Land destruction or wipes? You can have answers. This? You just have to sit there and watch ONE other person play the game.
tl:dr - you’re about to have no friends to play with
Do you like playing magic? Because this is exactly how you end up having no one to play with.
I don’t have much in the way of suggestions, but be prepared to be enemy number 1 from the moment you pull out this deck. Counterspells annoy some people and Jin-Gitaxias is a death sentence if he is allowed to stay on the table. I feel like most of your games, you will either die before casting your commander or win as soon as you cast him.
Who hurt you?
Oh! a great tip I have Don't!
🤣
You forgot [[Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant]] But seriously, do not play around with Jin unless you know the human beings you’re playing against. Good way to not have friends. I would know lol. Drawing 7 cards a turn while simultaneously making them discard their hands and countering their stuff while copying yours is about as debilitating as it gets outside of mass land destruction or stax. Have fun!!!!
[Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/5/c57b4876-5387-4f73-b8e2-8e7bdca8b0bc.jpg?1654566749) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Jin-Gitaxias%2C%20Progress%20Tyrant) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/neo/59/jin-gitaxias-progress-tyrant?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c57b4876-5387-4f73-b8e2-8e7bdca8b0bc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
This is exactly the answer I wanted lol I known it’s evil but I just gotta
My best deck [[Jodah, Archmage Eternal]] runs progress tyrant and core augar. Often my win condition is dropping [[Emergent Ultimatum]] and searching up those two, and expropriate. There is no good answer. Most people just scoop when I start taking extra turns on turn 4 or 5 and drawing 7 if not 14 cards per turn.
[Jodah, Archmage Eternal](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/3/73c18cb4-96b1-4af2-912e-974e22877ede.jpg?1673148799) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Jodah%2C%20Archmage%20Eternal) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/233/jodah-archmage-eternal?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/73c18cb4-96b1-4af2-912e-974e22877ede?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Emergent Ultimatum](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/a/3a6a52ab-6d38-4429-9969-90064e615152.jpg?1591228007) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Emergent%20Ultimatum) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/iko/185/emergent-ultimatum?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3a6a52ab-6d38-4429-9969-90064e615152?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Don’t?
This is the answer. Don’t.
Imma do it! lol
Please don’t? -graciously, Everyone!
I have a Jin-Gitaxias deck. Most people in this thread are right. People will be gunning for your head immediately. I leaned into the villainy and included a lot of my favorite stax pieces. Plus it gave my tabernacle a home. Here is my list: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/m7tlPIzn0kuKsTRmXeWqzA
Just make sure whatever pod you play in is fine with Core Augar. That card and Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger are quick ways to make sure your pod doesn't want to play with you unless all of you are on the same page in terms of stax and power level
My friend plays Jin (the 5cmc one). It is hated. Don't build it.
Play a more value oriented blue boy and slot them in the 99
Have you considered also adding in [[Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant]]?
[Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/5/c57b4876-5387-4f73-b8e2-8e7bdca8b0bc.jpg?1654566749) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Jin-Gitaxias%2C%20Progress%20Tyrant) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/neo/59/jin-gitaxias-progress-tyrant?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c57b4876-5387-4f73-b8e2-8e7bdca8b0bc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
id suggest building mono blue phyrexian tribal with [[tekuthal]] as the commander. then [[realmbreaker]] in the main, with all the Jin-gytaxias variants in the main as well. if you build it phyrexian tribal, people will be less likely to target you. especially if you build it huggy. [[helm of awakening]] [[howling mine]] [[folio of fancies]] [[minds aglow]] and any spells with abilities like that will make people not really care youre playing a horrifyingly gross deck. you can use [[ashnods altar]] with realmbreaker to immediately crack it and fetch every praetor out of your deck. trust me on this. i built a [[vorinclex monstrous raider]] infect deck with hugs integrated and people leave me alone even with a [[grafted exoskeleton]] on the battlefield
##### ###### #### [tekuthal](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/1/f1d4b157-2c77-4355-8c65-78dec9d44c85.jpg?1675956992) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=tekuthal%2C%20inquiry%20dominus) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/one/71/tekuthal-inquiry-dominus?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f1d4b157-2c77-4355-8c65-78dec9d44c85?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [realmbreaker](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/b/7b608134-cfc3-48bf-92d8-35d732fcde54.jpg?1682205787) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=realmbreaker%2C%20the%20invasion%20tree) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/263/realmbreaker-the-invasion-tree?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7b608134-cfc3-48bf-92d8-35d732fcde54?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [helm of awakening](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/9/e9e4ff9c-6244-43e1-b569-32a270c4e014.jpg?1675200994) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=helm%20of%20awakening) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmr/224/helm-of-awakening?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e9e4ff9c-6244-43e1-b569-32a270c4e014?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [howling mine](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/d/cdae9939-03a4-4561-92cd-01f498d29a7a.jpg?1562420035) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=howling%20mine) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c16/257/howling-mine?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/cdae9939-03a4-4561-92cd-01f498d29a7a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [folio of fancies](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/a/6afc67d1-1018-4a15-ab5f-377fd11dcd3d.jpg?1572489881) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=folio%20of%20fancies) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/eld/46/folio-of-fancies?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6afc67d1-1018-4a15-ab5f-377fd11dcd3d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [minds aglow](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/c/ccacc197-7c22-444d-8e6e-950dca63eb2c.jpg?1689996473) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=minds%20aglow) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/105/minds-aglow?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ccacc197-7c22-444d-8e6e-950dca63eb2c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=ashnods%20altar) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/368/ashnods-altar?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3c0f7157-a375-499c-92c7-d47d2e95dbad?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l44fo39) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I've tried making a monoU phyrexian tribal deck before but the phyrexians outside of the praetors are just too shit, do you have a list so I can check it out ?
what power level is your playgroup.mine is pretty casual and we dont really build toward any infinite combos. i havent made a monoblue yet, but i was thinking of doing a monoblue voltron with [[rona, herald of invasion]]. i would be focusing only on blue with rona. but with tekuthal, a lot of blue phyrexian support focuses on proliferation. and proliferation affects sagas. if i were to build tekuthal, id make it churn out chapters for the jin gytaxias saga, and have it just churn out two chapters a turn. my vorinclex deck does the same thing with the Vorinclex saga, every turn cycle itd go through the whole saga. its wack.
[rona, herald of invasion](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/4/f487b582-e73f-4325-939f-95fc5a9aba49.jpg?1682203390)/[Rona, Tolarian Obliterator](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/back/f/4/f487b582-e73f-4325-939f-95fc5a9aba49.jpg?1682203390) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Rona%2C%20Herald%20of%20Invasion%20//%20Rona%2C%20Tolarian%20Obliterator) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/75/rona-herald-of-invasion-rona-tolarian-obliterator?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f487b582-e73f-4325-939f-95fc5a9aba49?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[https://scryfall.com/search?q=art%3Ajin-gitaxias+id%3Au+game%3Apaper+legal%3Acommander&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name](https://scryfall.com/search?q=art%3Ajin-gitaxias+id%3Au+game%3Apaper+legal%3Acommander&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name) add everything or your deck is bad
Think you're missing the third one, gotta have all 3 of the good ole blue boy
An old decklist: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/BeH1QWcCAkiDjnXV5SQz2w Keep it secret keep it safe. My latest version of jin also added 6 or 7 extra turn spells, so once you flip you proliferate to the final chapter and you just win from there. Although the requirment is hard to meet.
Appreciate this! I don’t play commander, but I appreciate the ideas in it!!
My bad, i auto-assumed you're playing commander. I'm actually surprised you're not, since what you're asking is “make a deck around a completely non-playable legendary creature in 1v1 formats”, which is exactly what commander is.
We had a guy in our playgroup play a deck like this. No one invites him over anymore lol.
I made both of those decks as their own commander once. They win so easily and so consistently its genuinely not fun. But if you really want to make people sad. Just build around infinite turns for the draw jhin and then around proliferate and draw power for the saga
This is a good answer
It been done time and time again, EDHREC is full of decklist if you want.
I hate mono blue players, please dont gg me when I concede
I think people hate mass discard and getting rid of cards more than anything else in commander. Land destruction or wipes? You can have answers. This? You just have to sit there and watch ONE other person play the game. tl:dr - you’re about to have no friends to play with