Timeless: 5 Decks with Edge of Eternities to Try Out!

Edge of Eternities is coming. While we're already in full swing with previews and spoilers for Marvel's Spider-Man, the current set, which comes out on August 1st, is the space opera expansion for Magic: The Gathering, which brings a dozen new cards and mechanics to the game, some of which have potential for Magic Arena's Timeless format.

In this article, we present five lists using new cards from Edge of Eternities, taking advantage of some of the set's main staples for the format, such as Strip Mine and Ancient Tomb for Stompy decks, Eldrazi Temple for the archetype focused on this creature type, and also Magus of the Moon for Boros Energy decks.

Moon Stompy

Between Magus of the Moon, Ancient Tomb, and Strip Mine, we have tools to try Stompy decks in Timeless just like we do in Legacy: using fast mana to play powerful lock pieces early.

In addition to the new cards, we've added Chrome Mox to speed up turns and also use Chalice of the Void and The One Ring for card advantage and lock against cheap spells, complemented by Fury as board interaction and Fable of the Mirror-Breaker as hand filtering and a potential combo with Fury when transformed.

We've also added some new features from Edge of Eternities: Nova Hellkite can enter as early as the second turn with Warp, puts pressure on the board, and can deal with cards like Ajani, Nacatl Pariah, Ocelot Pride, and Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer with the ETB trigger, then returns later to pressure the opponent again.

Tannuk, Steadfast Second basically offers Warp to any card in the list, making it a great option with The One Ring and Fury, while Tezzeret, Cruel Captain — which I neglected in my review — interacts well with The One Ring and Chrome Mox and provides a potential toolbox in the Sideboard in matchups where we don't need a Chalice of the Void for while searching for Chrome Mox and Chalice in Game 1.

Eldrazi Stompy

In addition to Ancient Tomb, we also received Eldrazi Temple to complement Ugin's Labyrinth for the Timeless Sol Lands package, thus allowing us to utilize the Blind Eternities deities in the format more efficiently.

To my surprise, Modern Horizons' Talismans aren't available on Magic Arena, which prevents us from consistently using cards like Writhing Chrysalis, so we're betting on Mind Stone and a shell with Glaring Fleshraker along with familiar cards from the archetype like Thought-Knot Seer and Sowing Mycospawn, which can search for either another Sol Land or a Strip Mine to lock up the opponent's resources.

To fuel Ugin's Labyrinth, we have ten cards costing seven or more, including Devourer of Destiny—which helps filter the top on the first turn—Sire of Seven Deaths for fair games, and the Eldrazi titans Emrakul, the Promised End and Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger to finish things off.

Boros Moon Energy

Boros Energy is already one of the most played Timeless decks, and with Ancient Tomb and Magus of the Moon, we can try a more aggressive version against the opponent's mana base, aiming to delay combos or even lock games through effects that limit access to mana while maintaining an aggressive beatdown with the combination of Guide of Souls, Ajani, Nacatl Pariah, and Ocelot Pride.

The ideal plan is to pressure the board on the first turn with a creature like Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer and set up the lock the following turn, either with a mix of Ancient Tomb for Blood Moon or Magus of the Moon, or with Strip Mine, and from there, punish the opponent for the turns they lose with this interaction—and if this plan fails, we still have the classic beatdown package combined with The One Ring for longer games.

Sultai Cosmogoyf

This list and the next one aim to replicate a deckbuilding style we saw in Legacy while Deathrite Shaman was legal in the format, except adding the Power Creep wave from the Modern Horizons sets and some absurd cards we only see in Timeless.

In the Sultai version, we run the interaction between Psychic Frog or Treasure Cruise with Cosmogoyf to get a giant creature on the board early, while using Strip Mine and/or Stifle early to delay the opponent's game plan.

To supplement our mana access and avoid locking ourselves out, we also run Deathrite Shaman as an extra mana source that also interacts with Cosmogoyf and makes it easier to cast Mana Drain even if our second-turn play is a Strip Mine.

Grixis Tempo

In this version, we swap for , which offers Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer as a more efficient first-turn play to pressure the opponent by denying them the main resource they need to play the game. We also trade Mana Drain for more proactive spells like Inquisition of Kozilek, which trigger Cori-Steel Cutter and increase the power of our tokens on our own turn.

That's all for today!

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