
Firstly, I apologize that this post was a day late.
Let me clarify that a mean EDH deck does not prioritize winning the game quickly, its main goal is to make other players have no fun. Now, let's begin. When thinking of the meanest EDH decks, there might be a few that come to mind. I feel that there are a few main subtypes of mean: Stax, Mass Land Destruction, and Counterspell decks*. Let's discuss these subtypes briefly.
Stax -- EDH
The main goal of Stax is to not let anyone do anything whatsoever and accomplishes this with cards like Nether Void, Winter Orb, and Static Orb.


Typical stax commanders are creatures which have an effect that slows down gameplay such as Gaddock Teeg and Grand Arbiter Augustin IV,
However, this article's deck will not use Stax, as it's much too slow and almost no one likes it.


Mass Land Destruction -- EDH
Another quite mean EDH deck style is land destruction or dealing players damage for playing lands. A few examples of cards like this are Armageddon, Zo-Zu, the Punisher, and Fall of the Thran.



This is also quite an evil strategy, as the game gets stalled for long periods of time, as after the lands are destroyed, many turns need to be used to hopefully draw lands and play them. It also does not give you much of an advantage in the game. The deck that we will discuss later gives you an advantage over others and it does not slow gameplay down as much.
Counterspell Decks -- EDH

There should be no need to discuss Counterspell decks as they are exactly what they sound like, which is a deck full of counterspells. Most of these decks don't exactly have a plan to win and eventually they will run out of counterspells.
The Meanest Commander
A few options for the meanest commander are Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, which taxes opponents and gives us cost reductions, Gaddock Teeg, which limits our opponents' spell-casting abilities, or Zo-Zu, the Punisher, who punishes people for playing lands. However, I propose a different commander who is much more unconventional, Narset, Enlightened Master.

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