Odds and Ends Precon: Decklist, Value, and Verdict

This is the original decklist from Odds and Ends. Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign is a commander that lets you cast spells with odd mana values (1, 3, 5, etc.) for free when it attacks. Ideally, you want to attack with your 3/5 flying commander, reveal a 9-drop, and cast it for free. If you reveal a land or an even-costed card, you’ll at least draw it. But to get the most out of the deck, you want to attack often, and you want a deck that’s mostly odd-costed cards.

The themes in this deck are mixed because as a Secret Lair deck, WotC has a place to reprint some weird cards to go with the “odd” theme. Not just mathematically odd; they want you to play like a mysterious sphinx that’s manipulating the battlefield and doing enigmatic stuff. There are many cards in this precon with a “spin the wheel” style that look to reveal some cards and see what happens. Pure chaos.

This is the original decklist from Odds and Ends. Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign is a commander that lets you cast spells with odd mana values (1, 3, 5, etc.) for free when it attacks. Ideally, you want to attack with your 3/5 flying commander, reveal a 9-drop, and cast it for free. If you reveal a land or an even-costed card, you’ll at least draw it. But to get the most out of the deck, you want to attack often, and you want a deck that’s mostly odd-costed cards.

The themes in this deck are mixed because as a Secret Lair deck, WotC has a place to reprint some weird cards to go with the “odd” theme. Not just mathematically odd; they want you to play like a mysterious sphinx that’s manipulating the battlefield and doing enigmatic stuff. There are many cards in this precon with a “spin the wheel” style that look to reveal some cards and see what happens. Pure chaos.

The biggest problem when playing a 5-mana commander and a bunch of 5-9 MV cards is that sometimes the deck will be slow. Improving the ramp and card draw is a must to make sure we don’t miss a land drop. I think that the mana base and the mana fixing are very playable right out of the box, so upgrading them is a matter of changing some dual lands case-by-case, if you want.

Draftsim's upgrade guide makes 18 changes to this deck. The first picks (hover for the card):

• Lavaspur Boots
• Whispersilk Cloak
• Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
• Artisan of Kozilek
• Hidetsugu and Kairi
• Magister Sphinx

• Secret Lair Value Report: The Odds and Ends Commander Precon by A.L. Walser (September 23, 2026)
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