Elminster by Faustx26

Format: Commander

Commander: Elminster

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Azorius control and token swarm strategy led by Elminster. The primary game plan revolves around leveraging cheap scry spells and topdeck manipulation to discount massive high-mana-value sorceries and trigger planeswalker abilities. By deploying Elminster on Turn 4, the deck uses his passive cost reduction to cast game-altering spells like Storm Herd, Aminatou's Augury, or Clone Legion for negligible mana, or uses his -3 loyalty ability to convert stacked high-CMC cards into a lethal swarm of 1/1 flying Faerie Dragons. Defensive enchantments such as Ghostly Prison and Propaganda protect the player's life total, while cards like Deification safeguard Elminster. The win condition culminates on Turns 6 through 8 via overwhelming airborne combat damage or a two-step Approach of the Second Sun finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aminatou's Augury
  • 1 Ancient Gold Dragon
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Augury Owl
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Clone Legion
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contact Other Plane
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crystal Ball
  • 1 Deification
  • 1 Deliberate
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Divine Visitation
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Elminster
  • 1 Elminster's Simulacrum
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Faerie Seer
  • 1 Favorable Winds
  • 1 Foresee
  • 1 Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Halimar Depths
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hour of Reckoning
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 1 Interpret the Signs
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Jace's Sanctum
  • 1 Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
  • 1 Lost Isle Calling
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mnemonic Deluge
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystic Speculation
  • 1 Netherese Puzzle-Ward
  • 1 New Benalia
  • 1 Oath of Teferi
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prognostic Sphinx
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Siani, Eye of the Storm
  • 1 Sigiled Starfish
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Storm Herd
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Tamiyo's Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temporal Mastery
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 You Find the Villains' Lair