Now you see me by Budiswiser

Format: Commander

Commander: Brago, King Eternal

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 58

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Azorius control deck centered on Brago, King Eternal. It leverages cheap mana rocks and efficient ETB permanents to build an insurmountable card and tempo advantage through repeated flicker triggers. The deck rapidly transitions from resource development into asymmetric lock engines utilizing cards like Lavinia of the Tenth, Stonehorn Dignitary, and Reality Acid, which dismantle opposing boards and prevent attacks. Its primary win condition is a compact infinite blink loop using Strionic Resonator and mana rocks to trigger Altar of the Brood for an instant table-wide mill victory, with Deadeye Navigator and Peregrine Drake serving as a robust secondary combo. Backed by free counterspells and silence effects like Teferi, Time Raveler and Grand Abolisher, the deck maintains ironclad protection while advancing toward decisive Turn 4-5 finishes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aether Channeler
  • 1 Agent of Treachery
  • 1 Altar of the Brood
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Brago, King Eternal
  • 1 Cloudblazer
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deadeye Navigator
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Felidar Guardian
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Get Lost
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Gilded Drake
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Lavinia of the Tenth
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peregrine Drake
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preston, the Vanisher
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Reality Acid
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Reflector Mage
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Skyclave Apparition
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitude
  • 1 Soulherder
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Stonehorn Dignitary
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Touch the Spirit Realm
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
  • 1 Whirler Rogue