Chun-Li - Kicking Cantrips by user5218577

Format: Commander

Commander: Zethi, Arcane Blademaster

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius Spellslinger and Tempo list led by Zethi, Arcane Blademaster. The strategy revolves around casting low-cost utility instants in the early turns, filling the graveyard with card draw, spot removal, and combat tricks. Once Zethi enters the battlefield kicked, she exiles these key instants with kick counters. Every time Zethi attacks, she copies and casts all exiled cards, generating massive recurring card advantage, board control, and pump effects. Win conditions include exponential commander damage using Show of Confidence and Akroma's Will, alongside wide token armies generated by Monastery Mentor and Talrand, Sky Summoner. Secondary control loops with Hullbreaker Horror and asymmetric taxes from Grand Arbiter Augustin IV keep opponents off balance while protecting Zethi with spells like Flawless Maneuver and Teferi's Protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Careful Study
  • 1 Case of the Ransacked Lab
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Curious Homunculus // Voracious Reader
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
  • 1 Enter the Avatar State
  • 1 Fading Hope
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Leonin Lightscribe
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Mindsplice Apparatus
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Run Away Together
  • 1 Sanctum of Eternity
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sentinel Tower
  • 1 Shadow Rift
  • 1 Show of Confidence
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Surge of Brilliance
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Thought Scour
  • 1 Turnabout
  • 1 Twincast
  • 1 Twinning Staff
  • 1 Unsummon
  • 1 Vega, the Watcher
  • 1 Windrider Wizard
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Zethi, Arcane Blademaster