Thunderstruck by Stiggs

Format: Commander

Commander: Uldaros Theorix

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 53

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Dimir spell-based combo deck led by Uldaros Theorix. Its primary game plan is to assemble compact win conditions, most notably the infinite Magecraft drain loop of Professor Onyx and Chain of Smog, or infinite mana and storm via Isochron Scepter and Dramatic Reversal. Fast rituals like Dark Ritual and Cabal Ritual accelerate deployment, while an extensive suite of low-cost tutors and card draw engines ensures consistent assembly by Turn 4. The commander Uldaros Theorix serves as a massive mid-to-late game engine, copying and casting up to six mana value worth of diverse card types directly from the graveyard upon entry. The deck defends its execution with efficient one-mana counterspells, timing manipulation like Borne Upon a Wind, and stack protection from Defense Grid and Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Chain of Smog
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Dark Petition
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deceptive Frostkite
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Dream Halls
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Energy Tap
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Extraplanar Lens
  • 1 Flesh Duplicate
  • 1 Flood of Recollection
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Kitsa, Otterball Elite
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mind's Desire
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Phantasmal Image
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Professor Onyx
  • 1 Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Snap
  • 12 Snow-Covered Island
  • 12 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Starfield Vocalist
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Tendrils of Agony
  • 1 Theorix Charm
  • 1 Turnabout
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vile Entomber
  • 1 Watery Grave