Council by ryanoceros92

Format: Commander

Commander: The Council of Four

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

The Council of Four is the engine, not a beater: every second spell cast by any player creates a Knight, and every second draw accrues extra cards. The deck is built to force that trigger by casting two spells per turn, while tax permanents such as Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, Dovin, Ghostly Prison, and Propaganda buy time. Anointed Procession and Bard, King of Dale double the token production, and the game ends with a Jazal Goldmane alpha strike or a Makindi Stampede pump. There is no hidden commander. The slower control plan uses Teferi, Master of Time and Jace for card advantage and uses Corrupted Conscience as a situational poison alternative.

Decklist (95 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Aetherspouts
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aven Mindcensor
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Brave the Sands
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Condemn
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Devastating Mastery
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Essence Capture
  • 1 Fight as One
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Frontline Medic
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
  • 1 Jazal Goldmane
  • 1 Junk Winder
  • 1 Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins
  • 1 Knight Exemplar
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Makindi Stampede // Makindi Mesas
  • 1 Meddling Mage
  • 1 Memory Lapse
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Niambi, Esteemed Speaker
  • 1 Oblation
  • 1 Odric, Master Tactician
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Silverwing Squadron
  • 1 Single Combat
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Snare
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teferi, Master of Time
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 Unsubstantiate
  • 1 Valorous Stance
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Wizard Class