Ojer Pakpatiq by Craigolas

Format: Commander

Commander: Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This mono-blue deck commands Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch to turn every instant spell cast from hand into a doubled resource through the rebound mechanic. The game plan focuses on deploying Ojer Pakpatiq on Turn 4, followed by casting instant-speed draw, bounce, and removal spells that recast for free on the following upkeep. These repeated spellcasts trigger a suite of spellslinger payoffs, including Talrand, Sky Summoner, Docent of Perfection, Shark Typhoon, and Deekah, Fractal Theorist, rapidly assembling an overwhelming army of evasive tokens. Mana acceleration from cost reducers like Sapphire Medallion and Haughty Djinn lets the deck hold up defensive countermagic while advancing its board state. Late-game haymakers like Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant, Spectral Deluge, and Nexus of Fate lock down opposing counterplay and provide extra combat phases to eliminate all opponents by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Alandra, Sky Dreamer
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Beacon of Tomorrows
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Commence the Endgame
  • 1 Commit // Memory
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Consult the Star Charts
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Deekah, Fractal Theorist
  • 1 Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration
  • 1 Elminster's Simulacrum
  • 1 Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Glamdring
  • 1 Haughty Djinn
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Homunculus Horde
  • 30 Island
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Metallurgic Summonings
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mindsplice Apparatus
  • 1 Mocking Sprite
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Octavia, Living Thesis
  • 1 Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time
  • 1 Ominous Seas
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Press the Enemy
  • 1 Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Quick Study
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Run Away Together
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 See Double
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spectral Deluge
  • 1 Spellgyre
  • 1 Stormchaser's Talent
  • 1 Supplant Form
  • 1 Surge of Brilliance
  • 1 Swarm Intelligence
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 The Dawning Archaic
  • 1 Thirst for Discovery
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Turnabout
  • 1 Whispering Wizard
  • 1 You Find the Villains' Lair