Naban by user4042417

Format: Commander

Commander: Naban, Dean of Iteration

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This mono-blue control and combo deck uses Naban, Dean of Iteration to double every enter-the-battlefield trigger from Wizard creatures. During the early turns, it deploys low-cost cost reducers and cantrip creatures to build mana velocity and draw through the library. Tutors like Spellseeker and Vedalken Aethermage locate essential combo pieces while doubled bounce triggers from Aether Channeler and Venser, Shaper Savant keep opposing boards clear. The primary win condition revolves around recurring Ghostly Flicker or Displace with creatures like Archaeomancer or Scholar of the Ages, generating infinite mana via cost reduction or Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx. Once infinite mana is established, the deck creates infinite flying tokens and bounces all opposing permanents, closing the game on Turn 7. The deck offers strong resilience through cheap defensive blink spells and asymmetric board wipes like Raise the Palisade.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Channeler
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Echoes
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Barrin, Tolarian Archmage
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Case of the Ransacked Lab
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cloud of Faeries
  • 1 Cloudstone Curio
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Displace
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Donnie & April, Adorkable Duo
  • 1 Dour Port-Mage
  • 1 Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Fantastic Elasticity
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Hide on the Ceiling
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Into the Roil
  • 26 Island
  • 1 Lórien Revealed
  • 1 Magus of the Future
  • 1 Master of Waves
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Micromancer
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Naban, Dean of Iteration
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Orvar, the All-Form
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Patron Wizard
  • 1 Planar Incision
  • 1 Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Riptide Laboratory
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Salvager of Secrets
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scholar of the Ages
  • 1 Scrivener
  • 1 Sea Gate Stormcaller
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Shipwreck Dowser
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spaceshift
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Stonybrook Banneret
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Thundertrap Trainer
  • 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
  • 1 Twitch
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vedalken Aethermage
  • 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
  • 1 Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions
  • 1 Winter Eladrin
  • 1 Wizards of Thay