Syr Elenora by Eine

Format: Commander

Commander: Syr Elenora, the Discerning

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This mono-blue tempo deck is led by Syr Elenora, the Discerning. The strategy balances hand size and flying combat. In the early game, cheap creatures and cantrips smooth out land drops and contest the board. By Turn 5, the deck casts Syr Elenora, who enters as a large creature that grows with your hand size and taxes enemy removal. Mid-game turns focus on drawing cards with Coastal Piracy and Tide Skimmer while granting Syr Elenora unblockability through Manifold Key and Rogue's Passage. The deck also deploys high-end flying threats like Sharding Sphinx and Windreader Sphinx to flood the sky with tokens. Its main weaknesses are a low land count of 30 and an absence of tutors, which can slow down mana development and leave the deck vulnerable to board sweepers during long combat-focused games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Channeler
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Arcane Endeavor
  • 1 Arcane Epiphany
  • 1 Archmage of Echoes
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Augur of Bolas
  • 1 Cancel
  • 1 Cartouche of Knowledge
  • 1 Cascading Cataracts
  • 1 Chilling Trap
  • 1 Cloak of the Bat
  • 1 Cloudkin Seer
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Cone of Cold
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cynette, Jelly Drover
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Diluvian Primordial
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Donal, Herald of Wings
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Seer
  • 1 Favorable Winds
  • 1 Finale of Revelation
  • 1 Fountainport Bell
  • 1 Frost Trickster
  • 1 Geyser Drake
  • 1 Ghostly Pilferer
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Gust of Wind
  • 1 Haunted Cloak
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Inspired Sphinx
  • 23 Island
  • 1 Ivory Tower
  • 1 Lat-Nam Adept
  • 1 Malcator's Watcher
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Mischievous Mystic
  • 1 Mu Yanling, Sky Dancer
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Naban, Dean of Iteration
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nimbleclaw Adept
  • 1 Nulldrifter
  • 1 Occult Epiphany
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Oracle of Tragedy
  • 1 Pilgrim's Eye
  • 1 Refute
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sharding Sphinx
  • 1 Shipwreck Dowser
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Stop Cold
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syr Elenora, the Discerning
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thieving Magpie
  • 1 Thopter Mechanic
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tide Skimmer
  • 1 Torrential Gearhulk
  • 1 Warden of Evos Isle
  • 1 Whirler Rogue
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Windstorm Drake
  • 1 Winged Words
  • 1 Wizard Class
  • 1 Wizard's Spellbook