Aura Stax/Goad by WockStarJones

Format: Commander

Commander: Sen Triplets

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck executes an Esper enchantment-control strategy that weaponizes opponents' creatures through Auras and goad mechanics. Commanded by Sen Triplets, the deck establishes early mana and card draw engines using enchantresses like Mesa Enchantress and cost reducers like Killian, Ink Duelist. It neutralizes opposing threats by attaching debilitating and goading Auras such as Martial Impetus and Darksteel Mutation, forcing opponents to attack each other while protecting your life total behind Sphere of Safety and Solitary Confinement. The primary win condition centers on Eriette of the Charmed Apple, which drains the entire table each end step based on the number of Auras you control. Robust countermagic and protection spells safeguard the board, while mass recursion spells like Replenish ensure swift recovery against sweepers. The deck steadily grinds down life totals until opponents collapse under relentless combat and direct drain.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aura of Silence
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Brilliant Wings
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Changing Loyalty
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cleansing Meditation
  • 1 Coercive Impetus
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curator's Ward
  • 1 Curse of Verbosity
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Enchanted Evening
  • 1 Entity Tracker
  • 1 Eriette of the Charmed Apple
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Ghoulish Impetus
  • 1 Giggling Skitterspike
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Greater Auramancy
  • 1 Gremlin Tamer
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Killian, Decisive Mentor
  • 1 Killian, Ink Duelist
  • 1 Kor Spiritdancer
  • 1 Legions to Ashes
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Martial Impetus
  • 1 Mesa Enchantress
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Observed Stasis
  • 1 Ondu Spiritdancer
  • 1 Paradox Haze
  • 1 Parasitic Impetus
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Psychic Impetus
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Redemption Arc
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Render Silent
  • 1 Replenish
  • 1 Retether
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sen Triplets
  • 1 Serra's Sanctum
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitary Confinement
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Tempest Technique
  • 1 Timely Ward
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vindictive Triumph
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Vow of Duty
  • 1 Vow of Flight
  • 1 Vow of Malice
  • 1 Vow of Torment
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Winds of Rath
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth