$100 Budget Vadrik by Dendrex

Format: Commander

Commander: Vadrik, Astral Archmage

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

Vadrik, Astral Archmage is the entire engine: the deck runs 30+ instants/sorceries, Treasure generators, and cantrips to chain spells while Vadrik's power grows. The primary deterministic kill is Searing Touch with buyback, looped once Vadrik has 4+ power and Storm-Kiln Artist (or Runaway Steam-Kin) refunds the red mana. Firemind's Foresight and Invert // Invent fetch Searing Touch plus a pump such as Reckless Ransacking. Grapeshot and Mind's Desire provide a storm side path, but without the loop they cannot close a four-player game. There is no hidden commander; Storm-Kiln Artist is the key non-commander engine. The plan is to survive until the combo turn, using interaction and value spells to buy time.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alicia Masters, Skilled Sculptor
  • 1 Apex of Power
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blazing Crescendo
  • 1 Blink of an Eye
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clout of the Dominus
  • 1 Coastal Peak
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curate
  • 1 Death to Our Enemies
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Depths of Desire
  • 1 Downhill Charge
  • 1 Dreams of Laguna
  • 1 Energybending
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Firemind's Foresight
  • 1 Fists of Flame
  • 1 Flick a Coin
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Hero's Blade
  • 1 Ignite the Future
  • 1 Inspired Tinkering
  • 1 Into the Roil
  • 1 Introduction to Annihilation
  • 1 Introduction to Prophecy
  • 1 Invert // Invent
  • 1 Invigorated Rampage
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Mentor's Guidance
  • 1 Metamorphic Blast
  • 1 Mind's Desire
  • 14 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Retrieval
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Pirate's Pillage
  • 1 Pirate's Prize
  • 1 Prismari Charm
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Rapturous Moment
  • 1 Reckless Charge
  • 1 Reckless Ransacking
  • 1 Recoup
  • 1 Repeal
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Sazacap's Brew
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Searing Touch
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Starstorm
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Unstable Experiment
  • 1 Unsubstantiate
  • 1 Vadrik, Astral Archmage
  • 1 Visions of Ruin
  • 1 Zhalfirin Shapecraft