Just Hoppin Around by artifactboiii

Format: Commander

Commander: Kwain, Itinerant Meddler

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 65

Deck overview

This Kwain, Itinerant Meddler deck is a high-power Azorius Combo-Control build that weaponizes symmetrical card draw to break parity and assemble fast, decisive infinite win conditions. Early turns focus on deploying Kwain and efficient mana ramp, followed by powerful card advantage engines like Rhystic Study, The One Ring, and Smothering Tithe. The deck slows aggressive opponents using soft stax pieces including Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, Overburden, and Ghostly Prison while holding up potent countermagic like Force of Will and Pact of Negation. The primary win condition revolves around Mind Over Matter paired with Kwain or Temple Bell to draw the entire library or mill opponents out on the spot, using Laboratory Maniac, Jace, Wielder of Mysteries, or Psychosis Crawler to seal victory. Protected by Grand Abolisher, Silence, and Teferi, Time Raveler, the deck executes its same-turn combo cleanly on Turn 5.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aether Barrier
  • 1 Altar of the Brood
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Archmage Ascension
  • 1 Clever Impersonator
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Copy Enchantment
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Felidar Guardian
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Folio of Fancies
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Forced Fruition
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 1 Iron Maiden
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Island Sanctuary
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jace's Archivist
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Kami of the Crescent Moon
  • 1 King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring
  • 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mind Over Matter
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overburden
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine
  • 1 Show and Tell
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silent Arbiter
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi's Puzzle Box
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Temple Bell
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
  • 1 Windfall