Noctis - Now you see me... by EverDope

Format: Commander

Commander: Noctis, Heir Apparent

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 69

Deck overview

This deck is an optimized Esper Voltron aggro-control strategy led by Noctis, Heir Apparent. The game plan revolves around exploiting Noctis's Warp-Strike ability: by paying {3}, Noctis exiles itself and returns to the battlefield tapped, attacking, and completely unblockable at the beginning of declare attackers. Because it enters during combat, Noctis's triggered ability automatically attaches an Equipment—most notably Colossus Hammer—for zero mana, bypassing high equip costs. Backed by Tainted Strike, Hatred, or double strike enablers like Twinblade Blessing and Akroma's Will, Noctis can eliminate an opponent in a single unblockable swing starting on Turn 4. The deck safeguards this attack step using elite silence effects (Grand Abolisher, Teferi, Time Raveler, Silence, Ranger-Captain of Eos) and free countermagic (Fierce Guardianship, Pact of Negation, Force of Negation), while drawing cards through The One Ring, Rhystic Study, and Necropotence to sustain momentum across subsequent combat steps.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms
  • 1 Hatred
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Myrel, Shield of Argive
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 No Mercy
  • 1 Noctis, Heir Apparent
  • 1 Noctis, Prince of Lucis
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Super State
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Strike
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Twinblade Blessing
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Witch's Clinic