Grand Arbiter Augustin IV - cards missing by Bladesheath

Format: Commander

Commander: Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This Azorius deck is a dedicated Stax and Pillowfort Control strategy helmed by Grand Arbiter Augustin IV. The deck's primary game plan revolves around deploying asymmetrical resource constraints, taxing opposing spells, restricting actions, and preventing combat aggression while leveraging the commander's cost reductions to advance its own board state. Early turns establish mana rocks and disruptive creatures like Esper Sentinel and Thalia, Guardian of Thraben. Once Grand Arbiter Augustin IV enters on Turn 3 or 4, the deck layers oppressive lock pieces such as Archon of Emeria, Trinisphere, and Spelltithe Enforcer, grinding opposing tempo to a halt. While the deck boasts format-ceiling proactive denial and robust reactive countermagic, its win conditions are deliberate and slow. It closes games through attrition-heavy combat with Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite buffing utility creatures or by accumulating filibuster counters on Azor's Elocutors behind defenses like Ghostly Prison and Sphere of Safety.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Tithes
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Aura of Silence
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Aven Mindcensor
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Celestial Colonnade
  • 1 Clarion Conqueror
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Containment Priest
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crystal Barricade
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
  • 1 Gold-Forged Thopteryx
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
  • 1 Leonin Arbiter
  • 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pippin, Guard of the Citadel
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restless Anchorage
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemnity
  • 1 Soulless Jailer
  • 1 Spelltithe Enforcer
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Spider-Woman, Stunning Savior
  • 1 Strict Proctor
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
  • 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
  • 1 Thalia, the Survivor
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thorn of Amethyst
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Trinisphere
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Voice of Victory