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Format: Commander

Commander: G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 72

Deck overview

This deck leverages G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn to translate high-mana noncreature spells into large Hero creature tokens while maintaining life totals through built-in lifelink. Explosive mana acceleration via Mox Diamond, Chrome Mox, Mana Vault, and Sol Ring ensures the commander enters play on Turns 1–2. Once active, casting mid-cost spells—particularly extra turn spells like Time Warp, Temporal Manipulation, and Capture of Jingzhou—creates sizable threats that attack immediately on consecutive turns. Token production is amplified by Delney, Streetwise Lookout, Elspeth, Storm Slayer, and Bard, King of Dale, while Valley Floodcaller enables noncreature casting and Hero generation on every opponent's turn. The deck defends its board using premier free counterspells like Fierce Guardianship and Force of Will, alongside instant phasing from Teferi's Protection and Clever Concealment. Games conclude rapidly around Turn 5 through chained extra turns or an unblockable, double-striking alpha strike powered by Akroma's Will.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Capture of Jingzhou
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Echo of Eons
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Loyal Tutor
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Myrel, Shield of Argive
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord
  • 1 Sublime Epiphany
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temporal Manipulation
  • 1 Temporal Mastery
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Time Warp
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Umbral Expanse
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 White Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed