Yennett's Doomsday Scenario by pizzaboiedh

Format: Commander

Commander: Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper midrange strategy led by Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign that specializes in topdeck manipulation and cost cheating. The primary game plan accelerates Yennett onto the battlefield on Turn 4, stacks the top card of the library using tools like Brainstorm or Sensei's Divining Top, and attacks on Turn 5 to cast massive odd-mana spells for free. These payoffs include game-warping stax pieces like Void Winnower, asymmetric board clears like Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite and Toxrill, the Corrosive, and extra turn spells like Expropriate. While the deck features an alternate combo line via Doomsday and Laboratory Maniac, its main strength lies in out-valuing opponents with high-impact bombs and overwhelming combat damage. Its primary vulnerabilities stem from Yennett's lack of haste and inherent ward protection, which leaves the commander exposed to spot removal during its initial turn cycle.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aboleth Spawn
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aminatou, the Fateshifter
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Breena, the Demagogue
  • 1 Bribery
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Capture of Jingzhou
  • 1 Careful Study
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Doom Whisperer
  • 1 Doomsday
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expropriate
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gush
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Irma, Part-Time Mutant
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Lórien Revealed
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Peter Parker's Camera
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Smuggler's Share
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Step Through
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swift Reconfiguration
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temporal Manipulation
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Toxrill, the Corrosive
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Vega, the Watcher
  • 1 Void Winnower
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign