Cut a Deal by CONDOR

Format: Commander

Commander: Prosper, Tome-Bound

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Rakdos midrange engine led by Prosper, Tome-Bound. It focuses on exiling cards from the library and converting them into massive mana advantage through Treasure tokens. The deck accelerates in the opening turns using efficient two-mana artifacts before deploying Prosper on Turn 3 or 4. Once online, exile spells like Light Up the Stage, Reckless Impulse, and Party Thrasher generate a continuous stream of fresh resources and Treasure tokens. The deck turns this resource surplus into victory through aristocrat-style burn pieces, including Marionette Master, Mirkwood Bats, Reckless Fireweaver, and Mayhem Devil. Alternative explosive lines involve chaining spells with Storm-Kiln Artist, cascading with Wild-Magic Sorcerer, or winning directly with Revel in Riches. While the list features dense functional redundancy and strong mana velocity, it lacks stack interaction and relies on board-based engines that are vulnerable to mass removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Alchemist's Talent
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Crime Novelist
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Disciple of the Vault
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Emrakul, the Exigent Doom
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hedron Detonator
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Live or Die
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marionette Master
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Nalfeshnee
  • 1 Party Thrasher
  • 1 Passionate Archaeologist
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Prosper, Tome-Bound
  • 1 Rain of Riches
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Raucous Theater
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Reckless Impulse
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tectonic Giant
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Theater of Horrors
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Unstable Amulet
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wild-Magic Sorcerer
  • 1 Xorn
  • 1 You Find Some Prisoners