Azorius Stompy by Locus_of_Lands

Format: Commander

Commander: Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck leverages Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper to transform lands into massive, evasive Elemental creatures by casting low-cost instant and sorcery spells. The primary gameplan revolves around finding indestructible lands, specifically Darksteel Citadel or Cascading Cataracts, using land tutors such as Expedition Map and Urza's Cave. Once Noyan Dar is on the battlefield, the deck chains cheap cantrips, combat tricks, and repeatable spells like View from Above to rapidly stack +1/+1 counters onto an indestructible land. Because the animated lands are indestructible, they survive most standard board wipes and combat exchanges. Evasion spells such as Distortion Strike, Shadow Rift, and Slip Through Space ensure that combat damage connects directly with opponents. A deep suite of efficient countermagic and one-mana protective spells like Shore Up and Octopus Form shields both the commander and the animated lands from opposing spot removal while simultaneously advancing the deck's offensive clock.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 All-Fates Scroll
  • 1 Amazing Acrobatics
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artful Maneuver
  • 1 Atomic Microsizer
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bovine Intervention
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cartographer's Hawk
  • 1 Cascading Cataracts
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Condemn
  • 1 Confounding Riddle
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crumb and Get It
  • 1 Crush Contraband
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Distortion Strike
  • 1 Dual-Sun Technique
  • 1 Enter the Enigma
  • 1 Ever-Watching Threshold
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Halimar Tidecaller
  • 1 Impulse
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 Loyal Warhound
  • 1 Make a Stand
  • 1 Mavinda, Students' Advocate
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Moonsilver Key
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper
  • 1 Octopus Form
  • 1 Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Refocus
  • 1 Restless Anchorage
  • 1 Revoke Existence
  • 1 Run Away Together
  • 1 Secret Identity
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Shadow Rift
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Slip Through Space
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Terra Eternal
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Think Twice
  • 1 Thoughtweft Gambit
  • 1 Tomik, Distinguished Advokist
  • 1 Twitch
  • 1 Unending Whisper
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Valorous Stance
  • 1 View from Above
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Weathered Wayfarer
  • 1 Wing It