Arcane Wizardry

Format: Commander

Commander: Inalla, Archmage Ritualist

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis tribal control build centered on Inalla, Archmage Ritualist. It leverages Inalla's eminence ability to copy nontoken Wizards as they enter the battlefield, extracting doubled value from bounce, draw, and reanimation effects. The early game focuses on deploying mana rocks and filtering draws with cantrip Wizards like Sea Gate Oracle. In the mid-to-late game, the deck stabilizes using flexible removal spells and mass sweepers such as Kindred Dominance. It closes games by establishing soft-locks with Galecaster Colossus, swarming the skies with Docent of Perfection, draining life totals directly with Inalla's activated ability, or resolving a sudden two-card infinite combo with Dualcaster Mage and Rite of Replication. Because Inalla operates directly from the command zone, the deck retains exceptional recovery against board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aether Adept
• 1 Anathemancer
• 1 Archaeomancer
• 1 Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1 Bloodline Necromancer
• 1 Cauldron Dance
• 1 Champion of Wits
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Clash of Wills
• 1 Clone Legion
• 1 Comet Storm
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Crosis's Charm
• 1 Crumbling Necropolis
• 1 Darksteel Ingot
• 1 Decree of Pain
• 1 Dimir Aqueduct
• 1 Dimir Signet
• 1 Dismal Backwater
• 1 Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Dualcaster Mage
• 1 Etherium-Horn Sorcerer
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Galecaster Colossus
• 1 Go for the Throat
• 1 Grixis Panorama
• 1 Harbinger of the Tides
• 1 Hero's Downfall
• 1 Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
• 1 Into the Roil
• 8 Island
• 1 Izzet Boilerworks
• 1 Izzet Chemister
• 1 Izzet Chronarch
• 1 Izzet Signet
• 1 Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1 Kess, Dissident Mage
• 1 Kindred Dominance
• 1 Magus of the Abyss
• 1 Magus of the Mind
• 1 Memory Plunder
• 1 Merchant of Secrets
• 1 Mirror of the Forebears
• 4 Mountain
• 1 Mystifying Maze
• 1 Necromantic Selection
• 1 Nephalia Drownyard
• 1 Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• 1 Opportunity
• 1 Panharmonicon
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Polymorphist's Jest
• 1 Portal Mage
• 1 Puppeteer Clique
• 1 Rakdos Carnarium
• 1 Rakdos Charm
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Reality Shift
• 1 Riptide Laboratory
• 1 Rite of Replication
• 1 Sage of Fables
• 1 Sea Gate Oracle
• 1 Sigil Tracer
• 1 Silumgar's Command
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spelltwine
• 1 Stonybrook Banneret
• 1 Sundial of the Infinite
• 4 Swamp
• 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1 Temple of the False God
• 1 Terminate
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Unstable Obelisk
• 1 Vela the Night-Clad
• 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1 Vindictive Lich
• 1 Vivid Crag
• 1 Vivid Creek
• 1 Vivid Marsh
• 1 Worn Powerstone