Here, there be Monsters! by JesseBright0

Format: Commander

Commander: Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a mono-blue Voltron-proliferate deck helmed by Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel. The core plan is to land Malcolm early, suit him with protection and power Equipment, connect in combat to place chorus counters, then accelerate those counters with a dense proliferate package until his free-cast clause turns every loot into a free Omniscience, Expropriate, or giant threat. Secondary paths include commander damage via double-strike Equipment, hard-casting Krakens/Leviathans/Eldrazi under ramp and cost reduction, and locking the board with Stormtide Leviathan or Void Winnower. The deck blends tempo control, combat inevitability, and explosive free spells rather than infinite combos, using Malcolm's loot engine and Monument to Endurance to convert damage into both card advantage and life drain.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adric, Mathematical Genius
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atraxa's Skitterfang
  • 1 Brass Knuckles
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Combat Research
  • 1 Conformer Shuriken
  • 1 Contentious Plan
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Court of Vantress
  • 1 Dreamtide Whale
  • 1 Eagle Vision
  • 1 Echo, Perceptive Prodigy
  • 1 Expansion Algorithm
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Expropriate
  • 1 Extraplanar Lens
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 1 Guildpact Informant
  • 1 Inexorable Tide
  • 1 Irma, Part-Time Mutant
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kozilek, the Great Distortion
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lulu, Stern Guardian
  • 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mesmerizing Dose
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Nadir Kraken
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Peter Parker's Camera
  • 1 Portal to Phyrexia
  • 1 Radstorm
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Replicating Ring
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Silver Shroud Costume
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Skyship Plunderer
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 28 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spawning Kraken
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Staff of Compleation
  • 1 Star Whale
  • 1 Starwinder
  • 1 Stormtide Leviathan
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Truth and Justice
  • 1 Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
  • 1 Temporal Mastery
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vanishing
  • 1 Vexing Radgull
  • 1 Void Winnower