No by tacospartan

Format: Commander

Commander: Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a classic Azorius stax/control deck built around Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, using the commander's tax ability to slow opponents while deploying a dense web of symmetrical and asymmetrical hate pieces. The primary game plan is to lock down the board with mana denial (Winter Orb, Sphere of Resistance), rule-of-law effects (Archon of Emeria, Drannith Magistrate), and attack restrictions (Ghostly Prison, Propaganda), then out-card-advantage opponents with premium draw engines like Rhystic Study, Mystic Remora, and Smothering Tithe. The deck's win conditions are slow but inevitable: Approach of the Second Sun (cast twice), Azor's Elocutors (protect for five turns), or commander beats. It eschews fast combos in favor of grinding opponents into submission.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Aura of Silence
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Aven Mindcensor
  • 1 Azor's Elocutors
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baird, Steward of Argive
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cursed Totem
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dovin, Hand of Control
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fatespinner
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hushbringer
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
  • 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Render Silent
  • 1 Rest in Peace
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulless Jailer
  • 1 Spelltithe Enforcer
  • 1 Sphere of Resistance
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Strict Proctor
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
  • 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Winter Orb