Naw Dawg by ErikD343

Format: Commander

Commander: Ertai, Wizard Adept

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a pure mono-blue draw-go control deck helmed by Ertai, Wizard Adept, who functions as a repeatable counterspell in the command zone. The entire game plan is to answer everything opponents play - the deck runs an absurd density of countermagic (roughly two dozen counterspells plus the commander's tap ability) and a handful of premium removal spells - then close the game with evasive, hard-to-answer beaters. The signature engine is Guile, which converts every counterspell into a free spell cast from exile, alongside Hullbreaker Horror as a flash bounce engine and Shark Typhoon for token pressure. The deck wins through attrition and combat with 6/6-7/8 creatures rather than any fast combo, making it a slow but extremely interactive control build.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcanis the Omnipotent
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Archmage's Charm
  • 1 Bane's Contingency
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Blue Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Dismiss
  • 1 Dissipate
  • 1 Dissolve
  • 1 Draining Whelk
  • 1 Elixir of Immortality
  • 1 Ertai's Scorn
  • 1 Ertai, Wizard Adept
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Fatespinner
  • 1 Foil
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Guile
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 28 Island
  • 1 Jace's Sanctum
  • 1 Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins
  • 1 Labyrinth of Skophos
  • 1 Lantern of the Lost
  • 1 Last Word
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lórien Revealed
  • 1 Mana Short
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystifying Maze
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Neutralize
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Saw It Coming
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Nin
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Sunken Field
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tamiyo's Compleation
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Time Stop
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 War Tax
  • 1 Wavebreak Hippocamp
  • 1 Wizard Class
  • 1 Wizard's Retort