Azorius Control by Peanut3181

Format: Commander

Commander: The Council of Four

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius control strategy commanded by The Council of Four. The deck accelerates its card advantage by providing symmetrical card draw through permanents like Howling Mine, Dictate of Kruphix, and Faerie Mastermind. Because The Council of Four triggers whenever any player draws their second card during a turn, these symmetrical effects generate multiple extra cards for the pilot across every opponent's turn, while also producing 2/2 Knight tokens whenever opponents cast multiple spells. The pilot leverages this massive stream of resources to hold up an extensive suite of counterspells, spot removal, and sweepers to keep the board under control. The primary route to victory is finding and casting Approach of the Second Sun, quickly drawing through the intervening seven cards with the deck's high card velocity, and recasting it on the following turn. Backup paths include locking the board with Hullbreaker Horror or overwhelming opponents with evasive tokens.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Council's Judgment
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dictate of Kruphix
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heliod's Intervention
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Jace Beleren
  • 1 King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring
  • 1 Kykar, Zephyr Awakener
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Mystic Confluence
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rest in Peace
  • 1 Restless Anchorage
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitary Confinement
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Battle of Bywater
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Wandering Emperor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow