16 by Laur

Format: Commander

Commander: Vial Smasher the Fierce and Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is a four-color spellslinger and control build led by Vial Smasher the Fierce and Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker. It controls the pace of the game through targeted creature removal, tempo bounce, and incremental burn before closing out matches with combat and direct damage. In the opening turns, the deck fixes its four-color mana base using two-mana artifacts before deploying its commanders. Vial Smasher the Fierce converts high-mana-value spells like Dig Through Time and Into the Story into chunks of random direct damage, while Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker passively grows into a massive flying threat whenever opponents cast spells. Value engines such as Archmage Emeritus, Kraum, Ludevic's Opus, and Vivi Ornitier keep cards and mana flowing. Although the list lacks instant-speed infinite combos or dense tutor packages, it generates steady attrition and finishes opponents across turns 8 and 9 through evasive commander combat and burn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Black Waltz No. 3
  • 1 Blitzball
  • 1 Break Under Pressure
  • 1 Chase Inspiration
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Depower
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Echo, Perceptive Prodigy
  • 1 Eject
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Face Yourself
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fight On!
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Fractalize
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Gaius van Baelsar
  • 1 Ghalta the Immovable
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 Into the Story
  • 1 Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice
  • 1 Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire
  • 1 Kefka, Dancing Mad
  • 1 Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
  • 1 Light of Judgment
  • 1 Locke, Treasure Hunter
  • 1 Magnificent End
  • 1 Molten Note
  • 1 Moogles' Valor
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prophesied End
  • 1 Quick Study
  • 1 Ravaging Blaze
  • 1 Resentful Revelation
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Retrieve the Esper
  • 1 Rousing Refrain
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Search for Dagger
  • 1 Sephiroth's Intervention
  • 1 Shantotto, Tactician Magician
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Static Snare
  • 1 Summon: Primal Odin
  • 1 Summon: Shiva
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syncopate
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Teyo, Lightshield Expert
  • 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
  • 1 The Final Days
  • 1 Thranduil's Decree
  • 1 Uncover the Moon-Letters
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vial Smasher the Fierce
  • 1 Violent Echoes
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 White Auracite
  • 1 Wisdom of Ages
  • 1 Yargle, Goliath of Otaria