Naban by Gzav

Format: Commander

Commander: Naban, Dean of Iteration

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a mono-blue Wizards combo/value deck built around Naban, Dean of Iteration, with Panharmonicon, Virtue of Knowledge, and Roaming Throne as redundant trigger doublers. The primary plan is to use cheap Wizard ETBs (draw, bounce, tutor) to accumulate cards while controlling the stack. The finishing plan is a compact artifact loop: Isochron Scepter imprinting Dramatic Reversal, fueled by Sol Ring and Sky Diamond, generates infinite blue mana; then Paradigm Shift plus Thassa's Oracle (or Azami/Mind Over Matter plus Laboratory Maniac) ends the game. The commander accelerates the draw engine but is not required for the combo lines, so the deck can win through removal aimed at Naban.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Aether Adept
  • 1 Aether Channeler
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Azami, Lady of Scrolls
  • 1 Barrin, Tolarian Archmage
  • 1 Blur
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Cloudkin Seer
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Displace
  • 1 Dissipate
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Faerie Seer
  • 1 Familiar's Ruse
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Illusionist's Stratagem
  • 1 Impulse
  • 25 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Kefnet's Monument
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Merfolk Trickster
  • 1 Mind Over Matter
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Naban, Dean of Iteration
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Naru Meha, Master Wizard
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Nyx Lotus
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Overwhelmed Apprentice
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Paradigm Shift
  • 1 Patron Wizard
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 1 Pol Jamaar, Illusionist
  • 1 Portal Mage
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Riptide Director
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sage's Dousing
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sea Gate Oracle
  • 1 Serum Visionary
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sower of Temptation
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Step Through
  • 1 Stonybrook Banneret
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Thassa's Rebuff
  • 1 Tribute Mage
  • 1 Trinket Mage
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Vedalken Aethermage
  • 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
  • 1 Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Winter Eladrin
  • 1 Wizard's Retort