Big clue by user6615041

Format: Commander

Commander: Inquisitor Greyfax

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper artifact token strategy helmed by Inquisitor Greyfax, leveraging Clue production, card draw synergies, and mass artifact animation. The early turns focus on deploying efficient mana rocks and low-cost token generators such as Thraben Inspector, Wernog, and Lotho. Inquisitor Greyfax provides an active commander engine, tapping down key opposing threats while stocking Clue tokens every turn cycle. Card advantage engines like Caretaker's Talent, Marneus Calgar, and Rhystic Study ensure steady hand replenishment. Once a dense critical mass of Clues and Treasures is assembled on the battlefield, the deck transitions into a lethal win condition through mass artifact animation spells like Cyberdrive Awakener, Rise and Shine, or Tangletrove Kelp, which animate noncreature tokens into an evasive army that bypasses summoning sickness. Alternatively, the list carries an opportunistic infinite-turn combo via Tivit, Seller of Secrets and Time Sieve to close out games on the spot.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcbound Ravager
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Clock of Omens
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Deduce
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Disorder in the Court
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Encroaching Mycosynth
  • 1 Erdwal Illuminator
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Five Hundred Year Diary
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Follow the Bodies
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Goldmire Bridge
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Inquisitor Greyfax
  • 1 Inspiring Statuary
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Lavinia, Foil to Conspiracy
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Loki, God of Mischief
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marionette Master
  • 1 Marneus Calgar
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mishra's Factory
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 No More Lies
  • 1 Novice Inspector
  • 1 Officious Interrogation
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Persuasive Interrogators
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rise and Shine
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Secrets of the Key
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Sting, the Glinting Dagger
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tamiyo's Journal
  • 1 Tangletrove Kelp
  • 1 The Mechanist, Aerial Artisan
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Thraben Inspector
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Time Sieve
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wernog, Rider's Chaplain
  • 1 Wojek Investigator