Obyra Duel Commander by user2956396

Format: Commander

Commander: Obyra, Dreaming Duelist

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This Dimir Faerie kindred deck executes a flash-tempo and control game plan commanded by Obyra, Dreaming Duelist. The primary strategy focuses on deploying Obyra, Dreaming Duelist early, then operating almost entirely at instant speed during opponents' turns. By holding up mana, the deck seamlessly pivots between casting cheap, premier countermagic and flashing in evasive Faerie creatures like Faerie Mastermind, Scion of Oona, and Bitterbloom Bearer. Each Faerie entering the battlefield drains opponents for 1 life, while steady aerial attacks apply relentless pressure. In the mid-to-late game, the deck scales its threat level with explosive finishers like Coat of Arms or a prowled Notorious Throng, multiplying its flying damage to eliminate all three opponents by Turn 8. Backing up this combat strategy are compact alternate win conditions in Bloodchief Ascension combined with Mindcrank, and Demonic Consultation paired with Jace, Wielder of Mysteries, supported by an elite reactive interaction suite.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage of Echoes
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Blightwing Bandit
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boomerang Basics
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Cloud of Faeries
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Bladecrafter
  • 1 Faerie Harbinger
  • 1 Faerie Impostor
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Faerie Tauntings
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Foolish Fate
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Glen Elendra Guardian
  • 1 Glen Elendra Liege
  • 1 Glen Elendra's Answer
  • 1 Halo Forager
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Malleable Impostor
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Mocking Sprite
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Notorious Throng
  • 1 Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
  • 1 Oona's Blackguard
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Quickling
  • 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scion of Oona
  • 1 Secluded Glen
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Snaremaster Sprite
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spell Stutter
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Vendilion Clique
  • 1 Volatile Stormdrake
  • 1 Watery Grave