Casey punishment by Dayolen

Format: Commander

Commander: The Second Doctor

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck executes an 'Owling Mine' strategy in Esper colors, led by The Second Doctor and Vislor Turlough. Its core plan forces all players to draw massive quantities of cards using engines like Howling Mine, Font of Mythos, and Dictate of Kruphix, while simultaneously locking down opponents' ability to cast those cards via Rule of Law, Arcane Laboratory, and Archon of Emeria. As opposing hands swell beyond maximum capacity, artifacts and enchantments such as Iron Maiden, Ebony Owl Netsuke, Viseling, and Price of Knowledge convert their hand sizes into lethal upkeep damage. Defensive layers including Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, Sphere of Safety, and The Second Doctor's combat restriction trigger shield the pilot from combat retaliation. The deck operates smoothly and resists spot disruption due to high card density, though its reliance on multi-turn burn triggers gives opponents multiple draw cycles to find answers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Laboratory
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Champions of Minas Tirith
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Suspicions
  • 1 Dictate of Kruphix
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin, Hand of Control
  • 1 Dream Fracture
  • 1 Ebony Owl Netsuke
  • 1 Eidolon of Rhetoric
  • 1 Evacuation
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Folio of Fancies
  • 1 Font of Mythos
  • 1 Forced Fruition
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Gerrard Capashen
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Howling Golem
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Iron Maiden
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Isolation Cell
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kami of the Crescent Moon
  • 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Master of the Feast
  • 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
  • 1 Misers' Cage
  • 1 Oblation
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Otherworld Atlas
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Price of Knowledge
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Pulse of the Grid
  • 1 Remand
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rule of Law
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Seizan, Perverter of Truth
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Skullcage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitary Confinement
  • 1 Soul Barrier
  • 1 Spelltithe Enforcer
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Struggle for Project Purity
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Tales of the Ancestors
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple Bell
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The Second Doctor
  • 1 Viseling
  • 1 Vision Skeins
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Well of Ideas
  • 1 Wojek Investigator
  • 1 Words of Wisdom
  • 1 Your Temple Is Under Attack
  • 1 Zenith Chronicler