Proof of Monsters by user8207832

Format: Commander

Commander: Quandrix, the Proof

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a high-curve Simic cascade battlecruiser helmed by Quandrix, the Proof. The plan is to ramp aggressively into the 6-mana commander, then leverage its ability to grant cascade to every instant and sorcery cast from hand while cascading itself into free value. The deck piles on expensive cascade payoffs (Apex Devastator, Annoyed Altisaur, Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty), enormous creatures (Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant, Koma, Cosmos Serpent, Old Gnawbone), and three extra-turn spells to bury the table under trampling threats and tokens. Secondary lines include Body of Research for a library-sized Fractal and recursive card advantage from Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait, Nezahal, Primal Tide, and Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios. It wins through overwhelming combat after cascading into a critical mass of bodies rather than tight infinite combos.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Denied
  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 Ancient Bronze Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Silver Dragon
  • 1 Annoyed Altisaur
  • 1 Apex Devastator
  • 1 Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
  • 1 Artistic Refusal
  • 1 Berta, Wise Extrapolator
  • 1 Body of Research
  • 1 Boundless Realms
  • 1 Broken Bond
  • 1 Cancel
  • 1 Cartographer's Survey
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Clifftop Lookout
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Confirm Suspicions
  • 1 Contradict
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cuboid Colony
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Embrace the Paradox
  • 1 Emergent Sequence
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Eureka Moment
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 13 Forest
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Heralds of Tzeentch
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hungry Graffalon
  • 1 Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
  • 1 Ingenuity Engine
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios // Journey to the Oracle
  • 1 Koma, Cosmos Serpent
  • 1 Maelstrom Colossus
  • 1 Meditation Pools
  • 1 Natural Reclamation
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Planar Engineering
  • 1 Praetor's Counsel
  • 1 Quandrix, the Proof
  • 1 Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Sailors' Bane
  • 1 Sakashima's Protege
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Sweet-Gum Recluse
  • 1 Tam, Mindful First-Year
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Temporal Trespass
  • 1 Tester of the Tangential
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Urban Evolution
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Walk the Aeons
  • 1 Wisdom of Ages
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zimone's Experiment