River Song by Neonster

Format: Commander

Commander: River Song

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck leverages River Song to transform symmetrical land-search spells and opposing library interactions into severe damage. By drawing cards from the bottom of the library, the deck bypasses top-deck traps and capitalizes on unique bottom-deck ordering spells like Brainstorm and Stock Up. The primary game plan deploys forced-search lands such as Field of Ruin and Demolition Field alongside spells like Cleansing Wildfire. When paired with Grafted Exoskeleton, River Song's damage triggers convert into lethal poison counters. Alternatively, copying search spells with Radiate or Radiant Performer wipes opposing mana bases while triggering overwhelming bursts of burn damage. A compact infect and proliferate package provides an independent secondary path to victory, backed by efficient low-cost countermagic and phasing protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Barkform Harvester
  • 1 Blighted Agent
  • 1 Brainstone
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Cleansing Wildfire
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Bauble
  • 1 Counterbalance
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Dreamtide Whale
  • 1 Dutiful Knowledge Seeker
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Fin Fang Foom
  • 1 Flow State
  • 1 Flux Channeler
  • 1 Geomancer's Gambit
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Grafted Exoskeleton
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Impulse
  • 1 Ingenious Mastery
  • 1 Inkmoth Nexus
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magmatic Hellkite
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Powerbalance
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Price of Freedom
  • 1 Prologue to Phyresis
  • 1 Radiant Performer
  • 1 Radiate
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reito Lantern
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 River Song
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Serum Snare
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Steady Progress
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Supreme Will
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Thundering Falls
  • 1 Tolaria West
  • 1 Tomb Trawler
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Trenzalore Clocktower
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Volatile Fault
  • 1 Volt Charge
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Wooded Foothills