Persistent petitioners by Sam

Format: Commander

Commander: Whtz, the Bibliophile

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This exhibition deck uses Whtz, the Bibliophile to lift the 99-card deck size limit, running 274 cards to satisfy both Battle of Wits and Whtz's cost reduction. The strategy centers on two main win conditions: cascading through 150 copies of Persistent Petitioners using Thrumming Stone, and winning on upkeep with Battle of Wits. Whtz, the Bibliophile sits in the command zone as a continuous card engine, drawing an extra card for free every turn cycle. Tutors such as Fabricate, Transit Mage, Idyllic Tutor, and Enlightened Tutor locate the missing key artifacts or enchantments. Once Thrumming Stone resolves, a single Advisor spell ripples into a massive board of Advisors that instantly mill all three opposing libraries. Backed by secondary mill synergies like Bruvac the Grandiloquent, the deck delivers a novel multiplayer game plan despite high library variance.

Decklist (276 cards)

• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archive Trap
• 1 Battle of Wits
• 1 Bruvac the Grandiloquent
• 1 Captain America, Living Legend
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Deserted Beach
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Enlightened Tutor
• 1 Fabricate
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
• 1 Hindering Light
• 1 Idyllic Tutor
• 60 Island
• 1 Kitsune's Technique
• 1 Long-Term Plans
• 1 Maddening Cacophony
• 1 Master's Councillors
• 1 Mystical Tutor
• 1 Negate
• 1 Nimbus Maze
• 1 Permission Denied
• 150 Persistent Petitioners
• 30 Plains
• 1 Planar Bridge
• 1 Redirect
• 1 Scour for Scrap
• 1 Skycloud Expanse
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Terisian Mindbreaker
• 1 Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1 Tezzeret, Artifice Master
• 1 Thrumming Stone
• 1 Time Wipe
• 1 Transit Mage
• 1 Whtz, the Bibliophile