Alpha Cycle by Psyga315

Format: Commander

Commander: Loot, the Pathfinder

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a Temur draw-heavy deck built around Loot, the Pathfinder's one-shot exhaust abilities: U draws three, G adds three mana, and R is removal. Loot acts as a burst ramp spell, a card-draw engine, and a vigilance/double-strike commander-damage clock. The deck's main plan is to chain cheap draw spells, use Loot's G exhaust to cast a 5/5 flier a turn early, and win through incremental combat damage. There is no hidden commander; Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall is included for its one-mana Ancestral Recall half and later a flying body. The deck is consistent at finding lands and draw spells but lacks a combo, interaction, and a clean finisher.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accumulate Wisdom
  • 1 Amass the Components
  • 1 Ancestral Reminiscence
  • 1 Ancestral Vision
  • 1 Arcane Epiphany
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Careful Study
  • 1 Chart a Course
  • 1 Compulsive Research
  • 1 Concentrate
  • 1 Distorted Curiosity
  • 1 Draconic Lore
  • 1 Eagle Vision
  • 1 Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall
  • 1 Field Research
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Flow State
  • 1 Focus the Mind
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Giant Growth
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Hieroglyphic Illumination
  • 1 Ideas Unbound
  • 1 Inexorable Blob
  • 1 Inspired Idea
  • 26 Island
  • 1 Jace's Triumph
  • 1 Joven and Chandler
  • 1 Lat-Nam's Legacy
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loot, the Pathfinder
  • 1 Merfolk of the Pearl Trident
  • 1 Mons's Goblin Raiders
  • 1 Moss Diamond
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Mysteries of the Deep
  • 1 Of One Mind
  • 1 Pearl of Wisdom
  • 1 Perilous Research
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Quick Study
  • 1 Rain of Revelation
  • 1 Reverse Engineer
  • 1 Rowdy Research
  • 1 Scour the Laboratory
  • 1 Secrets of the Golden City
  • 1 See Beyond
  • 1 Seize the Secrets
  • 1 Shared Discovery
  • 1 Shivan Dragon
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Stasis
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Thirst for Discovery
  • 1 Thirst for Identity
  • 1 Thirst for Knowledge
  • 1 Thirst for Meaning
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Visions of Beyond
  • 1 Vivisection
  • 1 Wall of Fire
  • 1 Waterbending Lesson
  • 1 Winged Words