Community Chest (Ian Malcolm, Chaotician) by user2332658

Format: Commander

Commander: Ian Malcolm, Chaotician

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician turns card draw into communal chaos by exiling cards whenever players draw their second card each turn. The strategy accelerates this engine using symmetrical draw artifacts like Howling Mine and explosive wheel spells like Wheel of Fortune. Once cards are exiled, payoffs like Nalfeshnee, The Twelfth Doctor, and Laelia, the Blade Reforged turn exiled spells into doubled casts and escalating combat pressure. The deck closes games through wide flying boards created by Alandra, Sky Dreamer, steady burn damage from Niv-Mizzet, Parun and Scrawling Crawler, or by turning opponents' most powerful threats against them with Etali, Primal Storm and Bribery.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alandra, Sky Dreamer
  • 1 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Balor
  • 1 Brand
  • 1 Bribery
  • 1 Burning Inquiry
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chaos Mutation
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consult the Star Charts
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crystal Grotto
  • 1 Dack Fayden
  • 1 Dictate of Kruphix
  • 1 Dragon Mage
  • 1 Echo of Eons
  • 1 Ensnared by the Mara
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Fevered Visions
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Homeward Path
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Ian Malcolm, Chaotician
  • 1 Illicit Auction
  • 1 Invert Polarity
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kami of the Crescent Moon
  • 1 Knowledge Pool
  • 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Memory Worm
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mind's Dilation
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Nalfeshnee
  • 1 Neera, Wild Mage
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Noggle Ransacker
  • 1 Otherworld Atlas
  • 1 Perplexing Chimera
  • 1 Plargg and Nassari
  • 1 Powerbalance
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Red Death, Shipwrecker
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restless Spire
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sage of the Beyond
  • 1 Scalding Viper // Steam Clean
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Scrambleverse
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Share the Spoils
  • 1 Show and Tell
  • 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Temple Bell
  • 1 The Twelfth Doctor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar
  • 1 Uvilda, Dean of Perfection // Nassari, Dean of Expression
  • 1 Vision Skeins
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Winds of Change
  • 1 Wizard Class