Where do they keep coming from? by user6746919

Format: Commander

Creator: user6746919

Commander: Council of Reeds

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck centers on Council of Reeds, an engine commander that bypasses the legend rule for your permanents and creates token copies of itself whenever you cast a noncreature spell before combat. The deck's primary axis is compounding copy effects—both through the commander's inherent trigger and dedicated clone spells like Quasiduplicate, Cackling Counterpart, and Rite of Replication. Because every duplicate shares the Human, Scientist, and Hero typings, the deck transitions naturally into typal anthems such as Heroes' Podium and Banner of Kinship, which turn modest 2/2s into lethal beaters. Blue card-draw spells scaled to creature types, including Distant Melody and Mass Appeal, ensure continuous resource replenishment. Opponents are kept off balance through creature bounce (Raise the Palisade), attack taxes (Propaganda), and repetitive tap-down control from Junk Winder. While susceptible to mass board wipes, the deck leverages high card draw and targeted countermagic to protect its board and close via combat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abstergo Entertainment
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Agna Qel'a
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage's Charm
  • 1 Banner of Kinship
  • 1 Blighted Cataract
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cackling Counterpart
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Clever Impersonator
  • 1 Clive's Hideaway
  • 1 Clone Legion
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Council of Reeds
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Court of Vantress
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Dissipation Field
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Echocasting Symposium
  • 1 Ember Island Production
  • 1 Endless Evil
  • 1 Fantastic Elasticity
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frozen Aether
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 Heroes' Podium
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 23 Island
  • 1 Junk Winder
  • 1 K-9, Mark I
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mass Appeal
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirror Box
  • 1 Mirror Room // Fractured Realm
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Monastery Siege
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Omni-Changeling
  • 1 Phantasmal Image
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quasiduplicate
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Relm's Sketching
  • 1 Replication Technique
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 See Double
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spirit Water Revival
  • 1 Stolen Identity
  • 1 Super Intelligence
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Team Transmitter
  • 1 Tempted by the Oriq
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Uncover the Moon-Letters
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 White Lotus Tile