Soundwave by ImmenseRaptor79

Format: Commander

Commander: Soundwave, Sonic Spy // Soundwave, Superior Captain

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper midrange strategy led by Soundwave, Sonic Spy, blending creature token generation with library mill and graveyard theft. The primary game plan revolves around casting odd- and even-cost spells to create Laserbeak and Ravage artifact tokens using Soundwave's converted side, alongside token-producing creatures like Murmuring Mystic and Chrome Host Seedshark. As tokens connect in combat, Soundwave steals and casts powerful instants and sorceries from opponents' graveyards, fueling a recurring advantage loop. The deck pressures opponents through go-wide combat reinforced by anthems like Inspiring Leader, direct burn from Mirkwood Bats, and mass library depletion via The Mindskinner and Consuming Aberration. A balanced suite of spot removal, countermagic, and blowout reactive spells like Inkshield provides defensive stability against faster aggressive and combo strategies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Denied
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Blitzwing, Cruel Tormentor // Blitzwing, Adaptive Assailant
  • 1 Champions from Beyond
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Chrome Host Seedshark
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Company Commander
  • 1 Consuming Aberration
  • 1 Council of Reeds
  • 1 Court of Cunning
  • 1 Cut Your Losses
  • 1 Cyclonus, the Saboteur // Cyclonus, Cybertronian Fighter
  • 1 Dalek Squadron
  • 1 Deny the Witch
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exhibition Tidecaller
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Fractured Sanity
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Inspiring Leader
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Kaya, Geist Hunter
  • 1 Kitsune's Technique
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mirror Box
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Perplex
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Protect the Negotiators
  • 1 Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle
  • 1 Restless Reef
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Securitron Squadron
  • 1 See Double
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Singularity Rupture
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Soundwave, Sonic Spy // Soundwave, Superior Captain
  • 1 Space-Time Anomaly
  • 1 Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Tasha, the Witch Queen
  • 1 Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun
  • 1 Thalisse, Reverent Medium
  • 1 The Cyber-Controller
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 The Mindskinner
  • 1 Theoretical Duplication
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Voyage Home