did i hear draw? by Fabio

Format: Commander

Commander: Elsha of the Infinite

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Jeskai spellslinger combo deck commanded by Elsha of the Infinite. The primary strategy focuses on deploying Elsha alongside cheap cantrips, cost reducers, and artifact engines to turn the top of the library into an extension of the hand. Once Elsha is operational, the deck rapidly searches for and executes infinite draw and storm loops using Sensei's Divining Top paired with Storm-Kiln Artist or Longshot, Rebel Bowman. These loops draw the entire deck, triggering burn outlets like Fiery Inscription, Coruscation Mage, and Kessig Flamebreather to eliminate all opponents on the spot, or winning through Laboratory Maniac. Redundant win conditions including Dualcaster Mage plus Twinflame and Niv-Mizzet, Parun with Curiosity ensure the deck can reliably pivot if the commander is removed. Protective spells like Silence and Teferi's Protection secure combo turns against opposing disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boltwave
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Caldera Pyremaw
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dawn Charm
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Elsha of the Infinite
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Fading Hope
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
  • 1 Galvanic Iteration
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Judgment of Alexander
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
  • 1 Longshot, Rebel Bowman
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shiko and Narset, Unified
  • 1 Shiko, Paragon of the Way
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temporal Manipulation
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Whirlwind of Thought
  • 1 Wizard's Staff