Cecily and Elmar's Investigation by GlitchHunterz

Format: Commander

Commander: Cecily, Haunted Mage and Elmar, Ulvenwald Informant

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 23

Deck overview

This four-color deck pairs Cecily, Haunted Mage and Elmar, Ulvenwald Informant to drive an artifact-heavy strategy focused on Clue tokens. In the early game, the deck establishes board presence and generates Clues using Elmar's second-spell trigger alongside dedicated investigate creatures like Tireless Tracker and Innocuous Researcher. Mid-game play focuses on accumulating Clue artifacts, using them for steady card flow or converting them into massive power via equipment such as Cranial Plating and Nettlecyst. To close out the game, the deck deploys decisive overrun engines including Cyberdrive Awakener and Tangletrove Kelp, turning its field of Clues into an army of flying 4/4s or 6/6 Plants. Alternatively, Persuasive Interrogators converts Clue sacrifices directly into lethal poison counters. While the deck generates impressive card flow and board presence, its reliance on taplands and minimal reactive protection leave it vulnerable to fast combo decks and artifact sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adaptive Omnitool
• 1 Billiard Room
• 1 Briarbridge Patrol
• 1 Briarbridge Tracker
• 1 Candlestick
• 1 Carnage Interpreter
• 1 Cascade Bluffs
• 1 Cascading Cataracts
• 1 Cecily, Haunted Mage
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Confront the Unknown
• 1 Cranial Plating
• 1 Cranial Ram
• 1 Cunning Maneuver
• 1 Curious Inquiry
• 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
• 1 Darkwater Catacombs
• 1 Dining Room
• 1 Duggan, Private Detective
• 1 Elmar, Ulvenwald Informant
• 1 Emissary Green
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fae Offering
• 1 Ferrous Lake
• 1 Fire Nation Raider
• 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
• 1 Flooded Grove
• 1 Flotsam // Jetsam
• 1 Foul Play
• 1 Glint-Eye Nephilim
• 1 Graf Mole
• 1 Graven Cairns
• 1 Headliner Scarlett
• 1 Homicide Investigator
• 1 Hostile Investigator
• 1 Hunger of the Nim
• 1 Improvised Arsenal
• 1 Innocuous Researcher
• 1 Jackdaw
• 1 Jenny Flint
• 1 Jet's Brainwashing
• 1 June, Bounty Hunter
• 1 Karplusan Forest
• 1 Kitchen
• 1 Knife
• 1 Lead Pipe
• 1 Library
• 1 Llanowar Wastes
• 1 Lounge
• 1 Loxodon Eavesdropper
• 1 Madame Vastra
• 1 Mastermind Plum
• 1 Mossfire Valley
• 1 Nettlecyst
• 1 Nim Shrieker
• 1 Obsessive Pursuit
• 1 Opal Palace
• 1 Overflowing Basin
• 1 Persuasive Interrogators
• 1 Piper Wright, Publick Reporter
• 1 Raven Eagle
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Root Out
• 1 Rope
• 1 Saheeli, the Gifted
• 1 Secret Passage
• 1 Senator Peacock
• 1 Shadowblood Ridge
• 1 Sharp-Eyed Rookie
• 1 Shivan Reef
• 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 1 Sunken Ruins
• 1 Tamiyo's Journal
• 1 Tangletrove Kelp
• 1 Temple of Abandon
• 1 Temple of Deceit
• 1 Temple of Epiphany
• 1 Temple of Malady
• 1 Temple of Malice
• 1 Temple of Mystery
• 1 The Chase Is On
• 1 The Fugitive Doctor
• 1 The Rani
• 1 The Third Doctor
• 1 They Went This Way
• 1 Tireless Tracker
• 1 Torch the Witness
• 1 Toxin Analysis
• 1 True Ancestry
• 1 Twenty-Toed Toad
• 1 Twilight Mire
• 1 Ulvenwald Mysteries
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Unshakable Tail
• 1 Uthros Research Craft
• 1 Viridescent Bog
• 1 Visions of Ruin
• 1 Yavimaya Coast