Orvar for days by TheDahv

Format: Commander

Commander: Orvar, the All-Form

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-blue Spellslinger Combo-Control strategy helmed by Orvar, the All-Form. The primary game plan revolves around deploying Orvar and using low-cost targeting instants and sorceries—such as Twiddle, Dream's Grip, and Whim of Volrath—to duplicate lands, card-advantage creatures, and utility permanents. This engine rapidly scales mana and card velocity through pieces like Archmage Emeritus and Mulldrifter. The deck transitions into a game-winning state by assembling Peregrine Drake with buyback spells like Whim of Volrath or infinite blink loops with Ghostly Flicker and Archaeomancer. Once infinite mana and infinite token generation are achieved, the deck draws its entire library to eliminate the table with Aetherflux Reservoir or establish a complete permanent lockout with Venser, Shaper Savant. Backed by cheap hexproof spells, countermagic, and redundant duplication engines like Vesuvan Duplimancy, the list operates as an explosive, resilient combo deck.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Augur of Bolas
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Boomerang
  • 1 Cerulean Wisps
  • 1 Clone Legion
  • 1 Cloudpost
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Court of Vantress
  • 1 Dive Down
  • 1 Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration
  • 1 Dream's Grip
  • 1 Energy Tap
  • 1 Enter the Enigma
  • 1 Extravagant Replication
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Ghostform
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Halimar Depths
  • 1 Hidden Strings
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 33 Island
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Metallurgic Summonings
  • 1 Meteor Golem
  • 1 Mind Games
  • 1 Mirrormind Crown
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Muse Vortex
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Orvar, the All-Form
  • 1 Peregrine Drake
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Precursor Golem
  • 1 Prosperity
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Shimmering Mirage
  • 1 Shipwreck Dowser
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Slip Through Space
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 String of Disappearances
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 The Magic Mirror
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thoughtlace
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Twiddle
  • 1 Twitch
  • 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
  • 1 Vesuvan Duplimancy
  • 1 Wavebreak Hippocamp
  • 1 Whim of Volrath
  • 1 Wizard's Staff