Kuja (Copy) by zenithwae

Format: Commander

Commander: Inalla, Archmage Ritualist

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Grixis combo-control deck built around Inalla, Archmage Ritualist. It leverages Inalla's eminence ability to duplicate enter-the-battlefield effects from utility Wizards without ever needing to cast the commander. The early game focuses on deploying 2-mana artifact ramp and establishing card flow through cantrip creatures like Watcher for Tomorrow and Serum Visionary. A dense suite of 11 counterspells and efficient spot removal keeps opposing fast threats in check while digging for combo pieces. The primary win condition is the compact Dualcaster Mage and Twinflame combo, which generates infinite 2/2 hasty tokens to eliminate all opponents on Turn 5. If disrupted, graveyard recursion via Archaeomancer, Bloodline Necromancer, and Ghostly Flicker provides resilient secondary lines.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Aether Channeler
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Augur of Bolas
  • 1 Bloodline Necromancer
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Burnt Offering
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Cathartic Pyre
  • 1 Change the Equation
  • 1 Cinderclasm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crosis's Catacombs
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Desperate Measures
  • 1 Dimir Charm
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Dragonologist
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 Fountainport Bell
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Gruesome Realization
  • 1 Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Maestros Charm
  • 1 Micromancer
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Molten Collapse
  • 1 Moonsilver Key
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Not Dead After All
  • 1 Oracle of Tragedy
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Persist
  • 1 Planar Atlas
  • 1 Prismari Charm
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Prismatic Lens
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Ruthless Technomancer
  • 1 Scene of the Crime
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Second Guess
  • 1 Seething Landscape
  • 1 Serum Visionary
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Shock
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spell Snare
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Step Through
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Vedalken Aethermage
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Wash Away
  • 1 Watcher for Tomorrow
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble