Braids, Group Mug by JoelSmith

Format: Commander

Commander: Braids, Conjurer Adept

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This mono-blue deck revolves around casting Braids, Conjurer Adept ahead of curve to cheat massive, game-warping permanents directly onto the battlefield without paying their hefty mana costs. Armed with devastating threats like Blightsteel Colossus, Darksteel Colossus, Hullbreaker Horror, and Kaldra Compleat, the deck quickly builds an overwhelming board presence that threatens lethal damage within a few combat steps. To offset the symmetrical nature of Braids, the list incorporates potent asymmetric lock pieces such as Back to Basics, Harbinger of the Seas, Frozen Aether, and Stormtide Leviathan. Because the manabase runs 33 basic Island cards, these stax effects cripple multi-color opposing mana bases while leaving this deck completely unimpeded. A resilient suite of cheap counterspells, shroud equipment, and mass bounce like Cyclonic Rift protects your investments and controls the board until your colossal beaters close out the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Akroma's Memorial
  • 1 Alrund's Epiphany
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcanis the Omnipotent
  • 1 Archetype of Imagination
  • 1 Back to Basics
  • 1 Blatant Thievery
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Blue Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Braids, Conjurer Adept
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Control Magic
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Colossus
  • 1 Empress Galina
  • 1 Extravagant Replication
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fatespinner
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Frozen Aether
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Halimar Depths
  • 1 Harbinger of the Seas
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Inkwell Leviathan
  • 1 Invoke the Winds
  • 33 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Kaldra Compleat
  • 1 Kiora Bests the Sea God
  • 1 Lighthouse Chronologist
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Memnarch
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mind Over Matter
  • 1 Mindslaver
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Paradox Haze
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Ravenform
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Saw It Coming
  • 1 Scourge of Fleets
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Stormtide Leviathan
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Thassa, God of the Sea
  • 1 The Magic Mirror
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Time Warp
  • 1 Treasure Mage
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak