Bounce and Break by VanpaiaHantaa

Format: Commander

Commander: Venser, Shaper Savant

Bracket: 5

Deck overview

Venser is a draw-go control deck that repeatedly bounces spells and permanents with a flicker core (Riptide Laboratory, Displacer Kitten, Essence Flux). Its primary plan is to stop opponents early, resolve the Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal loop, and kill with Brain Freeze or Thassa's Oracle. Hullbreaker Horror gives a second infinite-mana/storm channel, while the commander doubles as a reusable answer and combo protection. The deck is highly interactive, runs a stax subtheme in Stasis, Back to Basics, and Counterbalance, and can win without ever casting Venser, though his wizard synergies improve tempo and defense.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Back to Basics
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Counterbalance
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Gush
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Moonsilver Key
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Naban, Dean of Iteration
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riptide Laboratory
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 19 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Stasis
  • 1 Step Through
  • 1 Stifle
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Telepathy
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tolaria West
  • 1 Trinket Mage
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
  • 1 Whir of Invention