Grand Arbiter Augustin by xMayfield

Format: Commander

Commander: Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Grand Arbiter Augustin IV plays as an Azorius control/prison deck that taxes opponents while making its own blue and white spells almost free. The real engine is hidden in the 99: Kykar, Zephyr Awakener turns each noncreature spell-especially the one-mana cantrips and counterspells-into a flying Spirit. The commander's main role is tempo: delay opponents with Authority of the Consuls and Mystic Remora, then back the tax with counterspells and instant-speed removal. Secondary paths are big creature beats from Curious Colossus and Eddymurk Crab and a grindier attrition game using Wisdom of Ages to recast instants/sorceries. Without a combo or fast finisher, the deck wins by choking the table and overwhelming it with tokens.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absorb
  • 1 Agna Qel'a
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage's Charm
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Banishing Light
  • 1 Beyond the Quiet
  • 1 Boomerang Basics
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curious Colossus
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Disruptor Flute
  • 1 Disruptor of Currents
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eddymurk Crab
  • 1 Emeritus of Truce // Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Essence Capture
  • 1 Exhibition Tidecaller
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Gods Willing
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
  • 1 Ice Magic
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 20 Island
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Keep Out
  • 1 King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring
  • 1 Kykar, Zephyr Awakener
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Mathemagics
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 1 Pinnacle Starcage
  • 15 Plains
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Reject
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Run Away Together
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Spider-Sense
  • 1 Split Up
  • 1 Stuck in Summoner's Sanctum
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tragic Arrogance
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Wisdom of Ages