estinien yen WIP by ianconvenience

Format: Commander

Commander: Estinien Varlineau

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Estinien Varlineau leads an Orzhov Dragon-tribal deck with a spellslinger tempo subtheme. The primary strategy uses low-cost cantrips and removal spells to trigger Estiniens ability, growing him with +1/+1 counters and granting him flying to push through evasive combat damage. In the second main phase, Estinien draws cards based on how many opponents took damage from him or your Dragons. You convert this card advantage into formidable mid-game Dragons like Sunscorch Regent, Scalelord Reckoner, and Ao, the Dawn Sky. The deck closes games through overwhelming aerial beats, double strike from Sylvia Brightspear, or large mana sinks like Exsanguinate and Rise of the Dark Realms.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Ao, the Dawn Sky
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Caustic Exhale
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Crib Swap
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Crystal Dragon // Rob the Hoard
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Defiant Strike
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light
  • 1 Dragon's Disciple
  • 1 Dragon's Hoard
  • 1 Dragonstorm Globe
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Estinien Varlineau
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Feral Deathgorger // Dusk Sight
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Guardian Scalelord
  • 1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Icingdeath, Frost Tyrant
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
  • 1 Killian's Confidence
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Purging Stormbrood // Absorb Essence
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Rebellious Strike
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scalelord Reckoner
  • 1 Scavenger Regent // Exude Toxin
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shelter
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunscorch Regent
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvia Brightspear
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Timeless Dragon
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival