time & money by ithilbun

Format: Commander

Commander: Emet-Selch of the Third Seat

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Dimir wheel and spellslinger strategy commanded by Emet-Selch of the Third Seat. The primary game plan leverages symmetrical discard and draw spells—such as Windfall, Dark Deal, Whispering Madness, and Echo of Eons—paired with asymmetric draw punishers like Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Orcish Bowmasters, Underworld Dreams, and Bloodchief Ascension. As opponents lose life from forced draws or token combat, Emet-Selch's ability triggers, granting a two-mana discount to cast instant and sorcery cards directly from the graveyard. This enables the pilot to chain additional wheels, high-impact extra turn spells like Time Warp and Capture of Jingzhou, or powerful recursion engines like Yawgmoth's Will in rapid succession. Defensive coverage is provided by free counterspells like Fierce Guardianship and unique protection pieces like Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun and Kira, Great Glass-Spinner, enabling the pilot to execute decisive multi-wheel turns that deplete opposing life totals and dismantle opposing hands.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Capture of Jingzhou
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterpoint
  • 1 Countersquall
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Deal
  • 1 Dark Petition
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Echo of Eons
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expropriate
  • 1 Fate Unraveler
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Increasing Ambition
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
  • 1 Leechridden Swamp
  • 1 Likeness Looter
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Memory Jar
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Okiba Reckoner Raid // Nezumi Road Captain
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Psychic Frog
  • 1 Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Secrets of the Dead
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Temporal Manipulation
  • 1 Temporal Trespass
  • 1 Teval's Judgment
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thirst for Discovery
  • 1 Time Warp
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underworld Dreams
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wheel and Deal
  • 1 Whispering Madness
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will