It's a Draw by catpuccino

Format: Commander

Commander: Kwain, Itinerant Meddler

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius Group Hug Control build led by Kwain, Itinerant Meddler. It accelerates the entire table's card draw to mask its own development while digging through its library at high velocity. Early turns focus on deploying Kwain and symmetric draw permanents such as Howling Mine and Kami of the Crescent Moon, while establishing hand-size uncappers like Thought Vessel and Decanter of Endless Water. As cards accumulate, the deck deters aggression using pillowfort enchantments like Propaganda and Ghostly Prison, while generating incidental flying boards via Alandra, Sky Dreamer, Mischievous Mystic, and Ominous Seas. The primary win route centers on resolving Approach of the Second Sun, which the deck can rapidly redraw within a single table rotation thanks to multiplied draw effects. Backup plans include draining the table with Psychosis Crawler, swinging with an unblockable token army via Akroma's Will, or closing with Thassa's Oracle and Laboratory Maniac.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Alandra, Sky Dreamer
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Body of Knowledge
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity Crafter
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dictate of Kruphix
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Font of Mythos
  • 1 Fractured Identity
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Homunculus Horde
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 17 Island
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Kami of the Crescent Moon
  • 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Long River's Pull
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lyla, Holographic Assistant
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mischievous Mystic
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Nadir Kraken
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Ominous Seas
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Perch Protection
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
  • 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Render Silent
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Shabraz, the Skyshark
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sting, the Glinting Dagger
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Second Doctor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tidal Barracuda
  • 1 Venser's Journal
  • 1 Walking Archive
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wizard Class
  • 1 Words of Wind