Creature Swap by Lomos96

Format: Commander

Commander: Jace, Multiverse Architect

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck utilizes Jace, Multiverse Architect as a repeatable polymorph engine in the command zone. The primary strategy accelerates through 2-drop mana rocks and early token generators like Black Market Connections, Lagomos, Hand of Hatred, and Chivalric Alliance on the first three turns. On Turn 4, Jace enters and immediately uses his -3 loyalty ability to exile a disposable token, flipping into one of 30 high-impact creatures or planeswalkers. Major hits such as Archfiend of Despair, Purphoros, God of the Forge, Slash, Reptile Rampager, Archon of Cruelty, and Fiery Emancipation turn subsequent token creation into lethal non-combat burn and overwhelming combat pressure. Backed by efficient countermagic, free protection spells like Flawless Maneuver, and combat deterrents like Propaganda, the deck controls the flow of the game before finishing the table across two combat cycles by Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ajani Unrelenting
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Breath of Fury
  • 1 Chivalric Alliance
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Darksteel Angel
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Determined Iteration
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Edea, Possessed Sorceress
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Identity Echo
  • 1 Iroas, God of Victory
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jace, Multiverse Architect
  • 1 Jhoira, Weatherlight Corsair
  • 1 Knuckles the Echidna
  • 1 Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
  • 1 Mardu Siegebreaker
  • 1 Memnarch, the Warden
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
  • 1 Nissa, Leyline Tamer
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Ascended
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Void
  • 1 Otharri, Suns' Glory
  • 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Proteus Staff
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rev, Tithe Extractor
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sanctum Lurker
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Slash, Reptile Rampager
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Squall, Gunblade Duelist
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Summon: Bahamut
  • 1 Summon: Knights of Round
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Reproach
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windcrag Siege
  • 1 Xander's Lounge