b4 Wizard 101 by BigJawn

Format: Commander

Commander: Inalla, Archmage Ritualist

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 88

Deck overview

This deck is a competitive Grixis combo powerhouse built around Inalla, Archmage Ritualist's eminence ability. Rather than needing Inalla on the battlefield, the deck leverages eminence from the command zone to copy key Wizard enters-the-battlefield triggers for a single generic mana. The primary strategy centers on extremely fast, protected victories via Thassa's Oracle and Demonic Consultation, or compact one-card Spellseeker tutor chains that transition directly into game-ending lines. Supported by premier fast mana, universal low-cost tutors, and uncounterable protection from cards like Hexing Squelcher and Cavern of Souls, the deck consistently threatens a Turn 3 win. If the primary plan is interrupted, multiple resilient backup lines—including Underworld Breach loops, Dualcaster Mage flickering, and Wanderwine Prophets extra-turn chains—ensure that the deck can rapidly pivot and close the game across any pod.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Adept
  • 1 Aether Channeler
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Apprentice Necromancer
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Archmage of Echoes
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodline Necromancer
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dour Port-Mage
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Finale of Promise
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Echoes
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Molten Echoes
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Naban, Dean of Iteration
  • 1 Naru Meha, Master Wizard
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riptide Laboratory
  • 1 Ruthless Technomancer
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shallow Grave
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Step Through
  • 1 Stonybrook Banneret
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Thundering Falls
  • 1 Timestream Navigator
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vedalken Aethermage
  • 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Wanderwine Prophets
  • 1 Watcher for Tomorrow
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Xander's Lounge