who knows by Sherpa_Shinobi

Format: Commander

Commander: Atraxa, Grand Unifier

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a four-color forced-combat control deck commanded by Atraxa, Grand Unifier. Its primary strategy revolves around establishing defensive pillowfort barriers such as Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, and Sphere of Safety, while using a wide suite of goad cards like Ghoulish Impetus, Kros, Defense Contractor, and Rendmaw, Creaking Nest to force opposing creatures into mutual attrition. Once opponents have expended resources battling each other, the deck ramps into Atraxa, Grand Unifier, who immediately refills the hand with four to five new cards across diverse card types. Backed by cheap counterspells, spot exile removal, and free protection spells like Deadly Rollick and Flawless Maneuver, Atraxa dominates the skies with 7/7 lifelink and vigilance stats. The deck finishes games by eliminating the remaining weakened players through commander combat damage or by casting Rise of the Dark Realms to seize all fallen creatures.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerith, Last Ancient
  • 1 Alela, Cunning Conqueror
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
  • 1 Atraxa, Grand Unifier
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Blade
  • 1 Bounty Board
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Coercive Impetus
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Countersquall
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dack Fayden, Helping Hand
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Decisive Denial
  • 1 Decree of Pain
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Ghoulish Impetus
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Idyllic Grange
  • 1 Immortal Obligation
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Kang Dynasty
  • 1 Killian, Decisive Mentor
  • 1 Kros, Defense Contractor
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lifestream's Blessing
  • 1 Maeve, Insidious Singer
  • 1 Martial Impetus
  • 1 Mocking Doppelganger
  • 1 Murmuring Bosk
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Parasitic Impetus
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychic Impetus
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Redemption Arc
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rendmaw, Creaking Nest
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tamiyo, Field Researcher
  • 1 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vedalken Orrery
  • 1 Vincent Valentine // Galian Beast
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Will of the Abzan
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Withering Curse
  • 1 Wrenn and Seven
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zagoth Triome