Banned & Broken by user9683441

Format: Commander

Commander: Leovold, Emissary of Trest

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 96

Deck overview

This deck represents the absolute pinnacle of competitive Sultai power, leveraging the most explosive mana acceleration and efficient win conditions in Magic's history. Commanded by Leovold, Emissary of Trest, the strategy operates along two devastating axes: racing to an uncounterable instant-speed victory via Flash into Protean Hulk or Thassa's Oracle with Demonic Consultation, or establishing a complete hand-lockout by combining draw-denial engines like Leovold, Emissary of Trest, Hullbreacher, or Narset, Parter of Veils with symmetric wheels such as Timetwister and Windfall. Backed by the Power Nine Moxen, Black Lotus, and unmatched free interaction including Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, and Veil of Summer, the deck consistently threatens game-ending states on Turn 1 or 2 while seamlessly defending its own spells and dismantling opposing strategies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Ancestral Recall
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Black Lotus
  • 1 Blood Pet
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flash
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Griselbrand
  • 1 Hullbreacher
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Crypt
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Emerald
  • 1 Mox Jet
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mox Sapphire
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Neoform
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Protean Hulk
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Summoner's Pact
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Thoughtseize
  • 1 Time Walk
  • 1 Timetwister
  • 1 Tinker
  • 1 Tolarian Academy
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will