Sleep Paralysis Demon by GingerGnome

Format: Commander

Commander: Atraxa, Praetors' Voice

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This Atraxa, Praetors' Voice deck operates as a dedicated stun counter control and stax engine. By blending tap effects, stun distribution, and steady proliferation, the deck locks opposing creatures out of combat and prevents them from untapping. Early turns focus on fixing colors and establishing rule-of-law or tax effects like Archon of Emeria, Blind Obedience, and Deafening Silence. Once Atraxa enters on Turn 4, every end step proliferates stun counters on opposing threats and +1/+1 counters on your own creatures. Powerful card draw engines like Generous Patron turn counter placement into sustained card advantage. The deck stabilizes the board by Turn 6 using mass stun spells like Crashing Wave or Fear of Sleep Paralysis, then converts board control into victory by Turn 8 through evasive commander attacks and asymmetric burn from Mjölnir, Storm Hammer.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archon of Emeria
• 1 Astral Cornucopia
• 1 Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
• 1 Aven Mindcensor
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Blind Obedience
• 1 Bloom Tender
• 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Cankerbloom
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Crashing Wave
• 1 Cryogen Relic
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Damn
• 1 Deafening Silence
• 1 Disallow
• 1 Drana and Linvala
• 1 Evolution Sage
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Experimental Augury
• 1 Fabricate
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Fear of Sleep Paralysis
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 4 Forest
• 1 Freeze in Place
• 1 Generous Patron
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Hushbringer
• 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1 Inexorable Tide
• 1 Innkeeper's Talent
• 1 Insight Engine
• 1 Involuntary Cooldown
• 8 Island
• 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1 Laboratory Maniac
• 1 Lost in the Maze
• 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
• 1 Lulu, Stern Guardian
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Mistrise Village
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Mjölnir, Storm Hammer
• 1 Monstrosity of the Lake
• 1 Obscuring Haze
• 1 Omega, Heartless Evolution
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Parting Thoughts
• 2 Plains
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
• 1 Rapier Wit
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rime Chill
• 1 Scroll of Isildur
• 1 Sensational Spider-Man
• 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solitary Sanctuary
• 1 Stall Out
• 1 Stifle
• 1 Stunning Shot
• 1 Succumb to the Cold
• 1 Summon: Shiva
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1 Thrummingbird
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Verity Circle
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
• 1 Zygon Infiltrator