My Hand Is My Life by DanDar52

Format: Commander

Commander: The Archimandrite

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 23

Deck overview

This deck is a Jeskai typal beatdown strategy centered around The Archimandrite. It combines Advisors, Artificers, and Monks with lifegain triggers and hand-size payoffs. In the opening turns, the deck develops low-cost typal creatures such as Gregor, Shrewd Magistrate, Loran of the Third Path, and Oreskos Sun Guide. Once the commander enters on turn 5 and activates on turn 6, the deck leverages upkeep lifegain and hand-size enhancers like Venser's Journal or burst spells like Union of the Third Path and Congregate. Each point of life gained grants equal bonus power and vigilance to all typal creatures until end of turn. The deck finishes games by converting massive life swings into unblockable or trampling combat attacks via Crash Through and Secret Tunnel, knocking out opponents across turns 7 through 9. Interaction includes versatile removal like Stroke of Midnight, sweepers like Supreme Verdict, and protection via Boros Charm.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absorb
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Alicia Masters, Skilled Sculptor
  • 1 Angelfire Ignition
  • 1 Azorius Charm
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodfire Enforcers
  • 1 Body of Knowledge
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Congregate
  • 1 Cori Mountain Stalwart
  • 1 Cosmos Elixir
  • 1 Crash Through
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Denry Klin, Editor in Chief
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Edgar, Master Machinist
  • 1 Elixir of Immortality
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Flamehold Grappler
  • 1 Folio of Fancies
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gregor, Shrewd Magistrate
  • 1 Heliod's Intervention
  • 1 Highspire Bell-Ringer
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Invoke the Divine
  • 1 Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Ivory Tower
  • 1 Lantern Flare
  • 1 Library of Leng
  • 1 Lightning Helix
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Mantis Rider
  • 1 Masako the Humorless
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Ojutai's Command
  • 1 Oreskos Sun Guide
  • 1 Path of Bravery
  • 1 Perilous Landscape
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Puppet Master, String Puller
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Revitalize
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Riot Control
  • 1 Sage of the Skies
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Seize the Spotlight
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Spirit Water Revival
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Archimandrite
  • 1 The Magic Mirror
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 The Ten Rings
  • 1 Union of the Third Path
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Venser's Journal
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Vnwxt, Verbose Host
  • 1 War Report
  • 1 Will, Scion of Peace
  • 1 Wizard Class
  • 1 Wizard's Staff