I swear it's not your typical blue deck... by SpookyFlame

Format: Commander

Commander: Orvar, the All-Form

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-blue spellslinger and combo deck commanded by Orvar, the All-Form. It uses cheap single-mana instant and sorcery spells that target friendly permanents to clone basic lands, mana rocks, draw engines, and utility creatures. In the early game, the deck ramps with mana artifacts and deploys Orvar on Turn 4 with open mana for defensive interaction. During the midgame, it uses draw engines like Archmage Emeritus, Stormchaser Drake, and Mulldrifter to churn through the library while copying Islands to generate substantial mana advantage. The deck aims to close the game on Turn 6 by assembling an infinite mana and clone loop with Peregrine Drake and Mind Games, drawing the entire deck, bouncing all opposing boards with Aether Channeler, and attacking with infinite hasty tokens via Swiftfoot Boots.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Channeler
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Artful Dodge
  • 1 Cerulean Wisps
  • 1 Clever Impersonator
  • 1 Cloak of Feathers
  • 1 Cloud of Faeries
  • 1 Coveted Jewel
  • 1 Distortion Strike
  • 1 Dive Down
  • 1 Dream's Grip
  • 1 Eaten by Piranhas
  • 1 Echocasting Symposium
  • 1 Eldritch Immunity
  • 1 Ember Island Production
  • 1 Energy Tap
  • 1 Fleeting Distraction
  • 1 Fleeting Reflection
  • 1 Gigadrowse
  • 1 Hidden Strings
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 33 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Leap
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mind Games
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirror Box
  • 1 Mizzium Skin
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Myriad Construct
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Orvar, the All-Form
  • 1 Peregrine Drake
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Precursor Golem
  • 1 Quasiduplicate
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Shadow Rift
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Slip Through Space
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Stormchaser Drake
  • 1 Suspend
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Thermal Flux
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Torrential Gearhulk
  • 1 Twiddle
  • 1 Vesuvan Duplimancy
  • 1 Voracious Bibliophile
  • 1 Whirler Rogue
  • 1 Witness Protection