A-Stax-Stun by user9319195

Format: Commander

Commander: Atraxa, Praetors' Voice

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This Atraxa, Praetors' Voice deck is an oppressive stax and control archetype built around tap effects, stun counters, and proliferate mechanics. The game plan focuses on deploying early asymmetric taxing permanents like Thalia, Heretic Cathar, Blind Obedience, and Archon of Emeria to slow down opponents' mana and spell velocity. Once Atraxa enters on Turn 4, the deck begins proliferating stun counters placed on opposing threats through cards such as Freeze in Place, Crashing Wave, and Sensational Spider-Man. With Fear of Sleep Paralysis preventing stun counters from being removed, opposing creatures are permanently locked out of combat. The deck converts this defensive gridlock into a win via unblockable commander damage, scaled beaters from Innkeeper's Talent and Solitary Sanctuary, and direct burn from Mjölnir, Storm Hammer. Backed by premium spot removal and countermagic, it dismantles creature strategies while grinding out the table.

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