6. Estrid's Torture by Tailtrain

Format: Commander

Commander: Estrid, the Masked

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Bant (GWU) pillowfort/group hug control deck helmed by Estrid, the Masked. The deck's primary plan is to survive the early-to-mid game through a dense suite of fog effects (prevent all combat damage) and attack deterrents (Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, Arboria), while symmetrical draw engines (Howling Mine, Dictate of Kruphix, Kami of the Crescent Moon, etc.) flood the table with cards. The ultimate win condition is Approach of the Second Sun, which requires casting it twice from hand. A secondary mill win uses Psychic Corrosion, Brain Freeze, and Riverchurn Monument to drain opponents' libraries. Estrid provides incremental value by untapping enchanted permanents (often lands with Wild Growth) and creating Mask tokens with umbra armor, but the deck does not rely on her to function. There are no infinite combos; the deck wins through attrition and card advantage.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Ancient Cornucopia
• 1 Anvil of Bogardan
• 1 Approach of the Second Sun
• 1 Arboria
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
• 1 Blessed Respite
• 1 Brain Freeze
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Chronomantic Escape
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Constant Mists
• 1 Court of Ardenvale
• 1 Crystal Barricade
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Dawn Charm
• 1 Decanter of Endless Water
• 1 Demolition Field
• 1 Dictate of Kruphix
• 1 Drown in Dreams
• 1 Elixir of Immortality
• 1 Estrid, the Masked
• 1 Everybody Lives!
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Field of Ruin
• 1 Flow State
• 1 Folio of Fancies
• 1 Forced Fruition
• 6 Forest
• 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
• 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Gluntch, the Bestower
• 1 Heartwood Storyteller
• 1 Howling Mine
• 1 Idyllic Tutor
• 1 Interplanar Beacon
• 1 Irrigated Farmland
• 4 Island
• 1 Jace Beleren
• 1 Kami of the Crescent Moon
• 1 Karmic Justice
• 1 Karn's Bastion
• 1 Kor Haven
• 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
• 1 Lull
• 1 Maze of Ith
• 1 Memories Returning
• 1 Midnight Clock
• 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1 Misleading Signpost
• 1 Moment's Peace
• 1 Morningtide's Light
• 1 Obscuring Haze
• 1 Out of Time
• 1 Perch Protection
• 5 Plains
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Promise of Loyalty
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Psychic Corrosion
• 1 Razortide Bridge
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Respite
• 1 Rimewood Falls
• 1 Rites of Flourishing
• 1 Riverchurn Monument
• 1 Seaside Citadel
• 1 Second Harvest
• 1 Selvala, Explorer Returned
• 1 Smothering Tithe
• 1 Soldevi Excavations
• 1 Spara's Headquarters
• 1 Spore Frog
• 1 Suburban Sanctuary
• 1 Supreme Verdict
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Sylvan Tutor
• 1 Tangle
• 1 Temple of Plenty
• 1 Terrain Generator
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Time Stop
• 1 Tranquil Cove
• 1 Wild Growth
• 1 Windfall
• 1 Worship