Copy of - Trickster’s Talent by user6306574

Format: Commander

Commander: Kwain, Itinerant Meddler

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius Group Hug and control deck commanded by Kwain, Itinerant Meddler. It accelerates the entire table's card draw while building an impenetrable defensive fortress. By deploying pillowfort staples like Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, and Crawlspace, the deck heavily disincentivizes attacks against its life total. Meanwhile, synergy pieces such as The Council of Four, Smuggler's Share, and Teferi's Ageless Insight break card-draw parity, filling the pilot's hand with cheap countermagic and interaction. The primary victory route revolves around casting Approach of the Second Sun, quickly redrawing it within a single table rotation via Kwain's multi-draw engines, and recasting it on the following turn for the win. Alternate win conditions include life-drain from Psychosis Crawler, hand-size victory via Triskaidekaphile, or combat pressure from Twenty-Toed Toad and Body of Knowledge. The deck thrives on political goodwill, converting symmetrical card flow into asymmetric defensive superiority.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Alms Collector
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Body of Knowledge
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Council's Judgment
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crawlspace
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dictate of Kruphix
  • 1 Diviner's Portent
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drumbellower
  • 1 Expel from Orazca
  • 1 Flumph
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of Awakening
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 15 Island
  • 1 Kami of the Crescent Moon
  • 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Long River's Pull
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Master of Ceremonies
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Monastery Siege
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
  • 1 No More Lies
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patriar's Seal
  • 1 Permission Denied
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smuggler's Share
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Struggle for Project Purity
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Tidal Barracuda
  • 1 Toothy, Imaginary Friend
  • 1 Triskaidekaphile
  • 1 Twenty-Toed Toad
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
  • 1 White Plume Adventurer
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wizard Class
  • 1 Yes Man, Personal Securitron