tentacles by riston

Format: Commander

Commander: The Watcher in the Water

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-blue draw-go control deck commanded by The Watcher in the Water. The primary strategy focuses on establishing early asymmetric card draw engines such as Rhystic Study, Mystic Remora, and Faerie Mastermind. Drawing cards during opposing turns triggers the commander to build a defensive wall of Tentacle tokens that tap down attackers and control the board state. While controlling the tempo of the game with a comprehensive suite of counterspells, the deck digs through its library to find compact self-mill victory combinations. The main win condition uses Thassa's Oracle or Laboratory Maniac alongside library-emptying spells like Leveler, Thought Lash, or Paradigm Shift. With free countermagic protecting the critical turn, the deck can reliably close the game in a single turn without passing priority.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abjure
  • 1 Access Denied
  • 1 Admiral's Order
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Archmage's Charm
  • 1 Blue Elemental Blast
  • 1 Body of Knowledge
  • 1 Bone to Ash
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brush Off
  • 1 Charix, the Raging Isle
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Counterlash
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Daze
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Enter the Infinite
  • 1 Ever-Watching Threshold
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Graceful Adept
  • 38 Island
  • 1 Junk Winder
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Leveler
  • 1 Library of Lat-Nam
  • 1 Long-Term Plans
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nadir Kraken
  • 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
  • 1 Ominous Seas
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Ormos, Archive Keeper
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Paradigm Shift
  • 1 Platinum Angel
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Reed Richards, Smartest Man
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sage of the Falls
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellbook
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
  • 1 The Watcher in the Water
  • 1 Thought Lash
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tidal Barracuda
  • 1 Tolarian Kraken
  • 1 Toothy, Imaginary Friend
  • 1 Verity Circle
  • 1 Vnwxt, Verbose Host
  • 1 Wizard Class