Queening Out by user9814108

Format: Commander

Commander: Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a Mono-White Phyrexian tribal and token midrange strategy commanded by Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings. Its game plan centers on deploying efficient Phyrexian creatures and token generators such as Skrelv's Hive and Blade Splicer in the opening turns to establish sacrifice fodder. Once three creatures are assembled, casting and transforming Elesh Norn into The Argent Etchings on Turn 5 creates an immediate army of five Incubator tokens via Chapter I. Chapter II buffs the board with +1/+1 and double strike on Turn 6 to eliminate the primary threat, while Chapter III provides an asymmetric board wipe that destroys non-Phyrexian permanents on Turn 7. Subthemes of toxic, proliferate, and light stax pieces like Phyrexian Censor and Norn's Annex slow down opponents while the Phyrexian swarm finishes the game through combat damage by Turn 8. The deck features reliable commander access, steady on-curve mana, and resilient go-wide pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Annex Sentry
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Argent Dais
  • 1 Attentive Skywarden
  • 1 Basilica Shepherd
  • 1 Blade Splicer
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Charge of the Mites
  • 1 Contagion Engine
  • 1 Crawling Chorus
  • 1 Defiler of Faith
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings
  • 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
  • 1 Essence of Orthodoxy
  • 1 Excise the Imperfect
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Filigree Vector
  • 1 Glistening Sphere
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Indoctrination Attendant
  • 1 Infected Defector
  • 1 Infested Fleshcutter
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Kor Haven
  • 1 Mandible Justiciar
  • 1 Master Splicer
  • 1 Metastatic Evangel
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mite Overseer
  • 1 Myr Convert
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Norn's Choirmaster
  • 1 Norn's Decree
  • 1 Norn's Inquisitor
  • 1 Norn's Wellspring
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Nyx Lotus
  • 1 Phyrexian Awakening
  • 1 Phyrexian Censor
  • 1 Phyrexian Vindicator
  • 27 Plains
  • 1 Progenitor Exarch
  • 1 Rootborn Defenses
  • 1 Rout
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Secluded Steppe
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Seedpod Caretaker
  • 1 Sensor Splicer
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Skrelv's Hive
  • 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Soul of New Phyrexia
  • 1 Staff of Compleation
  • 1 Staff of the Storyteller
  • 1 Sunder the Gateway
  • 1 Sunfall
  • 1 Tablet of Compleation
  • 1 The Fair Basilica
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Throne of Geth
  • 1 Tiller of Flesh
  • 1 Tormod's Crypt
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vulpine Harvester
  • 1 White Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Zenith Chronicler