Wandering Minstrel - CEDH by Bearadan

Format: Commander

Commander: The Wandering Minstrel

Bracket: 5

Deck overview

This is a five-color lands-combo deck built around The Wandering Minstrel's "lands you control enter untapped" ability. The commander is the speed multiplier rather than the lynchpin: the real engines are the Scapeshift/Splendid Reclamation/Aftermath Analyst land-recursion package, Squandered Resources as a sacrifice outlet, and Underworld Breach as a recursive engine. The primary kill is Sabotender draining the table from repeated landfall triggers, with a fast secondary line through Underworld Breach + Lion's Eye Diamond + Brain Freeze finished by Cephalid Coliseum. The Ballad token/pump side of the commander is mostly a bonus, since only Starting Town and copied Towns enable it. Fast mana, a dense tutor suite, and Ad Nauseam make the deck capable of very early combo turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Barbarian Ring
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Crumbling Vestige
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Echoing Deeps
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Final Fortune
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Hedron Crab
  • 1 Hickory Woodlot
  • 1 Horizon Canopy
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Krosan Wayfarer
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mirrorpool
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Paradise Mantle
  • 1 Port of Karfell
  • 1 Rain of Filth
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scapeshift
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splendid Reclamation
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Squandered Resources
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Stifle
  • 1 Summoner's Pact
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Wandering Minstrel
  • 1 Tinder Wall
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tolaria West
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Zuran Orb