#40 Chaos... Finds a way. by Steved83

Format: Commander

Commander: Ian Malcolm, Chaotician

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a chaotic group-hug/tempo deck built around Ian Malcolm's exile-cast ability. Forced draws from Howling Mine, Temple Bell, and Dictate of Kruphix both trigger token payoffs and fill everyone's hands with exiled spells to cast. The hidden plan is River Song: once opponents start searching libraries, Field of Ruin and Radiant Performer turn land destruction into repeated pings. Chaos enchantments like Possibility Storm, Knowledge Pool, and Warp World serve as both value engines and disorientation, while theft/steal spells (Reins of Power, Brand, Perplexing Chimera) flip parity. The deck is flexible but slow, often giving opponents resources before it can convert chaos into an actual kill.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Laboratory
  • 1 Brand
  • 1 Cephalid Broker
  • 1 Chef's Kiss
  • 1 Confusion in the Ranks
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptoplasm
  • 1 Custody Battle
  • 1 Dakra Mystic
  • 1 Detective of the Month
  • 1 Dictate of Kruphix
  • 1 Emrakul's Messenger
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exchange of Words
  • 1 Eye of the Storm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fevered Visions
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Forced Fruition
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Grip of Chaos
  • 1 Guff Rewrites History
  • 1 Highland Lake
  • 1 Hive Mind
  • 1 Homunculus Horde
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Humble Defector
  • 1 Ian Malcolm, Chaotician
  • 1 Improbable Alliance
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kami of the Crescent Moon
  • 1 Knowledge Pool
  • 1 Mana Flare
  • 1 Memory Worm
  • 1 Mischievous Mystic
  • 1 Molten Tributary
  • 14 Mountain
  • 1 Nascent Metamorph
  • 1 Neera, Wild Mage
  • 1 Order of Succession
  • 1 Perplexing Chimera
  • 1 Plargg and Nassari
  • 1 Possibility Storm
  • 1 Powerbalance
  • 1 Precognition
  • 1 Psychic Battle
  • 1 Radiant Performer
  • 1 Reins of Power
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 River Song
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Scrambleverse
  • 1 Share the Spoils
  • 1 Shared Fate
  • 1 Shifting Grift
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Teferi's Puzzle Box
  • 1 Telepathy
  • 1 Temple Bell
  • 1 The Twelfth Doctor
  • 1 Thieves' Auction
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Vision Skeins
  • 1 Warp World
  • 1 Wild Evocation
  • 1 Wild Magic Surge
  • 1 Wild-Magic Sorcerer
  • 1 Wrong Turn
  • 1 Zoyowa's Justice
  • 1 Zurzoth, Chaos Rider