Inalla, Archmage of Winterhold by Drlaughter

Format: Commander

Commander: Inalla, Archmage Ritualist

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This Grixis Wizard tribal deck leverages Inalla, Archmage Ritualist's eminence ability from the command zone to duplicate enter-the-battlefield triggers for just one mana. During the early turns, it establishes mana rocks and develops utility Wizards that cantrip, filter cards, and bounce opposing threats. By Turn 4, engines like Azami, Lady of Scrolls and Dour Port-Mage turn token generation into massive card flow. The deck establishes a critical must-answer state around Turn 6 by casting Galecaster Colossus to lock down opposing boards with repeatable bounces, or Dire Fleet Ravager to cut life totals down to lethal range. From there, it closes the game on Turn 8 through Inalla's tap-to-drain ability, token combat damage, or an incidental Thassa's Oracle win. The deck features exceptional graveyard recovery through Bloodline Necromancer and Body Double, though its reliance on creature boards leaves it somewhat vulnerable to sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Academy Journeymage
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archaeomancer
• 1 Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1 Black Waltz No. 3
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodline Necromancer
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Body Double
• 1 Champion of Wits
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Circle of Power
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Crosis's Charm
• 1 Crumbling Necropolis
• 1 Curse of Opulence
• 1 Cyclonic Rift
• 1 Decree of Pain
• 1 Demonic Consultation
• 1 Dimir Aqueduct
• 1 Dire Fleet Ravager
• 1 Disruptor of Currents
• 1 Distant Melody
• 1 Dour Port-Mage
• 1 Espers to Magicite
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Faithless Looting
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Flame of Anor
• 1 Galecaster Colossus
• 1 Go for the Throat
• 1 Goblin Electromancer
• 1 Harbinger of the Tides
• 1 Havengul Lich
• 1 Imp's Mischief
• 1 Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
• 1 Into the Roil
• 10 Island
• 1 Izzet Boilerworks
• 1 Izzet Chronarch
• 1 Jeska's Will
• 1 Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
• 1 Kess, Dissident Mage
• 1 Kindred Dominance
• 1 Mana Sculpt
• 1 Merchant of Secrets
• 1 Midnight Clock
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Mount Doom
• 3 Mountain
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Naban, Dean of Iteration
• 1 Night's Whisper
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Phyrexian Arena
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Polymorphist's Jest
• 1 Portal Mage
• 1 Puppeteer Clique
• 1 Rakdos Carnarium
• 1 Rakdos Charm
• 1 Reality Shift
• 1 Relic of Sauron
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Sea Gate Oracle
• 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Snapcaster Mage
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spirebluff Canal
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 6 Swamp
• 1 Temple of Epiphany
• 1 Terminate
• 1 Thassa's Oracle
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Thundertrap Trainer
• 1 Transpose
• 1 Vivi Ornitier
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Wizard's Retort
• 1 Wizard's Staff
• 1 Xander's Lounge