Sage of Dragonfae by REGELDUDES

Format: Commander

Commander: Elminster

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius big-mana spellslinger and token swarm deck commanded by Elminster. The primary strategy focuses on deploying the commander on turn 4 via early artifact ramp, utilizing his +2 ability and topdeck scrying tools to set up high-mana-value spells like Storm Herd, Mnemonic Deluge, and Devout Invocation. On turn 5, Elminster's -3 ability converts the mana value of those exiled spells into an army of evasive 1/1 flying Faerie Dragons. The deck then leverages flying anthems such as Empyrean Eagle, Favorable Winds, or a game-ending Moonshaker Cavalry to defeat the table over two combat steps. Defensively, the list runs an efficient Azorius suite of free and low-cost interaction, including Fierce Guardianship, Cyclonic Rift, and Farewell, to safeguard its board position and outlast aggressive starts.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Alrund's Epiphany
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Augury Owl
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deliberate
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Devout Invocation
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Elminster
  • 1 Empyrean Eagle
  • 1 Everything Comes to Dust
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expropriate
  • 1 Faerie Seer
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Favorable Winds
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Foresee
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Long-Term Plans
  • 1 Lórien Revealed
  • 1 Matoya, Archon Elder
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mnemonic Deluge
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystic Speculation
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Oath of Teferi
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Perch Protection
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prognostic Sphinx
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Sigiled Starfish
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Storm Herd
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Study Hall
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tamiyo's Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temporal Mastery
  • 1 Terminus
  • 1 The Grey Havens
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Ugin's Insight
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vexilus Praetor
  • 1 Wand of the Worldsoul
  • 1 Wizards of Thay