Inf inf by Enderflame

Format: Commander

Commander: The Archimandrite

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This Jeskai deck is led by The Archimandrite, focusing on Advisor, Artificer, and Monk typeline synergies. Early turns establish board presence with efficient utility creatures such as Esper Sentinel, Third Path Iconoclast, and Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, alongside light stax pieces like Blind Obedience. Once The Archimandrite enters play, the deck draws cards by tapping typeline creatures and gains life during upkeep based on hand size. That lifegain automatically triggers a team-wide power boost and vigilance for all Advisors, Artificers, and Monks. The primary win condition is overwhelming opponents through heavy combat damage over multiple combat steps. Backup plans include wide token swarms pumped by Mirror Entity or amplified with Monastery Mentor. The deck offers steady card advantage and respectable resilience, but it remains susceptible to exile-based board wipes and requires multiple turns to close out all three opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Rector
  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Alicia Masters, Skilled Sculptor
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Argivian Find
  • 1 Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence
  • 1 Auratouched Mage
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Braid of Fire
  • 1 Brave the Sands
  • 1 Burden of Guilt
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Council of Reeds
  • 1 Counterbalance
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crystal Chimes
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Devoted Duelist
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Extravagant Replication
  • 1 Goblin Welder
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Greater Auramancy
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heliod's Pilgrim
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Infinite Reflection
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Kellan, the Fae-Blooded // Birthright Boon
  • 1 Kor Haven
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Lithoform Engine
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lyla, Holographic Assistant
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
  • 1 Mirror Box
  • 1 Mirror Entity
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Monastery Swiftspear
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Open the Vaults
  • 1 Paradox Haze
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Powerbalance
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 The Archimandrite
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Third Path Iconoclast
  • 1 Three Dreams
  • 1 Venser's Journal
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams