$25 Atraxa, Grand Unifier (Control) by bastievass

Format: Commander

Commander: Atraxa, Grand Unifier

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a four-color midrange value deck helmed by Atraxa, Grand Unifier that leverages her ETB to dig ten cards deep and cherry-pick one permanent of each card type. The primary plan is to ramp efficiently into Atraxa, then repeatedly flicker her with a dense blink suite to refill the hand and assemble a controlling board. Interaction is heavy on neutralizing auras, efficient spot removal, and snow-powered wipes, while light stax pieces like Narset, Parter of Veils and Spirit of the Labyrinth slow opponents' card flow. There are no infinite combos; wins come through combat attrition headed by a 7/7 flying, vigilant, deathtouch, lifelink Atraxa plus incremental threats and tokens. The deck plays as a grindy, reactive value engine that out-resources the table rather than racing it.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Growth
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcum's Astrolabe
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Atraxa, Grand Unifier
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crib Swap
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dead of Winter
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Eaten by Piranhas
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Eyeblight's Ending
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 1 Fresh Start
  • 1 Getaway Glamer
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Hardbristle Bandit
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Invasion of Zendikar // Awakened Skyclave
  • 1 Lignify
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Maelstrom Pulse
  • 1 Manor Gate
  • 1 Massacre Girl
  • 1 Momentary Blink
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Parting Gust
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pegasus Guardian // Rescue the Foal
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Regrowth
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Sea Gate
  • 1 Search for Tomorrow
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 7 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 5 Snow-Covered Island
  • 4 Snow-Covered Plains
  • 3 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spirit of the Labyrinth
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Tender Wildguide
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Celestus
  • 1 The Eternal Wanderer
  • 1 Touch the Spirit Realm
  • 1 Trailtracker Scout
  • 1 Turn to Mist
  • 1 Twining Twins // Swift Spiral
  • 1 Unable to Scream
  • 1 Utter Insignificance
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Witness Protection
  • 1 Zur's Weirding