Counter my ashole by user4172838

Format: Commander

Commander: Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 22

Deck overview

The deck uses Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun to give its instant and sorcery spells split second, then protects development with a large suite of countermagic. Its normal value plan is to assemble Archmage Emeritus or a similar draw engine, cast cheap cantrips, and maintain mana for interaction. Sapphire Medallion, Case of the Ransacked Lab, and Haughty Djinn reduce spell costs, while Talrand, Sky Summoner and Murmuring Mystic turn repeated spells into flying creatures. The strongest late-game threat is Hullbreaker Horror, which is uncounterable and can repeatedly bounce opposing spells or nonland permanents. The central problem is access: the deck has no broad tutor for its creatures, little fast mana, and no reliable way to convert its control engine into a table kill. It can generate strong card and stack-control advantage, but it is a slow general-power control deck rather than a competitive combo deck.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cancel
  • 1 Case of the Ransacked Lab
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Dissipate
  • 1 Dissolve
  • 1 Ertai's Scorn
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Foil
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Guile
  • 1 Haughty Djinn
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 36 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ominous Seas
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Ravenform
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Saw It Coming
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tale's End
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Wash Away
  • 1 Wavebreak Hippocamp
  • 1 Wizard's Retort