Unctus, Grand Metatect (3) by MHoriginal

Format: Commander

Commander: Unctus, Grand Metatect

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This mono-blue combo deck leverages Unctus, Grand Metatect to convert creature-untapping abilities into instant-speed library filtering and game-ending card selection. The primary win condition pairs Unctus with Aphetto Alchemist, which targets itself repeatedly to loot through all 99 cards at zero mana cost. Once the library is accessible, the deck deploys fast mana and resolves Laboratory Maniac or triggers Mystic Redaction to win on the spot. Functional redundancy is exceptionally high: dedicated Wizardcycling tutors like Step Through and Vedalken Aethermage find combo pieces uncounterably, while multiple redundant untappers maintain high consistency. If the commander is unavailable, alternate lines such as Grand Architect paired with Pili-Pala generate infinite colored mana to close the game through Urza, Lord High Artificer. A rich suite of free and low-cost countermagic defends critical combo turns against opposing interaction, making the deck fast, resilient, and consistently lethal by Turn 4.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Aphetto Alchemist
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Banishing Knack
• 1 Basalt Monolith
• 1 Clever Conjurer
• 1 Commandeer
• 1 Containment Construct
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Crashing Drawbridge
• 1 Desert of the Mindful
• 1 Dispel
• 1 Drift of Phantasms
• 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
• 1 Faerie Mastermind
• 1 Fatestitcher
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Flare of Denial
• 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
• 1 Grand Architect
• 1 High Tide
• 1 Horseshoe Crab
• 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
• 1 Illusionist's Bracers
• 22 Island
• 1 Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins
• 1 Kelpie Guide
• 1 Laboratory Maniac
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Loki, God of Mischief
• 1 Lonely Sandbar
• 1 Long River's Pull
• 1 Long-Term Plans
• 1 Lotus Petal
• 1 Lórien Revealed
• 1 Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist
• 1 Mana Vault
• 1 Mindbreak Trap
• 1 Misdirection
• 1 Muddle the Mixture
• 1 Myriad Landscape
• 1 Mystic Redaction
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Mystic Sanctuary
• 1 Mystical Tutor
• 1 North Pole Patrol
• 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
• 1 Paradise Mantle
• 1 Pemmin's Aura
• 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1 Pili-Pala
• 1 Pongify
• 1 Quest for Ancient Secrets
• 1 Reality Shift
• 1 Reins of Power
• 1 Resculpt
• 1 Retraction Helix
• 1 Riptide Laboratory
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Sapphire Medallion
• 1 Scavenger Grounds
• 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
• 1 Siren Stormtamer
• 1 Snap
• 1 Snapback
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solve the Equation
• 1 Spellskite
• 1 Springleaf Drum
• 1 Step Through
• 1 Super Intelligence
• 1 Treasure Cruise
• 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1 Unctus, Grand Metatect
• 1 Unwind
• 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
• 1 Valley Floodcaller
• 1 Vedalken Aethermage
• 1 Vedalken Engineer