Elminster's Azorius Control (Retired) by TiredDad50

Format: Commander

Commander: Elminster

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a UW "spellslinger with a scry payoff" deck helmed by Elminster. The core plan is to load the board with flying tokens via Elminster's -3 ability, using scry engines to reduce the cost of your instants and sorceries, then close the game through Approach of the Second Sun, extra turns (Expropriate), or an overwhelming token army from Storm Herd. The deck packs a dense control suite of counterspells and theft effects to keep the table in check while you dig for your win conditions. Elminster's +2 ability provides repeatable card selection, and the massive redundancy in scry effects effectively acts as a virtual tutor suite, letting you filter through your library with high consistency. The deck is deliberate and methodical, relying on incremental advantage and stack control rather than explosive combos.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Absorb
• 1 Approach of the Second Sun
• 1 Arcane Endeavor
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Bane's Contingency
• 1 Behold the Multiverse
• 1 Blatant Thievery
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Calculated Dismissal
• 1 Castle Vantress
• 1 Cavalier of Gales
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commit // Memory
• 1 Condescend
• 1 Contact Other Plane
• 1 Control Magic
• 1 Cultural Exchange
• 1 Deserted Beach
• 1 Devout Invocation
• 1 Dream Leash
• 1 Elminster
• 1 Elminster's Simulacrum
• 1 Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave
• 1 Expropriate
• 1 Eyes Everywhere
• 1 Favorable Winds
• 1 Fierce Guardianship
• 1 Foresee
• 1 Gandalf, White Rider
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Grand Master of Flowers
• 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
• 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
• 1 Intangible Virtue
• 1 Interpret the Signs
• 1 Invoke the Winds
• 11 Island
• 1 Jace's Sanctum
• 1 Judge Unworthy
• 1 Lullmage's Domination
• 1 Marit Lage's Slumber
• 1 Mass Manipulation
• 1 Mentor's Guidance
• 1 Monk of the Open Hand
• 1 Mordenkainen
• 1 Multiple Choice
• 1 Mystic Gate
• 1 Mystic Speculation
• 1 Netherese Puzzle-Ward
• 1 Nimbus Maze
• 1 Oji, the Exquisite Blade
• 1 Opt
• 13 Plains
• 1 Port Town
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Preordain
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Reset
• 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
• 1 Rise of Eagles
• 1 Sapphire Dragon // Psionic Pulse
• 1 Scour All Possibilities
• 1 Seachrome Coast
• 1 Serum Visions
• 1 Shadow Puppeteers
• 1 Siani, Eye of the Storm
• 1 Sigiled Starfish
• 1 Skycloud Expanse
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solve the Equation
• 1 Spirit Away
• 1 Storm Herd
• 1 Tamiyo's Epiphany
• 1 Temple of Enlightenment
• 1 Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Ugin's Insight
• 1 Zhalfirin Void