Abzan Pet Combo by Choblarone

Format: Commander

Commander: Tayam, Luminous Enigma

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 62

Deck overview

This deck is a competitive Abzan stax-combo powerhouse commander build led by Tayam, Luminous Enigma. The strategy relies on slowing opposing decks to a crawl using symmetric rule-of-law effects like Archon of Emeria, Eidolon of Rhetoric, and Deafening Silence, alongside artifact locks like Collector Ouphe and Stony Silence. While opponents are heavily restricted, Tayam breaks parity completely because its core engine runs on activated abilities rather than casting spells. Tayam removes counters placed on creatures entering the battlefield to mill cards and return any permanent with mana value 3 or less directly to play. The primary victory route utilizes Devoted Druid combined with Centaur Garden or Badgermole Cub to generate infinite mana, mill the entire library, and reanimate every low-cost permanent in the list. The deck closes out the game on the spot by looping Orcish Bowmasters to deal lethal damage to all opponents simultaneously.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abigale, Eloquent First-Year
  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Aven Interrupter
  • 1 Aven Mindcensor
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Basking Broodscale
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Caller of the Claw
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Centaur Garden
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Collector Ouphe
  • 1 Colonel Autumn
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Disruptor Flute
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Eidolon of Rhetoric
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Emperor of Bones
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Ethersworn Canonist
  • 1 Eumidian Hatchery
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Gavony Township
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Hammerhead, Maggia Boss
  • 1 Icatian Moneychanger
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Insidious Roots
  • 1 Leyline of Abundance
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Long Feng, Grand Secretariat
  • 1 Loot, the Nexus
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Marvin, Murderous Mimic
  • 1 Moonshadow
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Patrol Signaler
  • 1 Patrolling Peacemaker
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
  • 1 Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
  • 1 Skyclave Apparition
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Stony Silence
  • 1 Strangleroot Geist
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Tayam, Luminous Enigma
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Touch the Spirit Realm
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wall of Roots
  • 1 Warden of the Grove
  • 1 White Plume Adventurer
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Young Wolf