Elmar & Wernog: Investigation + Tokens by user2079400

Format: Commander

Commander: Elmar, Ulvenwald Informant and Wernog, Rider's Chaplain

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is a four-color token aristocrats engine piloted by partner commanders Wernog, Rider's Chaplain and Elmar, Ulvenwald Informant. The strategy focuses on producing large volumes of Clues, Foods, and Treasures, then weaponizing them through non-combat burn and drain triggers. The partner pairing provides guaranteed access to both token creation and card flow directly from the command zone. Multipliers such as Academy Manufactor, Peregrin Took, and Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter rapidly inflate the token count, while drain engines like Mirkwood Bats, Marionette Master, Reckless Fireweaver, and Ingenious Artillerist convert every token entry and sacrifice into direct damage against the entire table. Efficient removal spells like Assassin's Trophy, Anguished Unmaking, and Toxic Deluge keep opposing threats in check. The deck closes games reliably around Turn 7 through overwhelming incremental attrition and burst sacrifice turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Agent of the Iron Throne
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Baylen, the Haymaker
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bootleggers' Stash
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Confront the Unknown
  • 1 Crime Novelist
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Depthshaker Titan
  • 1 Disciple of the Vault
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Elmar, Ulvenwald Informant
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Farseek
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Hardened Tactician
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Ingenious Artillerist
  • 1 Inspiring Statuary
  • 1 Into the Pit
  • 1 Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
  • 1 Lich-Knights' Conquest
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marionette Master
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Obsessive Pursuit
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 1 Persuasive Interrogators
  • 1 Pitiless Carnage
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Ragost, Deft Gastronaut
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Samwise Gamgee
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tamiyo's Journal
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 Thorough Investigation
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tireless Tracker
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Ulvenwald Mysteries
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Wernog, Rider's Chaplain