A-Stax-a (Stun Counter Atraxa) [Primer] by Hommyz1

Format: Commander

Commander: Atraxa, Praetors' Voice

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck executes a tap-and-stun control strategy commanded by Atraxa, Praetors' Voice. It pairs proactive stax pieces like Blind Obedience, Thalia, Heretic Cathar, and Archon of Emeria with a dense suite of stun counter distributors. Once opposing permanents are tapped and stunned, Atraxa's end-step proliferate trigger prevents those threats from ever untapping. Synergistic engines such as Generous Patron turn stun placement into immense card advantage, while Fear of Sleep Paralysis creates a permanent paralysis lock across all opposing creatures. The deck translates this oppressive board state into a win via unblockable commander damage buffed by Solitary Sanctuary and Innkeeper's Talent, supplemented by direct damage burn from Mjölnir, Storm Hammer and heavy beaters like Omega, Heartless Evolution.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Astral Cornucopia
  • 1 Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
  • 1 Aven Mindcensor
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cankerbloom
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crashing Wave
  • 1 Cryogen Relic
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fear of Sleep Paralysis
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Freeze in Place
  • 1 Generous Patron
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hushbringer
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Inexorable Tide
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Insight Engine
  • 1 Involuntary Cooldown
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lost in the Maze
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lulu, Stern Guardian
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mjölnir, Storm Hammer
  • 1 Monstrosity of the Lake
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 1 Omega, Heartless Evolution
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Parting Thoughts
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
  • 1 Rapier Wit
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rime Chill
  • 1 Scroll of Isildur
  • 1 Sensational Spider-Man
  • 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitary Sanctuary
  • 1 Stall Out
  • 1 Stifle
  • 1 Stunning Shot
  • 1 Succumb to the Cold
  • 1 Summon: Shiva
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Verity Circle
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zygon Infiltrator