ElMinster LVL 20 Mago by MiquelLopes

Format: Commander

Commander: Elminster

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius Control and Spellslinger build commanded by Elminster. The primary strategy focuses on utilizing Elminster's passive ability, which discounts instant and sorcery spells by the number of cards looked at each time you scry. By manipulating the top of the library with cards like Brainstorm, Scroll Rack, and Mystic Speculation, the deck sets up high-mana-value spells such as Enter the Infinite, Mnemonic Deluge, and Aminatou's Augury. Elminster's -3 ability converts these expensive cards into swarms of 1/1 flying Faerie Dragon tokens, quickly creating a lethal aerial clock. Meanwhile, his +2 ability provides steady card draw and enables casting high-cost extra-turn spells (Time Warp, Temporal Manipulation) at massive discounts. The deck protects its setup with format-ceiling reactive interaction, board sweepers like Farewell and Supreme Verdict, and asymmetric protection from Teferi, Time Raveler and Silence. Alternate win conditions include Approach of the Second Sun and Jace, Wielder of Mysteries.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aminatou's Augury
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Behold the Multiverse
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dawn Charm
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Elminster
  • 1 Elminster's Simulacrum
  • 1 Elvish Mariner
  • 1 Enter the Infinite
  • 1 Evacuation
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Foresee
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Isolated Watchtower
  • 1 Jace's Sanctum
  • 1 Jace, Mirror Mage
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Matoya, Archon Elder
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Mnemonic Deluge
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystic Speculation
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Netherese Puzzle-Ward
  • 1 Oath of Teferi
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Precognitive Perception
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temporal Manipulation
  • 1 Temporal Mastery
  • 1 Terminus
  • 1 The Temporal Anchor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Time Warp
  • 1 Ugin's Insight
  • 1 Zhalfirin Void