Memnarch Steal yo Man by mdforehand

Format: Commander

Commander: Memnarch

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Mono-Blue Stax and Control build commanded by Memnarch. Its primary game plan revolves around restricting opponent mana development and untap phases through oppressive lock pieces like Back to Basics, Winter Orb, Static Orb, and Overburden. Backed by a dense package of over twenty reactive counterspells, the deck protects its stax pieces and denies opposing win attempts while hitting natural land drops with its 38 basic Islands. Because the deck features virtually no low-cost mana ramp beyond Sol Ring and zero tutors, it operates strictly at the speed of natural draws. Once it reaches seven or more mana, it deploys high-impact anchors like Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant, God-Pharaoh's Statue, and Memnarch. Memnarch serves as the ultimate late-game inevitability engine, converting opposing permanents into artifacts and taking permanent control of them to close out games over multiple turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acid Rain
  • 1 Annul
  • 1 Back to Basics
  • 1 Caged Sun
  • 1 Cancel
  • 1 Capture of Jingzhou
  • 1 Censor
  • 1 Ceremonious Rejection
  • 1 Confound
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Defabricate
  • 1 Disrupt
  • 1 Disruption Protocol
  • 1 Essence Capture
  • 1 Extinguish
  • 1 False Summoning
  • 1 Flash Counter
  • 1 Flashfreeze
  • 1 Gainsay
  • 1 Get Out
  • 1 Gilded Drake
  • 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
  • 1 Intervene
  • 38 Island
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Land Equilibrium
  • 1 Mana Breach
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vapors
  • 1 Memnarch
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Nix
  • 1 Nullify
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Orb of Dreams
  • 1 Orbs of Warding
  • 1 Overburden
  • 1 Pendrell Mists
  • 1 Phyrexian Soulgorger
  • 1 Phyrexian Walker
  • 1 Remove Soul
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rising Waters
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Stasis
  • 1 Stasis Field
  • 1 Static Orb
  • 1 Storage Matrix
  • 1 Sunder
  • 1 Temporal Eddy
  • 1 Temporal Machinations
  • 1 Temporal Manipulation
  • 1 The Immortal Sun
  • 1 The Stasis Coffin
  • 1 Thran Temporal Gateway
  • 1 Time Warp
  • 1 Torpor Orb
  • 1 Turn Aside
  • 1 Winter Orb