Instants and Clues by ezrabro9180

Format: Commander

Commander: Inquisitor Eisenhorn

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This Dimir deck utilizes Inquisitor Eisenhorn to blend Spellslinger cantrip velocity with artifact token production. The primary strategy focuses on deploying Eisenhorn early, granting him unblockability through cards like Aqueous Form and Security Bypass, and triggering his ability to amass Clue tokens alongside 4/4 flying Cherubael Demon tokens. Low-cost instants and sorceries such as Consider, Opt, and Deduce smooth draws and trigger token engines like Trail of Evidence and Archmage Emeritus. Once a critical mass of Clues is assembled, the deck pivots into game-ending threats by overloading Rise and Shine or resolving Tangletrove Kelp to animate noncreature artifacts into a lethal army. Alternatively, Nadier's Nightblade and Necron Overlord provide non-combat life drain. The deck features steady card advantage and engine recovery, though its primary vulnerability lies in mass artifact removal and a light suite of counterspells.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 A.I.M. Labs
  • 1 Aberrant Researcher // Perfected Form
  • 1 Academy Elite
  • 1 Academy Wall
  • 1 Anchor to Reality
  • 1 Annihilating Glare
  • 1 Aquatic Alchemist // Bubble Up
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Archway Commons
  • 1 Augur of Bolas
  • 1 Battle at the Bridge
  • 1 Cargo Ship
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Contraband Kingpin
  • 1 Corrupted Grafstone
  • 1 Costly Plunder
  • 1 Creeping Tar Pit
  • 1 Cryptex
  • 1 Cryptic Spires
  • 1 Curious Inquiry
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deduce
  • 1 Deliberate
  • 1 Demilich
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dirgur Focusmage // Braingeyser
  • 1 Dralnu, Lich Lord
  • 1 Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Erdwal Illuminator
  • 1 Ethereal Investigator
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Five Hundred Year Diary
  • 1 Floodhound
  • 1 Follow the Bodies
  • 1 Hard Evidence
  • 1 Haunt the Network
  • 1 Heralds of Tzeentch
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Inquisitor Eisenhorn
  • 13 Island
  • 1 James, Wandering Dad // Follow Him
  • 1 Junk Winder
  • 1 Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Martha Jones
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Monumental Corruption
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Necron Overlord
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nick Valentine, Private Eye
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Piper Wright, Publick Reporter
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Reverse Engineer
  • 1 Rise and Shine
  • 1 Security Bypass
  • 1 Senator Peacock
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Sister of Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Sword Coast Sailor
  • 1 Tangletrove Kelp
  • 1 Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh
  • 1 The Mechanist, Aerial Artisan
  • 1 Trail of Evidence
  • 1 Universal Surveillance
  • 1 Vanguard Suppressor
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive