Zethi, Spellslinger/3 by user5287614

Format: Commander

Commander: Zethi, Arcane Blademaster

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius Spellslinger Tempo strategy commanded by Zethi, Arcane Blademaster. The primary game plan revolves around casting efficient 1-mana cantrips, removal spells, and combat protection spells during the early turns to seed the graveyard. On turns 4 to 5, the deck deploys Zethi with multikicker, exiling high-value instants with kick counters. Each time Zethi attacks, she creates and casts copies of every exiled instant. This engine repeatedly draws cards, grants unblockable evasion, protects the board, and triggers spellslinger payoffs like Monastery Mentor, Aligned Heart, and Sentinel Tower. Pillowfort and tax pieces like Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, and Grand Arbiter Augustin IV slow down aggressive opponents, giving the deck time to build lethal commander damage or swarm the table with prowess monk tokens by turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absorb
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aligned Heart
  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit Pylons
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Divine Resilience
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Esior, Wardwing Familiar
  • 1 Faithful Mending
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flowering of the White Tree
  • 1 Fortified Beachhead
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frozen Aether
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Leap
  • 1 Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Magic Damper
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Miscast
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystifying Maze
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Otherworldly Gaze
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Potioner's Trove
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sapphire Charm
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sentinel Tower
  • 1 Shadow Rift
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Show of Confidence
  • 1 Slash the Ranks
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Starnheim Memento
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunstar Lightsmith
  • 1 Swarm Intelligence
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Take Up the Shield
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Thought Scour
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 Unsubstantiate
  • 1 Valeria Richards, Precocious
  • 1 Valorous Stance
  • 1 Vega, the Watcher
  • 1 Voracious Bibliophile
  • 1 Weathered Runestone
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 You Come to a River
  • 1 Zethi, Arcane Blademaster