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Format: Commander

Commander: Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-white control and attrition strategy commanded by Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings. It controls early game tempo through passive taxation and enter-tapped effects such as Blind Obedience, Authority of the Consuls, and Reidane, God of the Worthy. After assembling a small board of token creatures, the deck casts and transforms Elesh Norn on turn 5 to create five Phyrexian Incubator tokens. On turn 6, Chapter II grants the army +1/+1 and double strike to push 30 damage. Chapter III then executes an asymmetric board wipe that spares artifacts and Phyrexians, clearing the way for surviving attackers, Reaver Titan, and extort drains to close the game on turn 8. While resilient against combat aggression, the deck requires careful timing to protect Elesh Norn during transformation.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adagia, Windswept Bastion
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Arena
  • 1 Arid Archway
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Aven Interrupter
  • 1 Basilica Guards
  • 1 Baton of Morale
  • 1 Batterskull
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cavalier of Dawn
  • 1 Chancellor of the Annex
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Conqueror's Galleon // Conqueror's Foothold
  • 1 Court of Ardenvale
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul
  • 1 Dawn Charm
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
  • 1 Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings
  • 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Everybody Lives!
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Final Showdown
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Giggling Skitterspike
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Guildless Commons
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Helm of Chatzuk
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 1 Isolation Cell
  • 1 Karmic Justice
  • 1 Keeper of the Accord
  • 1 Kimoyo Beads
  • 1 Knight of Obligation
  • 1 Konda, Lord of Eiganjo
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Mana Tithe
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Martyr's Bond
  • 1 Matt Murdock, Justice Seeker
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Null Elemental Blast
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Petrified Field
  • 20 Plains
  • 1 Primary Research
  • 1 Reaver Titan
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Reidane, God of the Worthy // Valkmira, Protector's Shield
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Resurrection Orb
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rug of Smothering
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Smuggler's Share
  • 1 Spelltithe Enforcer
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syndic of Tithes
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Sentry, Golden Guardian
  • 1 Tome of Legends
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
  • 1 Warping Wail
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 World Map
  • 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn