Tam says no but draw by Llandar

Format: Commander

Commander: Tam, Mindful First-Year

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This Simic combo deck focuses on generating infinite mana through creature and aura synergies, subsequently converting that mana into an immediate game-ending burst of card draw. The primary strategy pairs mana-multiplying creatures like Bloom Tender and Incubation Druid with repeatable untap enchantments such as Freed from the Real and Pemmin's Aura. Commander Tam, Mindful First-Year plays a vital supporting role by granting color-based hexproof to protect combo pieces on the battlefield. Once infinite mana is established, the deck uses outlets like Staff of Domination, Gretchen Titchwillow, or scalable draw spells like Blue Sun's Zenith to draw through the entire library. Victory is achieved either by casting self-mill payoffs such as Laboratory Maniac and Jace, Wielder of Mysteries, or by repeatedly casting and shuffling Blue Sun's Zenith to force all three opponents to draw out. Backed by solid countermagic and ramp, the deck executes a compact, reliable same-turn finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Syphon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Blue Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Bounce Off
  • 1 Coiling Oracle
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Countersculpt
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Drift of Phantasms
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Focus the Mind
  • 1 Folio of Fancies
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gadwick, the Wizened
  • 1 Gandalf, Wandering Wizard
  • 1 Gretchen Titchwillow
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hydro-Channeler
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 14 Island
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Joint Exploration
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kruphix, God of Horizons
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Long-Term Plans
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Maraleaf Pixie
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Naga Fleshcrafter
  • 1 Neoform
  • 1 Old Thrush
  • 1 Omni-Changeling
  • 1 Oracle's Restoration
  • 1 Pemmin's Aura
  • 1 Plunder the Trollshaws
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Shared Summons
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectral Interference
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Stroke of Genius
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Tam, Mindful First-Year
  • 1 Tangled Islet
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Textbook Tabulator
  • 1 Thassa's Intervention
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Triskaidekaphile
  • 1 Unauthorized Exit
  • 1 Ureni's Rebuff
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Vizier of Many Faces
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast