The Ocean

Format: Commander

Commander: Emry, Lurker of the Loch

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

Emry, Lurker of the Loch heads a dedicated mono-blue artifact combo-control deck designed to leverage artifact cost-reduction, graveyard recursion, and explosive mana generation. The primary strategy focuses on assembling infinite colorless mana or infinite card draw using compact synergies such as Basalt Monolith with Forensic Gadgeteer or Mystic Forge with Sensei's Divining Top and a cost reducer. Once infinite resources are online, the deck casts its entire library, creates massive Construct tokens via Simulacrum Synthesizer, and overloads Cyclonic Rift to wipe all opposing nonland boards. Backed by solid interaction including Mana Drain, Counterspell, and Swan Song, the deck protects its board through one opponent turn before untapping to swing for game-ending combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Encroaching Mycosynth
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fomori Vault
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 22 Island
  • 1 Jhoira's Familiar
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirrodin Besieged
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mycosynth Golem
  • 1 Mycosynth Lattice
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Thopter Spy Network
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Tribute Mage
  • 1 Unctus, Grand Metatect
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Windfall