Kykar, but artifacts? by Howyaledouxin

Format: Commander

Commander: Vraska, Soul of Stone

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 84

Deck overview

This competitive Jeskai deck leverages Vraska, Soul of Stone alongside format-defining combo engines to execute fast deterministic victories. Vraska converts every cheap noncreature spell into a 1/1 Sculpture Treasure creature token, providing mana acceleration, sacrifice fodder, and artifact triggers that fuel cards like Skullclamp and Grinding Station. The primary win route centers on Underworld Breach paired with Lion's Eye Diamond and Brain Freeze, seamlessly assembled via one-card tutors like Intuition and Gifts Ungiven. By generating storm and milling your entire deck, you eliminate the table on Turn 3 through library exhaustion or lethal triggers from Impact Tremors and Goblin Bombardment. Supported by premier fast mana, free countermagic, and silence effects like Grand Abolisher and Ranger-Captain of Eos, the deck fiercely protects its combo turns while maintaining strong mid-game resilience through The One Ring and Sevinne's Reclamation.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Copy Enchantment
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flash Photography
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grinding Station
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Intuition
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jeskai Ascendancy
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mass Hysteria
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Roar of Resistance
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Samut, Hazoret's Champion
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snapback
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Vraska, Soul of Stone
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Xorn