Lulu, Stern Guardian - Control V2 by Didio

Format: Commander

Commander: Lulu, Stern Guardian

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This mono-blue control deck leverages Lulu, Stern Guardian to convert defensive positioning into an inevitable game-ending threat. Rather than engaging in traditional combat damage races, the deck seeds opponents with poison counters through unblockable infect creatures like Blighted Agent or spells like Prologue to Phyresis. Once opponents have received their initial poison counters, the deck pivots into full proliferation mode. Lulu provides a dedicated mana sink in the command zone to proliferate every turn, accelerated by force-multipliers like Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus and Inexorable Tide. Defensively, the list stalls aggressive boards using pillowfort staples like Propaganda and Crawlspace, while Lulu and Fear of Sleep Paralysis lock down attacking threats under persistent stun counters. A robust interaction suite of cheap countermagic and bounce spells protects the board and halts opposing combo attempts, allowing the deck to tick all three opponents up to ten poison counters simultaneously by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 As Foretold
  • 1 Astral Cornucopia
  • 1 Blighted Agent
  • 1 Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
  • 1 Chandra, Chill of Compliance
  • 1 Contagion Engine
  • 1 Contentious Plan
  • 1 Corrupted Conscience
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crawlspace
  • 1 Cryptic Trilobite
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Reactor
  • 1 Deepglow Skate
  • 1 Dreamtide Whale
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Fear of Sleep Paralysis
  • 1 Floodpits Drowner
  • 1 Flux Channeler
  • 1 Freeze in Place
  • 1 Ichormoon Gauntlet
  • 1 Illusionist's Bracers
  • 1 Inexorable Tide
  • 1 Inkmoth Nexus
  • 1 Insight Engine
  • 23 Island
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Lost in the Maze
  • 1 Lulu, Stern Guardian
  • 1 Lux Cannon
  • 1 Mage-Ring Network
  • 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Mirrex
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Plague Myr
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Prologue to Phyresis
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Radstorm
  • 1 Reject Imperfection
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Riptide Laboratory
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Saprazzan Skerry
  • 1 Scroll of Isildur
  • 1 Serum Snare
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Compleation
  • 1 Steady Progress
  • 1 Succumb to the Cold
  • 1 Summon: Shiva
  • 1 Summon: Valefor
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
  • 1 Teferi, Master of Time
  • 1 Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Viral Drake
  • 1 Wizard's Staff