Haldan & Pako 4_43_6.8 (1.86/2.84/182) by DaveII

Format: Commander

Commander: Pako, Arcane Retriever and Haldan, Avid Arcanist

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is a Temur Voltron and Spellslinger list led by partner commanders Pako, Arcane Retriever and Haldan, Avid Arcanist. The primary strategy accelerates into a fast Turn 3 or Turn 4 Pako. Pako attacks immediately due to haste, growing into a massive threat while exiling cards from every player's library with fetch counters. Haldan, Avid Arcanist converts this exile zone into an expansive second hand, allowing you to cast opponents' spells and hit land drops every turn. The deck transitions from aggressive commander damage into a decisive finish by chaining extra-turn spells such as Time Warp, Temporal Manipulation, and Expropriate, amplified by spell copiers like Twinferno and Galvanic Iteration. Alternatively, a high-power Pako enables an immediate table wipe through Chandra's Ignition. A dense package of low-mana counterspells, ward equipment, and protection spells ensures Pako remains on the battlefield to close out the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Alchemist's Gambit
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Bender's Waterskin
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1 Chandra's Ignition
• 1 Choreographed Sparks
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Desperate Ritual
• 1 Dire-Strain Rampage
• 1 Dualcaster Mage
• 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Expropriate
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Field of Ruin
• 1 Finale of Promise
• 7 Forest
• 1 Fountainport Bell
• 1 Frontier Bivouac
• 1 Frostboil Snarl
• 1 Galvanic Iteration
• 1 Game Trail
• 1 Great Hall of the Biblioplex
• 1 Gruul Signet
• 1 Haldan, Avid Arcanist
• 1 Harrow
• 1 Hinterland Harbor
• 1 Into the Flood Maw
• 4 Island
• 1 Izzet Signet
• 1 Kessig Wolf Run
• 1 Ketria Triome
• 1 Lutri, the Spellchaser
• 1 Mana Geyser
• 1 Midnight Clock
• 1 Miscast
• 2 Mountain
• 1 Mystical Tutor
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Negate
• 1 Nexus of Fate
• 1 Pako, Arcane Retriever
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
• 1 Rampant Growth
• 1 Rejuvenating Springs
• 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1 Return the Favor
• 1 Rivendell
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Scroll Rack
• 1 Seedborn Muse
• 1 Sensei's Divining Top
• 1 Shadow Rift
• 1 Simian Spirit Guide
• 1 Slip Out the Back
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sol Talisman
• 1 Spire Garden
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Stock Up
• 1 Strix Serenade
• 1 Struggle for Project Purity
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1 Sword of Forge and Frontier
• 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
• 1 Talisman of Curiosity
• 1 Temporal Manipulation
• 1 Temporal Trespass
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Thunderclap Drake
• 1 Thundering Falls
• 1 Time Spiral
• 1 Time Stretch
• 1 Time Warp
• 1 Twinferno
• 1 Twinning Staff
• 1 Unstoppable Plan
• 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
• 1 Wash Away
• 1 Wild Growth
• 1 Wilderness Reclamation
• 1 Will of the Jeskai
• 1 Winged Boots