Shataxy by user4976425

Format: Commander

Commander: Atraxa, Praetors' Voice

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is an Atraxa, Praetors' Voice control strategy centered on locking down opposing battlefields with stun counters and compounding stax pieces. Early turns focus on fixing four-color mana and deploying soft stax like Blind Obedience, Thalia, Heretic Cathar, and Archon of Emeria to slow down opposing tempo. Once Atraxa, Praetors' Voice resolves on Turn 4, her end-step proliferate trigger steadily adds stun counters to opposing creatures tapped down by spells like Freeze in Place, Lost in the Maze, and Sensational Spider-Man. Key payoffs like Fear of Sleep Paralysis make stun counters permanent, while Drana and Linvala silences opposing activated abilities. Card draw engines like Generous Patron and Verity Circle convert tapping and counter placement into steady card advantage. The deck closes the game around Turn 9 through evasive combat damage from a growing Atraxa alongside recurring burn from Mjölnir, Storm Hammer, keeping opponents completely paralyzed throughout.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Astral Cornucopia
  • 1 Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
  • 1 Aven Mindcensor
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cankerbloom
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crashing Wave
  • 1 Cryogen Relic
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fear of Sleep Paralysis
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Freeze in Place
  • 1 Generous Patron
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hushbringer
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Inexorable Tide
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Insight Engine
  • 1 Involuntary Cooldown
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lost in the Maze
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lulu, Stern Guardian
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mjölnir, Storm Hammer
  • 1 Monstrosity of the Lake
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 1 Omega, Heartless Evolution
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Parting Thoughts
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
  • 1 Rapier Wit
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rime Chill
  • 1 Scroll of Isildur
  • 1 Sensational Spider-Man
  • 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitary Sanctuary
  • 1 Stall Out
  • 1 Stifle
  • 1 Stunning Shot
  • 1 Succumb to the Cold
  • 1 Summon: Shiva
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Verity Circle
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zygon Infiltrator