Esper (Voltron & Stax) by diegoLacamara

Format: Commander

Commander: Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This Esper deck leverages Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain to pilot an aggressive Aura Voltron strategy. The deck deploys fast mana and cheap enchantresses during the opening turns, casting Arna on Turn 3 or 4. Once Arna attacks while modified, its triggered ability duplicates every attached Aura and doubles existing counters. Stacking scaling enhancements like Ethereal Armor, All That Glitters, and Battle Mastery causes Arna to grow exponentially, eliminating an opponent each turn with unblockable or evasive commander damage. The list supports its combat clock with premier white and blue protection spells, including Grand Abolisher and Robe of Stars, alongside stax pieces like Drannith Magistrate and Grand Arbiter Augustin IV that slow opposing game plans. If Arna is removed or unavailable, secondary threats such as Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice and Kor Spiritdancer readily step in to assemble independent lethal Aura volleys.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 All That Glitters
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain
  • 1 Battle Mastery
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chains of Custody
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Combat Research
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Daybreak Coronet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Eiganjo Dynastorian // Replenish
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Ethereal Armor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Felidar Umbra
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flickering Ward
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heliod's Pilgrim
  • 1 Hyena Umbra
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Killian, Ink Duelist
  • 1 Kor Spiritdancer
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mantle of the Ancients
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mesa Enchantress
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Robe of Stars
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Shielded by Faith
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spirit Mantle
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Starfield Mystic
  • 1 Steel of the Godhead
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Winds of Rath
  • 1 Windswept Heath