Elesh Norn by user9071550

Format: Commander

Commander: Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a mono-white ETB/blink "trigger-stax" deck built around Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines. The core plan is to resolve Elesh Norn, then multiply every enter-the-battlefield trigger you control with Panharmonicon, Preston, the Vanisher, and repeatable blink engines like Teleportation Circle and Conjurer's Closet. At the same time, Elesh Norn's second ability shuts down opposing ETB strategies. The deck wins by turning repeated ETBs into an overwhelming board: token floods from Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward and Felidar Retreat, huge counter swings via Cathars' Crusade, and mass-finishers like Moonshaker Cavalry and Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite. A dedicated two-card loop - Felidar Guardian + Restoration Angel - can create infinite blink triggers with a payoff already on board. While the commander is not required for the combo lines, she is the strongest force multiplier in the list.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
  • 1 Angel of Indemnity
  • 1 Another Round
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Aven Interrupter
  • 1 Beza, the Bounding Spring
  • 1 Blessed Sanctuary
  • 1 Bronzebeak Foragers
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Cavalier of Dawn
  • 1 Charming Prince
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
  • 1 Emeria Shepherd
  • 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Felidar Guardian
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Fiend Hunter
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Flickerwisp
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Justiciar's Portal
  • 1 Lae'zel's Acrobatics
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Oketra's Monument
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Parting Gust
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
  • 25 Plains
  • 1 Portal to Phyrexia
  • 1 Preston, the Vanisher
  • 1 Priest of Ancient Lore
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Restoration Angel
  • 1 Reverent Hoplite
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Solitude
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Spirited Companion
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunfall
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tax Collector
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 The Eternal Wanderer
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 White Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Windbrisk Heights
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow