Chaos AND exile by user6985799

Format: Commander

Commander: Ian Malcolm, Chaotician

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician is a group-draw, cast-from-exile chaos deck that turns every extra draw into shared card advantage and then weaponizes that advantage. The primary plan is to play symmetric draw engines, let Ian exile cards on each player's second draw, and cast those foreign spells for value while Paradox creatures and draw-ping permanents convert each card into damage. Krang, the All-Powerful acts as a hidden commander, doubling every draw-triggered ability and acting as the deck's main force multiplier. Secondary paths include theft with Brand and Share the Spoils, and incidental burn from Fevered Visions or Psychosis Crawler. There is no compact infinite combo; wins come from repeated mass-draw turns that kill the table through multiplied draw triggers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brand
  • 1 Burning Inquiry
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chef's Kiss
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cori Mountain Monastery
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dictate of Kruphix
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Fevered Visions
  • 1 Flaming Tyrannosaurus
  • 1 Folio of Fancies
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Hex Magic
  • 1 Hive Mind
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Ian Malcolm, Chaotician
  • 1 Ignite the Future
  • 1 Interdimensional Web Watch
  • 1 Invert Polarity
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jace's Archivist
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins
  • 1 Kami of the Crescent Moon
  • 1 Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
  • 1 Keeper of Secrets
  • 1 Krang, the All-Powerful
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Bloom
  • 1 Memory Worm
  • 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Neera, Wild Mage
  • 1 Passionate Archaeologist
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Prosperity
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Red Death, Shipwrecker
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Share the Spoils
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Teferi's Puzzle Box
  • 1 Temple Bell
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Meteor
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Wash Away
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune
  • 1 Wild Magic Surge
  • 1 Wild-Magic Sorcerer
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Winds of Change