Grand Arbiter Tax by user2560099

Format: Commander

Commander: Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Azorius control and stax strategy helmed by Grand Arbiter Augustin IV. The game plan focuses on slowing down opponents' mana curves through asymmetric tax effects while discounting its own white and blue spells. Early turns are dedicated to deploying taxing permanents, card draw engines such as Rhystic Study and Trouble in Pairs, and defensive pillowfort pieces like Propaganda and Ghostly Prison. Once the table's momentum is blunted by sweepers and efficient countermagic, the deck transitions into the mid-to-late game where it seeks to close out the match using Approach of the Second Sun as its primary win condition, backed by wide token generators like Shark Typhoon, Monastery Mentor, and Luminarch Ascension as secondary clocks. It excels at dictating game pace and winning resource wars against creature-centric and midrange tables.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Claim Jumper
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Disorder in the Court
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Dream Trawler
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Haughty Djinn
  • 1 Here Comes a New Hero!
  • 1 Hourglass of the Lost
  • 14 Island
  • 1 Kykar, Zephyr Awakener
  • 1 Lavinia of the Tenth
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Luminarch Ascension
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 Mystic Confluence
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riptide Gearhulk
  • 1 Secluded Steppe
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Single Combat
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Slaughter the Strong
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Torrential Gearhulk
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow