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Format: Commander

Commander: Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This Mono-White control deck leverages Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant to turn the 'Bad Gifts' archetype into a card advantage and political engine. By donating detrimental permanents such as Steel Golem, Grid Monitor, and Bronze Bombshell, the deck stymies opposing combat and creature deployment while drawing cards. Defensive staples including Ghostly Prison, Windborn Muse, and Silent Arbiter insulate your life total against backlash, while cards like Orzhov Advokist and Noble Heritage incentivize opponents to attack each other. The primary decisive kill combines Nine Lives with Stiltzkin's donation and blink spells like Flicker or Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd, triggering the enchantment's game-loss clause under an opponent's control. With extensive permanent removal and symmetrical draw engines, the deck navigates multiplayer games through defensive diplomacy before executing lethal handoffs.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Act of Authority
  • 1 Angelic Sell-Sword
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Aysen Highway
  • 1 Benevolent Offering
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Blade
  • 1 Bronze Bombshell
  • 1 Bucknard's Everfull Purse
  • 1 Contested War Zone
  • 1 Coveted Jewel
  • 1 Crown of Doom
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Dack Fayden, Helping Hand
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Delaying Shield
  • 1 Enduring Renewal
  • 1 Flicker
  • 1 Flicker of Fate
  • 1 Flumph
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gift of Estates
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Grid Monitor
  • 1 Helm of Awakening
  • 1 Hithlain Rope
  • 1 Homeward Path
  • 1 Jinxed Idol
  • 1 Jinxed Ring
  • 1 Joined Researchers // Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Keeper of the Accord
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Long Road Home
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Loxodon Peacekeeper
  • 1 Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed
  • 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
  • 1 Monumental Henge
  • 1 Nils, Discipline Enforcer
  • 1 Nine Lives
  • 1 Noble Heritage
  • 1 Oblation
  • 1 Orzhov Advokist
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Pendant of Prosperity
  • 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
  • 32 Plains
  • 1 Ravnica at War
  • 1 Rumor Gatherer
  • 1 Saltskitter
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Silent Arbiter
  • 1 Slip On the Ring
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steel Golem
  • 1 Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tel-Jilad Stylus
  • 1 Terrain Generator
  • 1 The Sentry, Golden Guardian
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tragic Arrogance
  • 1 Transcendence
  • 1 Wedding Ring
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Yes Man, Personal Securitron