It's Wizard Time!

Format: Commander

Commander: Inalla, Archmage Ritualist

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Grixis Wizard tribal and spellslinger strategy commanded by Inalla, Archmage Ritualist. The deck operates primarily through Inalla's eminence ability from the command zone, paying one generic mana whenever a nontoken Wizard enters to create a temporary copy with haste. This mechanic rapidly expands the board, doubling enters-the-battlefield triggers, tapping abilities, and creature counts. In the early game, the deck accelerates with low-cost mana rocks, Medallions, and rituals to establish foundational doublers like Harmonic Prodigy and Naban, Dean of Iteration. By Turn 5, it transitions into overwhelming board control or explosive burn: Galecaster Colossus and Patron Wizard establish asymmetric bounce and counter locks, while Azami, Lady of Scrolls and Archmage Emeritus convert Wizard density and cheap spells into massive card advantage. The deck finishes games on Turn 6 by chaining rituals into Battle Hymn, triggering noncreature damage engines like Vivi Ornitier and Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied, or draining opponents with Inalla's tap ability.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Channeler
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Echoes
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Azami, Lady of Scrolls
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodline Necromancer
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Ertai Resurrected
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Galecaster Colossus
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kaza, Roil Chaser
  • 1 Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mysidian Elder
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Naban, Dean of Iteration
  • 1 Naru Meha, Master Wizard
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Patron Wizard
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Redoubled Stormsinger
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
  • 1 Riptide Laboratory
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scholar of the Ages
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Step Through
  • 1 Stingcaster Mage
  • 1 Stonybrook Banneret
  • 1 Sundial of the Infinite
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Tribute Mage
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Variable Chaser // Arc of Fortune
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Vivi's Persistence
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wizard's Retort
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Xander's Lounge