Sit and Wait by ElegantData5835

Format: Commander

Commander: Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 54

Deck overview

This Grand Arbiter Augustin IV deck is an oppressive Azorius Stax and Control list designed to dominate multiplayer games through mana constriction, asymmetric taxation, and rule enforcement. The commander serves as a permanent cost-reducer for your spells while taxing every spell your opponents attempt to cast. By pairing Grand Arbiter with hard resource denial pieces like Winter Orb, Static Orb, Stasis, and Armageddon, the deck severely restricts opposing mana bases while generating surplus resources through Smothering Tithe and premier draw engines like Rhystic Study and Mystic Remora. Once the table is locked down under tax and untap restrictions, the deck closes the game decisively through Approach of the Second Sun, heavy control beaters like Hullbreaker Horror and Jin-Gitaxias, or conceded locks. Backed by elite free countermagic and proactive protection like Grand Abolisher and Teferi, Time Raveler, the strategy consistently defends its lock pieces and executes its win conditions safely.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absolute Virtue
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Armageddon
  • 1 Aura of Silence
  • 1 Aven Mindcensor
  • 1 Azor's Elocutors
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dauntless Dismantler
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Expropriate
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 No More Lies
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Permission Denied
  • 1 Pippin, Guard of the Citadel
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stasis
  • 1 Static Orb
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
  • 1 Thalia, the Survivor
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Winter Orb