Wanna see some magic? by AmeizingGuy

Format: Commander

Commander: Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy and Scion of Halaster

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 83

Deck overview

This Dimir spellslinger combo-control deck leverages Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy and Scion of Halaster to achieve high card velocity, resilient graveyard recursion, and rapid combo finishes. Scion of Halaster sculpts draws each turn by binning critical instants and sorceries while feeding Gale's triggered ability to recast them from the graveyard. The primary win condition is a compact Turn 3 assembly of Thassa's Oracle and Demonic Consultation, which exiles the entire library to secure an instant victory through 0 opponent response cycles. Dense fast mana, universal tutors, and 1-mana cantrips ensure consistent early assembly. The deck protects its win window with format-staple countermagic including Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, and Pact of Negation, while utilizing Unearth and Gale's recursion to recover instantly from disruption. As a secondary plan, it can lock out opponents using Narset, Parter of Veils or Notion Thief alongside Windfall, or pivot to Doomsday and Isochron Scepter loops.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage's Charm
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Doomsday
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Millikin
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scheming Symmetry
  • 1 Scion of Halaster
  • 1 Secrets of the Dead
  • 1 See the Truth
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Thought Scour
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Withering Torment