Infinite Stun by Waterisicesoup

Format: Commander

Commander: Hylda of the Icy Crown

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 18

Deck overview

Hylda of the Icy Crown rewards repeatedly tapping opposing creatures. The deck uses cheap tap creatures, tap spells, stun counters, and cards such as Opposition to turn that action into Elementals, cards, scrying, or counters. Its best games build a board of expendable creatures, then use Opposition to tap opposing lands and creatures while token payoffs increase production. The deck also has solid creature removal, sweepers, and a modest counterspell package. Its main weakness is that the engine is assembled slowly and requires several pieces together: the commander, a tap source, spare mana, and eventually a token or control payoff. It can create strong asymmetric pressure, but it does not contain a compact kill, infinite combo, or reliable total lock. Expect a controlling turn-6-8 setup followed by attrition and combat damage rather than a dependable table kill.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Amazing Acrobatics
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Bitter Chill
  • 1 Blustersquall
  • 1 Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Citadel Siege
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cone of Cold
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Deprive
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Don't Move
  • 1 Downpour
  • 1 Elvish Mariner
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Freeze in Place
  • 1 Giant Killer // Chop Down
  • 1 Gideon's Avenger
  • 1 Gideon's Lawkeeper
  • 1 Githzerai Monk
  • 1 Glacial Floodplain
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Goldmeadow Harrier
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Halo Fountain
  • 1 Hammers of Moradin
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Hithlain Knots
  • 1 Hylda of the Icy Crown
  • 1 Hylda's Crown of Winter
  • 1 Icewrought Sentry
  • 1 Impede Momentum
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Junk Winder
  • 1 Mental Modulation
  • 1 Minister of Impediments
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
  • 1 Opposition
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Plunge into Winter
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Renewed Solidarity
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Rhoda, Geist Avenger
  • 1 Runic Shot
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scepter of Dominance
  • 1 Scroll of Isildur
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Sensational Spider-Man
  • 1 Sharae of Numbing Depths
  • 1 Sleep
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitary Sanctuary
  • 1 Split Up
  • 1 Summon: Shiva
  • 1 Sunblast Angel
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Theft of Dreams
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Time of Ice
  • 1 Timin, Youthful Geist
  • 1 Topplegeist
  • 1 Verity Circle
  • 1 You See a Guard Approach