ICE TIME by user1445600

Format: Commander

Commander: Hylda of the Icy Crown

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius control-midrange deck commanded by Hylda of the Icy Crown. Its strategy revolves around turning tap effects into board advantage, card flow, and game-ending combat pressure. By tapping opposing creatures with cheap instants like Blustersquall and Feeling of Dread or repeatable engines like Hylda's Crown of Winter and Court Street Denizen, the deck triggers Hylda's ability to create 4/4 Elemental tokens, buff the team, or dig for answers. Token doublers like Mondrak, Glory Dominus and Anointed Procession rapidly escalate the clock. Meanwhile, passive entry-tap effects from Blind Obedience and stun counters lock down opposing attackers. Once a dominant board of Elementals is assembled, the deck finishes opponents through alpha strikes backed by Akroma's Will or Bond of Discipline. Efficient interaction and robust protection spells defend the engine against opposing disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Agna Qel'a
  • 1 Akroma's Memorial
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Avengers Hangar
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Guildgate
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Blasted Landscape
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Blustersquall
  • 1 Bond of Discipline
  • 1 Brave the Sands
  • 1 Citadel Siege
  • 1 Claim Jumper
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cone of Cold
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Court Street Denizen
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Downpour
  • 1 Dreamshackle Geist
  • 1 Drumbellower
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Feeling of Dread
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Freeze in Place
  • 1 Gadwick, the Wizened
  • 1 Giant Killer // Chop Down
  • 1 Gideon's Avenger
  • 1 Gideon's Lawkeeper
  • 1 Gigadrowse
  • 1 Githzerai Monk
  • 1 Glacial Floodplain
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hammers of Moradin
  • 1 Hylda of the Icy Crown
  • 1 Hylda's Crown of Winter
  • 1 Icewrought Sentry
  • 1 Icy Blast
  • 1 Illithid Harvester // Plant Tadpoles
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Junk Winder
  • 1 Lost in the Maze
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mental Modulation
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mjölnir, Storm Hammer
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Scroll of Isildur
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Seized from Slumber
  • 1 Sharae of Numbing Depths
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Solitary Sanctuary
  • 1 Split Up
  • 1 Sunblast Angel
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Time of Ice
  • 1 True Conviction
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Unstoppable Plan
  • 1 Verity Circle
  • 1 Willbreaker
  • 1 You See a Guard Approach