Ice in my Veins V. 2 by user1814334

Format: Commander

Commander: Hylda of the Icy Crown

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Azorius control and token strategy helmed by Hylda of the Icy Crown. Its game plan revolves around turning creature tapping into substantial board value. Whenever an opponent's untapped creature is tapped by cards like Hylda's Crown of Winter, Timin, Youthful Geist, or Court Street Denizen, Hylda pays {1} to produce 4/4 Elemental tokens, distribute +1/+1 counters, or scry and draw cards. Supporting pieces like Junk Winder lock down opposing threats with stun counters, while Blind Obedience and Propaganda slow incoming attacks. Once a critical mass of Elementals is assembled by Turn 6, the deck clears blockers using cards like Tempest Caller, Githzerai Monk, or Turnabout, or grants evasion via Abzan Falconer and Moonshaker Cavalry to close out the game by Turn 8. Backup threats like Rhoda, Geist Avenger grow massive from incidental tapping, ensuring resilience against removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Angel's Trumpet
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Azorius Guildmage
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
  • 1 Break the Spell
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Citadel Siege
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copy Enchantment
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Court Street Denizen
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Don't Move
  • 1 Dreamshackle Geist
  • 1 Drumbellower
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farsight Ritual
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Frost Titan
  • 1 Gadwick, the Wizened
  • 1 Gideon, Martial Paragon
  • 1 Githzerai Monk
  • 1 Glacial Chasm
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Greater Auramancy
  • 1 Guardian of Tazeem
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Hylda of the Icy Crown
  • 1 Hylda's Crown of Winter
  • 1 Ice Out
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Junk Winder
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Plunge into Winter
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Queen of Ice // Rage of Winter
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Rhoda, Geist Avenger
  • 1 Rimefur Reindeer
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Sentinel of the Eternal Watch
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Sharae of Numbing Depths
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitary Sanctuary
  • 1 Squall Drifter
  • 1 Sunblast Angel
  • 1 Suppression Ray // Orderly Plaza
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
  • 1 Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset
  • 1 Tempest Caller
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Timin, Youthful Geist
  • 1 Topplegeist
  • 1 Turnabout
  • 1 Urza's Rebuff
  • 1 Verity Circle
  • 1 Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty
  • 1 Willbreaker