Jodah Part 1: Immortal Archmage by user7192069

Format: Commander

Commander: Jodah, Archmage Eternal

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive 5-color big-spells archetype piloted by Jodah, Archmage Eternal. The strategy focuses on accelerating through early turns using efficient land-searching ramp and color fixing, establishing access to all five colors of mana by Turn 4. Once Jodah, Archmage Eternal is active, the deck bypasses high casting costs by paying {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} to cast game-ending spells like Emergent Ultimatum, Omniscience, Aminatou's Augury, and Apex Devastator. These massive payoffs flood the battlefield with legendary creatures, cascade triggers, and extra-turn effects. With Maelstrom Wanderer providing haste and asymmetric board wipes like Ruinous Ultimatum clearing opposing boards, the deck converts raw card velocity into rapid lethal combat damage across the table. While highly explosive, the deck relies heavily on its commander surviving to untap, making well-timed protection spells like Fierce Guardianship and Teferi's Protection critical to securing victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aminatou's Augury
  • 1 Apex Devastator
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bringer of the Black Dawn
  • 1 Bringer of the Blue Dawn
  • 1 Call Forth the Tempest
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 Chromatic Orrery
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Eerie Ultimatum
  • 1 Emergent Ultimatum
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Expropriate
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fist of Suns
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Genesis Ultimatum
  • 1 Gift of Immortality
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
  • 1 Inspired Ultimatum
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
  • 1 Jodah's Codex
  • 1 Jodah, Archmage Eternal
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Leyline Immersion
  • 1 Leyline of Mutation
  • 1 Leyline of the Guildpact
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Maelstrom Archangel
  • 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mnemonic Deluge
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
  • 1 Nyxbloom Ancient
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 One with the Multiverse
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Primeval Spawn
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Progenitus
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sunbird's Invocation
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Timeless Lotus
  • 1 Treacherous Terrain
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Twinferno
  • 1 Two-Headed Hellkite
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Unite the Coalition
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Volcanic Vision
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity