Tazri's Spellshaper Toolbox by Toxeus

Format: Commander

Commander: Tazri, Stalwart Survivor

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a dedicated five-color Spellshaper tribal strategy led by Tazri, Stalwart Survivor. It leverages virtually every notable Spellshaper printed in Magic's history to turn cards in hand into powerful, repeatable spell effects on a stick. Tazri solves the classic Spellshaper bottleneck by turning every creature with an activated ability into a mana dork for creature abilities, while also providing a five-color activated ability to repeatedly mill cards and reload your hand with fresh Spellshapers. The game plan focuses on establishing early utility creatures, using discard outlets to fuel synergies with Life from the Loam, Containment Construct, and Bag of Holding, and controlling the board with versatile on-board answers like Diplomatic Escort, Dawnstrider, and Mageta the Lion. The deck transitions into a winning position by overwhelming opponents with flying Drake tokens from Drake Haven, recurring drain from Urborg Syphon-Mage, or land-fueled combat pushes with Jolrael, Empress of Beasts.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alexi, Zephyr Mage
  • 1 Arc Mage
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Armillary Sphere
  • 1 Avenger en-Dal
  • 1 Bag of Holding
  • 1 Balloon Peddler
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bog Witch
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cho-Arrim Alchemist
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Containment Construct
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Dawnstrider
  • 1 Deepwood Elder
  • 1 Devout Witness
  • 1 Diplomatic Escort
  • 1 Divining Witch
  • 1 Drake Haven
  • 1 Dreamscape Artist
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Feast of Sanity
  • 1 Firefright Mage
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flowstone Channeler
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Ghost Tactician
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Goldmeadow Lookout
  • 1 Greel, Mind Raker
  • 1 Greenseeker
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hammer Mage
  • 1 Harvest Mage
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Icatian Crier
  • 1 Illusionist's Bracers
  • 1 Instigator
  • 1 Invasion of Mercadia // Kyren Flamewright
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
  • 1 Jolrael, Empress of Beasts
  • 1 Journey of Discovery
  • 1 Latulla, Keldon Overseer
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Llanowar Mentor
  • 1 Mageta the Lion
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Notorious Assassin
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Oversold Cemetery
  • 1 Overtaker
  • 1 Phial of Galadriel
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seismic Mage
  • 1 Silverglade Pathfinder
  • 1 Skirk Ridge Exhumer
  • 1 Sparkspitter
  • 1 Stampede Driver
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stronghold Biologist
  • 1 Stronghold Machinist
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Tazri, Stalwart Survivor
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Tolarian Sentinel
  • 1 Toymaker
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Trickster Mage
  • 1 Undertaker
  • 1 Urborg Syphon-Mage
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Waterfront Bouncer
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 You Happen On a Glade