HOA by user1035855

Format: Commander

Creator: user1035855

Commander: The Wandering Minstrel

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

The Wandering Minstrel heads a five-color Gate and Town ramp deck, negating the tempo loss of thirty tapped lands while providing a steady token stream and a team-wide buff. The core strategy accelerates land drops using enablers like Azusa, Lost but Seeking, Dryad of the Ilysian Grove, and Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait, refueling through card draw engines like Guild Summit. The primary win condition is activating Maze's End with ten differently named Gates, executed either through repeated turns of searching or instantly via Scapeshift. Alternatively, the deck overwhelms opponents with massive armies created by The Necrobloom, Lumra, Bellow of the Woods, and Basilisk Gate.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Ainok Wayfarer
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Arboreal Grazer
  • 1 Azorius Guildgate
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Baron, Airship Kingdom
  • 1 Basilisk Gate
  • 1 Black Dragon Gate
  • 1 Boros Guildgate
  • 1 Broken Bond
  • 1 Cartographer's Survey
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Citadel Gate
  • 1 Cliffgate
  • 1 Cloudblazer
  • 1 Coiling Oracle
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Constant Mists
  • 1 Courser of Kruphix
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Crossroads Village
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Dawnstrider
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Eureka Moment
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Fog
  • 1 Gatebreaker Ram
  • 1 Gatecreeper Vine
  • 1 Gates Ablaze
  • 1 Gateway Plaza
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Gladiolus Amicitia
  • 1 Gohn, Town of Ruin
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Gond Gate
  • 1 Gongaga, Reactor Town
  • 1 Grisly Salvage
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Gruul Guildgate
  • 1 Guadosalam, Farplane Gateway
  • 1 Guild Summit
  • 1 Heap Gate
  • 1 Hearthhull, the Worldseed
  • 1 Hedge Shredder
  • 1 Horizon Explorer
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Ignis Scientia
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 1 Izzet Guildgate
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Lilysplash Mentor
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
  • 1 Manor Gate
  • 1 Maze's End
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Oji, the Exquisite Blade
  • 1 Open the Gates
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Orzhov Guildgate
  • 1 Rabanastre, Royal City
  • 1 Rakdos Guildgate
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Risen Reef
  • 1 Rydia, Summoner of Mist
  • 1 Scapeshift
  • 1 Sea Gate
  • 1 Selesnya Guildgate
  • 1 Sharlayan, Nation of Scholars
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Soulherder
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Splendid Reclamation
  • 1 Summon: Titan
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 The Necrobloom
  • 1 The Wandering Minstrel
  • 1 Town Greeter
  • 1 Treno, Dark City
  • 1 Vector, Imperial Capital
  • 1 Walk-In Closet // Forgotten Cellar
  • 1 Windurst, Federation Center
  • 1 Zanarkand, Ancient Metropolis // Lasting Fayth