Do You Pay Taxes by FloridaManGathers

Format: Commander

Commander: Morophon, the Boundless

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a specialized 5-color Kindred deck built around the unique concept of Ward Stacking. Led by Morophon, the Boundless, the deck exploits the Changeling mechanic by running lords that grant Ward and combat keywords to specific creature types. Cards like Dragon's Disciple, Long River Lurker, Shelob, Child of Ungoliant, Storvald, Frost Giant Jarl, and Radagast, Wizard of Wilds each grant separate Ward instances to their respective types. Because Changelings possess all creature types, these Ward abilities trigger simultaneously whenever a Changeling is targeted, forcing opponents to pay prohibitive amounts of mana, life, or sacrificed permanents for spot removal. The deck ramps efficiently in the early turns, establishes a warded changeling board, and casts Morophon on turn 5 to make multi-colored changelings cost-free. Supported by top-tier protection spells like Teferi's Protection and Clever Concealment, the deck overwhelms the table through unstoppable combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Amulet of Safekeeping
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 And They Shall Know No Fear
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Bronze Guardian
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Chameleon Colossus
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Changeling Wayfinder
  • 1 Chomping Changeling
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Codsworth, Handy Helper
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dragon's Disciple
  • 1 Elder Owyn Lyons
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flowering of the White Tree
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Formless Genesis
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Graveshifter
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 K-9, Mark I
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Long River Lurker
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa
  • 1 Morningtide's Light
  • 1 Morophon, the Boundless
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mutable Explorer
  • 1 Mycosynth Lattice
  • 1 Omni-Changeling
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Personify
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Primal Beyond
  • 1 Radagast, Wizard of Wilds
  • 1 Raging Ravine
  • 1 Rain-Slicked Copse
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rith, Liberated Primeval
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
  • 1 Sire of Seven Deaths
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectacular Spider-Man
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 1 Star Whale
  • 1 Storvald, Frost Giant Jarl
  • 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Seriema
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Universal Automaton
  • 1 Unsettled Mariner
  • 1 Winter, Cursed Rider
  • 1 Wondrous Crucible