ASTAXA BS by Skulker

Format: Commander

Commander: Atraxa, Praetors' Voice

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 22

Deck overview

This Atraxa, Praetors' Voice deck is a controlling stax and tap-down build designed to slow opponent development while building a commanding board presence. It leverages tax effects like Grand Arbiter Augustin IV and God-Pharaoh's Statue alongside mana restriction like Winter Moon to constrain opposing mana. Simultaneously, it uses tap-and-stun spells such as Freeze in Place, Lost in the Maze, and Fear of Sleep Paralysis to permanently freeze opposing creatures. Atraxa, Praetors' Voice acts as both a resilient lifelink blocker and a continuous proliferate engine, increasing stun counters on enemy threats while advancing loyalty on planeswalkers and charge counters on Darksteel Reactor. The mana base relies entirely on basic lands, breaking parity on Winter Moon while trading off early mana velocity. Victory is achieved either by attrition combat backed by Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider and Unnatural Growth, or by reaching twenty counters on Darksteel Reactor.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Artificer Class
  • 1 Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
  • 1 Aura of Silence
  • 1 Cancel
  • 1 Collective Restraint
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Damping Sphere
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Darksteel Reactor
  • 1 Doorkeeper Thrull
  • 1 Dovin, Hand of Control
  • 1 Fear of Sleep Paralysis
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Freeze in Place
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gideon Blackblade
  • 1 Go Forth
  • 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Ichormoon Gauntlet
  • 1 Impede Momentum
  • 1 Inquisitive Glimmer
  • 1 Involuntary Cooldown
  • 16 Island
  • 1 Jace's Sanctum
  • 1 Jace, the Living Guildpact
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
  • 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Lost in the Maze
  • 1 Lulu, Stern Guardian
  • 1 Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nissa, Genesis Mage
  • 1 Oath of Ajani
  • 1 Oath of Jace
  • 1 Oath of Nissa
  • 1 Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth // Temple of Cultivation
  • 1 Old-Growth Dryads
  • 1 Onakke Oathkeeper
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rapier Wit
  • 1 Scroll of Isildur
  • 1 Shackle Slinger
  • 1 Solitary Sanctuary
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Stall Out
  • 1 Stinging Study
  • 1 Stunning Shot
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Tamiyo, Compleated Sage
  • 1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Thalia and The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
  • 1 Torpor Orb
  • 1 Trap the Trespassers
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
  • 1 Winter Moon