Race for the Fantastic by Shrump86

Format: Commander

Commander: Mister Fantastic

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This 4-color Commander deck helmed by Mister Fantastic is an explosive spellslinger and storm deck that leverages noncreature triggers, ability copying, and cost reduction to overwhelm the table. Early turns focus on accelerating mana using efficient land-ramp spells and dorks like Farseek, Three Visits, and Faeburrow Elder. By Turn 4, the deck establishes an operational card advantage engine with Mister Fantastic, Valeria Richards, Precocious, or Whirlwind of Thought. The mid-to-late game pivots toward overwhelming spell velocity, using engines like Thousand-Year Storm, Storm-Kiln Artist, and Bonus Round. As spells and copies cascade, Storm-Kiln Artist generates massive Treasure reserves to fuel deep draw spells like First Family and Dig Through Time. Victory is achieved on Turn 6 to 7 by burning out all opponents simultaneously through Crystal, Inhuman Princess damage triggers and Human Torch, Johnny Storm draw pings, or clearing path via overloaded Cyclonic Rift.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alicia Masters, Skilled Sculptor
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Auroral Procession
  • 1 Baxter Building
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Bonus Round
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosmic Crucible
  • 1 Crystal, Inhuman Princess
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Double Vision
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Ember Island Production
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Eureka Moment
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Fantastic Elasticity
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 First Family
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hull Breach
  • 1 Human Torch, Johnny Storm
  • 1 Invisible Force Field
  • 1 Invisible Woman
  • 1 Invisible Woman, Sue Storm
  • 1 Iroh, Grand Lotus
  • 1 Iron Lad, Young Avenger
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Lessons from Life
  • 1 Mirari's Wake
  • 1 Mirror Room // Fractured Realm
  • 1 Mister Fantastic
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Planar Genesis
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Regrowth
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Shared Summons
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Taunt from the Rampart
  • 1 The Astonishing Ant-Man
  • 1 The Thing, Ben Grimm
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Turtles Forever
  • 1 Valeria Richards, Precocious
  • 1 Whirlwind of Thought
  • 1 Wild Growth