eluge by Jrod31089

Format: Commander

Commander: Eluge, the Shoreless Sea

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This mono-blue control deck revolves around Eluge, the Shoreless Sea, leveraging its ability to turn lands into Islands with flood counters and grant cumulative mana discounts on the first instant or sorcery cast each turn. Early turns focus on developing mana reducers like Sapphire Medallion and Baral, Chief of Compliance before casting Eluge on Turn 4. As Eluge attacks, the growing flood counter count enables holding up potent countermagic and card draw for minimal mana. The mid-to-late game transitions into resolving game-breaking draw spells such as Mathemagics or Finale of Revelation, or creating a formidable army with Rise from the Tides. Victory is achieved by drawing through the library with Laboratory Maniac, triggering Triskaidekaphile with exactly thirteen cards in hand, or overwhelming opponents through unblockable commander damage and Zombie swarms, all backed by comprehensive reactive protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Loremaster
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Aminatou's Augury
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Archmage's Newt
  • 1 As Foretold
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
  • 1 Cloak of Mists
  • 1 Combat Research
  • 1 Diplomatic Immunity
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Divergent Equation
  • 1 Dreams of Laguna
  • 1 Drown in Dreams
  • 1 Echo, Perceptive Prodigy
  • 1 Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
  • 1 Enter the Enigma
  • 1 Evacuation
  • 1 Even the Score
  • 1 Finale of Revelation
  • 1 Focus the Mind
  • 1 Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Illvoi Infiltrator
  • 34 Island
  • 1 Kaho, Minamo Historian
  • 1 Keeper of the Cadence
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Long River's Pull
  • 1 Lose Focus
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Mathemagics
  • 1 Mission Briefing
  • 1 Mocking Sprite
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Perplexing Test
  • 1 Phantom Interference
  • 1 Plan for All Outcomes
  • 1 Quick Study
  • 1 Refute
  • 1 Relm's Sketching
  • 1 Rise from the Tides
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Shifting Grift
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spellgyre
  • 1 Step Between Worlds
  • 1 Stern Scolding
  • 1 Super Intelligence
  • 1 Supreme Will
  • 1 Thassa's Intervention
  • 1 The Flood of Mars
  • 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
  • 1 Think Twice
  • 1 Time Stop
  • 1 Triskaidekaphile
  • 1 Unblinking Observer
  • 1 Unstoppable Plan
  • 1 Uthros Psionicist
  • 1 Waterbending Scroll
  • 1 Way of the Cryomancer
  • 1 Wisdom of Ages
  • 1 Witness Protection