Modern Cycle Master by Psyga315

Format: Commander

Commander: Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Grand Arbiter Augustin IV leads a slow Azorius control and stax shell. The primary plan is to tax opponents with the commander, stax pieces, and countermagic while his two discounts make blue-white spells cheap. The hidden commander is Brago, King Eternal, whose combat trigger recasts value creatures and mana rocks; Soulherder, Flickerwisp, and Teferi multiply those triggers. Secondary paths include grinding card advantage from faeries and draw spells, equipping evasive creatures with the Swords, and accumulating an indestructible emblem from Elspeth. The deck has no infinite combo; it wins by denying opponents long enough to chip through 40 life over many turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Adarkar Valkyrie
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aether Spellbomb
  • 1 Aethersnipe
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcbound Ravager
  • 1 Auriok Salvagers
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Blinkmoth Nexus
  • 1 Bound in Silence
  • 1 Brago, King Eternal
  • 1 Careful Consideration
  • 1 Celestial Colonnade
  • 1 Chalice of the Void
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dispeller's Capsule
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Echoing Truth
  • 1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
  • 1 Engineered Explosives
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Ethersworn Canonist
  • 1 Faerie Mechanist
  • 1 Flickerwisp
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Glimmervoid
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Kataki, War's Wage
  • 1 Kefnet's Monument
  • 1 Keiga, the Tide Star
  • 1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
  • 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
  • 1 Latchkey Faerie
  • 1 Logic Knot
  • 1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Oketra's Monument
  • 1 Otherworldly Journey
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Peer Through Depths
  • 1 Perilous Research
  • 1 Pestermite
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Reach Through Mists
  • 1 Relic of Progenitus
  • 1 Reveillark
  • 1 Sanctum Gargoyle
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scion of Oona
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulherder
  • 1 Spell Snare
  • 1 Spellstutter Sprite
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of Light and Shadow
  • 1 Take Possession
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Terashi's Grasp
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Thirst for Knowledge
  • 1 Traumatic Visions
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Vedalken Shackles
  • 1 Vendilion Clique
  • 1 Vivid Creek
  • 1 Vivid Meadow
  • 1 Yosei, the Morning Star