The Master, Bulk with Skulk by user3695857

Format: Commander

Commander: The Master, Mesmerist

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Dimir deck helmed by The Master, Mesmerist blends goad politics with a skulk-based draw engine. The commander's tap ability gives an opponent's creature skulk and goads it, while your own skulk creatures (unblockable by larger creatures) trigger card draw and +1/+1 counters on The Master each time they connect. The deck uses untap effects to reuse the commander's ability multiple times per turn cycle, generating steady card advantage and growing the commander into a Voltron threat. Secondary win conditions include Chasm Skulker tokens, Ominous Seas 8/8 Krakens, and Jon Irenicus, Shattered One value. The plan is incremental: control the board with goad, draw extra cards, and eventually overwhelm opponents with commander damage or a token swarm.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Heist
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Blade
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Cerulean Wisps
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Coercive Impetus
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Countersquall
  • 1 Coveted Peacock
  • 1 Curse of Disturbance
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Decree of Pain
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eaten by Piranhas
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farbog Revenant
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Final Act
  • 1 Fogwalker
  • 1 Forensic Researcher
  • 1 Forgotten Creation
  • 1 Furtive Homunculus
  • 1 Ghoulish Impetus
  • 1 Hidden Strings
  • 1 Illusionist's Gambit
  • 1 Inevitable Betrayal
  • 1 Ingenious Prodigy
  • 17 Island
  • 1 Jon Irenicus, Shattered One
  • 1 K-9, Mark I
  • 1 Kang Dynasty
  • 1 Kelpie Guide
  • 1 Lazav, Familiar Stranger
  • 1 Magic Damper
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nightmare Unmaking
  • 1 Oblivion's Hunger
  • 1 Octopus Form
  • 1 Ominous Seas
  • 1 Patriar's Seal
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rancid Rats
  • 1 Ravenform
  • 1 Renegade Silent
  • 1 Reverse the Polarity
  • 1 River of Tears
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Royal Assassin
  • 1 Seal of Removal
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Spinal Embrace
  • 1 Sting, the Glinting Dagger
  • 1 Stolen Identity
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 The Cruelty of Gix
  • 1 The Master, Mesmerist
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tideforce Elemental
  • 1 Time Beetle
  • 1 Trenzalore Clocktower
  • 1 Tyrite Sanctum
  • 1 Unstoppable Plan
  • 1 Vampire Cutthroat
  • 1 Verity Circle
  • 1 Vizier of Tumbling Sands
  • 1 Wash Away
  • 1 Wharf Infiltrator