Tapping Turtles by Dakonaton57

Format: Commander

Commander: Archelos, Lagoon Mystic

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Sultai deck uses Archelos, Lagoon Mystic to control how permanents enter the battlefield. When Archelos is tapped, opponents' lands and creatures enter tapped; when untapped, your bounce lands enter untapped for value. The primary plan is to assemble landfall and tap-untap engines, crew Vehicles for card advantage and damage, and close with infinite mana or infinite turns. Secondary paths include grinding with Tatyova and Aesi draw, growing Avenger of Zendikar Plants, and stealing wins with Villainous Wealth or Mass Manipulation. Patron of the Moon and the Magosi/Nesting Grounds/Out of the Tombs package act as hidden commanders that provide the actual combo wins.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Aether Gale
  • 1 Aethersphere Harvester
  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Arbiter of the Ideal
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
  • 1 Archetype of Imagination
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Aura of Dominion
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Casualties of War
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosima, God of the Voyage // The Omenkeel
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cultivator's Caravan
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Fallowsage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Foreboding Landscape
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Funeral Longboat
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hex
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 4 Island
  • 1 King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Loam Dryad
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Magosi, the Waterveil
  • 1 Mass Manipulation
  • 1 Mobile Garrison
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Nevinyrral's Disk
  • 1 Norritt
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Out of the Tombs
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Patron of the Moon
  • 1 Puppeteer
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Renegade Freighter
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Retreat to Hagra
  • 1 Saruli Caretaker
  • 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
  • 1 Scaretiller
  • 1 Silent Submersible
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Sky Skiff
  • 1 Sleek Schooner
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx's Disciple
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tidal Force
  • 1 Tideforce Elemental
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Untethered Express
  • 1 Villainous Wealth
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zagoth Triome