Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign by Elder_Dingus

Format: Commander

Commander: Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper topdeck-control strategy commanded by Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign. The primary game plan accelerates early mana with dense 2-CMC mana rocks, establishes top-of-library control using Sensei's Divining Top, Scroll Rack, and top-stacking tutors, and deploys Yennett on Turn 4. On Turn 5, Yennett attacks to free-cast massive odd-cost spells, chaining extra turns through Time Warp, Temporal Manipulation, Temporal Mastery, and Expropriate. The deck locks down opponents with asymmetric powerhouses like Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant and Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite while clearing blockers with In Garruk's Wake and Plague Wind. Wins are achieved through overwhelming combat damage across consecutive extra turns or by resolving Approach of the Second Sun. While resilient against ground blockers due to Yennett's evasion, the deck relies heavily on keeping its commander alive and lacks cheap instant-speed stack countermagic.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alrund's Epiphany
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crystal Ball
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Diabolic Vision
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Doctor Octopus, Master Planner
  • 1 Doomsday
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expropriate
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 God-Eternal Kefnet
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Halimar Depths
  • 1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hidetsugu and Kairi
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isolated Watchtower
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana Vess
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Meteor Golem
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mnemonic Deluge
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Necromantic Selection
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Penance
  • 1 Plague Wind
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Portent
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Savor the Moment
  • 1 Scholar of the Lost Trove
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soothsaying
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swarm Intelligence
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Temporal Manipulation
  • 1 Temporal Mastery
  • 1 Temporal Trespass
  • 1 Terminus
  • 1 Time Warp
  • 1 Timesifter
  • 1 Trickery Charm
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign
  • 1 Zhalfirin Void