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Format: Commander

Commander: Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 23

Deck overview

This Esper deck leverages Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain to generate exponential value by doubling counters and copying attached Auras and Equipment whenever a modified creature attacks. The game plan focuses on establishing early mana development and deploying cheap modifications such as Drossclaw, Curiosity, or With Great Power . . .. Once Arna enters the battlefield, she quickly snowballs into a lethal flying lifelink threat, duplicating stat-boosting attachments to eliminate opponents one by one with commander damage. A deep suite of counterspells and flash protection spells like Dovin's Veto and Stolen Stark Tech shields the board from opposing disruption, while incapacitating Auras neutralize priority threats. Backup beaters like Bruna, Light of Alabaster ensure resilience if the commander is removed. While the deck possesses explosive single-target damage, its clock is measured by sequential combat steps, leaving it vulnerable to coordinated table interaction and board sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Adept Watershaper
  • 1 Aether Hub
  • 1 Amazing Acrobatics
  • 1 Aquitect's Defenses
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain
  • 1 As Foretold
  • 1 Bane's Contingency
  • 1 Barrensteppe Siege
  • 1 Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
  • 1 Break the Spell
  • 1 Bruna, Light of Alabaster
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Crystal Grotto
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Curse of Surveillance
  • 1 Divine Favor
  • 1 Dog Umbra
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drossclaw
  • 1 Dwarven Shortsword
  • 1 Eerie Interference
  • 1 Enchanted River's Grasp
  • 1 Eriette of the Charmed Apple
  • 1 Eriette, the Beguiler
  • 1 Fear of Impostors
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flood the Engine
  • 1 Frozen in Ice
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Ghost, Spectral Saboteur
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glasswing Grace // Age-Graced Chapel
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 High-Society Hunter
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Ice Out
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Inquisitive Glimmer
  • 1 Inspiring Roar
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jem Lightfoote, Sky Explorer
  • 1 Krydle of Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Lake-town
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lich's Relic
  • 1 Marked by Honor
  • 1 Masterful Flourish
  • 1 Mind Control
  • 1 Necropolis Regent
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Ooze Spill
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prismatic Lens
  • 1 Pym Particles
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Scriv, the Obligator
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Shadow of the Second Sun
  • 1 Sickleslicer
  • 1 Skyward Spider
  • 1 Spellscorn Coven // Take It Back
  • 1 Stab Wound
  • 1 Stealth Mission
  • 1 Stolen Stark Tech
  • 1 Stunning Strike
  • 1 Sun-Spider, Nimble Webber
  • 1 Sunscorch Regent
  • 1 Super Suit
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thief's Knife
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Web Up
  • 1 With Great Power . . .
  • 1 Worn Powerstone