Pillow Fort, But your Enemies Get Counters :) by Thunderthruster

Format: Commander

Commander: Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This mono-white deck is a pillow-fort/tax control build. The primary plan is to assemble Dain's Storied condition with three artifacts/legendaries/Sagas, stack attack taxes (Ghostly Prison, Sphere of Safety, Norn's Annex, Windborn Muse), then outdraw opponents with draw/life-gain taxes and turn the corner with repeatable Angel tokens from Court of Grace and finishers like Elesh Norn or Battle at the Helvault. Secondary paths are a Saga subtheme (Michiko's Reign of Truth, Befriending the Moths) for large enchantment creatures and a Sun Titan recursion loop. Dain serves as a cheap tax/deterrent, not a combo engine. There is no hidden commander; the list is built to use Dain as a supporting stax piece rather than a build-around finisher.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archangel of Tithes
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Aura of Silence
  • 1 Aurification
  • 1 Aven Mindcensor
  • 1 Baird, Steward of Argive
  • 1 Battle at the Helvault
  • 1 Befriending the Moths // Imperial Moth
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Court of Grace
  • 1 Crawlspace
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Era of Enlightenment // Hand of Enlightenment
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Heliod, God of the Sun
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lightmine Field
  • 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Mass Calcify
  • 1 Meekstone
  • 1 Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
  • 1 Michiko's Reign of Truth // Portrait of Michiko
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Nils, Discipline Enforcer
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Oketra's Monument
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Personal Sanctuary
  • 1 Phyrexian Vindicator
  • 35 Plains
  • 1 Reprobation
  • 1 Roads Go Ever, Ever On
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Stone of Erech
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Unexpectedly Absent
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Weathered Wayfarer
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow