#22 Absolute Unit by OddCarrot

Format: Commander

Commander: Absolute Virtue

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius Pillowfort Control build commanded by Absolute Virtue. The game plan revolves around stalling aggressive opponents through mana taxes such as Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, and Windborn Muse, while utilizing white catch-up ramp like Archaeomancer's Map and Claim Jumper to consistently reach high mana totals. After resetting cluttered boards with sweepers like Supreme Verdict and Austere Command, the deck deploys Absolute Virtue on Turn 7. Because the commander cannot be countered and grants its controller protection from each opponent, it renders the pilot immune to combat damage, direct targeting, and burn. The deck secures victory through 8-power flying commander damage, swarms of 4/4 Angels from Court of Grace, or an alternate win via Approach of the Second Sun. An extensive protection package featuring Vexilus Praetor, Mithril Coat, and countermagic shields key permanents throughout the endgame.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Absolute Virtue
• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Approach of the Second Sun
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archaeomancer's Map
• 1 Arid Archway
• 1 Austere Command
• 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1 Azorius Chancery
• 1 Bastion Protector
• 1 Bender's Waterskin
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Claim Jumper
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Consuming Tide
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Court of Grace
• 1 Cut a Deal
• 1 Deserted Beach
• 1 Devastation Tide
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Flood of Tears
• 1 Floodfarm Verge
• 1 Force of Negation
• 1 Geode Golem
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Gift of Immortality
• 1 Gilded Lotus
• 1 Giver of Runes
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Grand Abolisher
• 1 Guildless Commons
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Herald of Eternal Dawn
• 8 Island
• 1 Keeper of the Accord
• 1 Knight of the White Orchid
• 1 Land Tax
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Loran of the Third Path
• 1 Lotus Field
• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 Manifold Insights
• 1 Maze of Ith
• 1 Mithril Coat
• 1 Mother of Runes
• 1 Multiversal Passage
• 1 Mystic Gate
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Orim's Chant
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Pippin, Guard of the Citadel
• 8 Plains
• 1 Platinum Angel
• 1 Platinum Emperion
• 1 Ponder
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Promise of Loyalty
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Render Silent
• 1 Restoration Magic
• 1 Sea of Clouds
• 1 Serra's Emissary
• 1 Silence
• 1 Skycloud Expanse
• 1 Standstill
• 1 Stock Up
• 1 Supreme Verdict
• 1 Surveyor's Scope
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talon Gates of Madara
• 1 Tectonic Edge
• 1 Tenuous Truce
• 1 Thespian's Stage
• 1 Thran Dynamo
• 1 Vesuva
• 1 Vexilus Praetor
• 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1 Windborn Muse
• 1 Your Temple Is Under Attack