crystal by hanumarc

Format: Commander

Commander: Crystal, Inhuman Princess

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a four-color (WURG, no black) noncreature-spell burn/combo deck helmed by Crystal, Inhuman Princess. The engine is simple: every noncreature spell either pings opponents via Crystal, Inhuman Princess or Vivi Ornitier, draws/loots through Jeskai Ascendancy, or untaps mana dorks to fuel the next spell. Multicolored spells like Manamorphose and Jeskai Ascendancy deal extra damage. The deck has three main kill modes: an Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal infinite spell-copy loop, a Niv-Mizzet, Parun + curiosity-aura infinite damage loop, and a Jeskai Ascendancy/Underworld Breach storm chain. An optimized fetch/shock/dual manabase, one-mana accelerants, and five free counterspells give the deck explosive, high-power pacing.

Decklist (106 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Crystal, Inhuman Princess
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jeskai Ascendancy
  • 1 Keen Sense
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Manamorphose
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snake Umbra
  • 2 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 2 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 1 Snow-Covered Plains
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Summer Bloom
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Vivi's Persistence
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Whirlwind of Thought
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor