Deadly Disguise by Cremdaddy

Format: Commander

Commander: Kaust, Eyes of the Glade

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Kaust, Eyes of the Glade fronts a Naya "face-down matters" deck built around morph, disguise, manifest, and cloak. The plan is to flood the board with cheap 2/2 face-down permanents, then flip them during combat for value - Kaust's tap ability makes the first flip each combat free, and his draw trigger rewards any flipped creature that connects. The deck contains no infinite combos; it wins through a snowballing combat board, extra combat from Scourge of the Throne, and overrun effects like Return of the Wildspeaker and Kessig Wolf Run. The shell is inherently grindy: Deathmist Raptor, Yedora, Grave Gardener, and Whisperwood Elemental keep converting losses into fresh face-down permanents, making the deck dangerous in long games even after a wipe.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ainok Survivalist
  • 1 Akroma, Angel of Fury
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashcloud Phoenix
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Boltbender
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Branch of Vitu-Ghazi
  • 1 Broodhatch Nantuko
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Deathmist Raptor
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Den Protector
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Duskana, the Rage Mother
  • 1 Exalted Angel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Experiment Twelve
  • 1 Fell the Mighty
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Hidden Dragonslayer
  • 1 Hooded Hydra
  • 1 Imperial Hellkite
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kaust, Eyes of the Glade
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Krosan Cloudscraper
  • 1 Krosan Colossus
  • 1 Krosan Verge
  • 1 Lifecrafter's Bestiary
  • 1 Master of Pearls
  • 1 Mastery of the Unseen
  • 1 Mirror Entity
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nantuko Vigilante
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Neheb, the Eternal
  • 1 Nervous Gardener
  • 1 Obscuring Aether
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Panoptic Projektor
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Printlifter Ooze
  • 1 Ransom Note
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Root Elemental
  • 1 Sacred Peaks
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Salt Road Ambushers
  • 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
  • 1 Scattered Groves
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Scroll of Fate
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Sheltered Thicket
  • 1 Showstopping Surprise
  • 1 Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
  • 1 Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Temple of Plenty
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Temur War Shaman
  • 1 Tesak, Judith's Hellhound
  • 1 Thelonite Hermit
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Trail of Mystery
  • 1 True Identity
  • 1 Ugin's Mastery
  • 1 Unexplained Absence
  • 1 Veiled Ascension
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Whisperwood Elemental
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Yedora, Grave Gardener
  • 1 Zoetic Cavern