Inalla, Archmage Ritualist by W1ll1am

Format: Commander

Commander: Inalla, Archmage Ritualist

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 82

Deck overview

This competitive Grixis combo deck leverages Inalla, Archmage Ritualist's Eminence ability alongside ultra-compact spell and wizard combos to execute lightning-fast table kills. The primary win condition is the two-card infinite combo between Dualcaster Mage and Twinflame, which requires only five mana ({2}{R}{R}{R}) and wins the game on the spot by generating infinite hasty 2/2 attackers. The deck also features redundant win paths including Wanderwine Prophets for deterministic extra-turn loops, Ghostly Flicker with Naru Meha, Master Wizard for infinite mana and flickers, and Bloodline Necromancer with Ashnod's Altar. Powered by format-ceiling fast mana (Dark Ritual, Mana Vault, Chrome Mox, Lotus Petal, Sol Ring) and uncounterable wizardcycling tutors (Step Through, Vedalken Aethermage), the deck consistently threatens a Turn 3 victory. A robust suite of free and 1-mana counterspells (Force of Will, Pact of Negation, Flusterstorm, Swan Song) reliably protects the combo window.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Aether Channeler
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodline Necromancer
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Heat Shimmer
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Naru Meha, Master Wizard
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Spirebluff Canal
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Step Through
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vedalken Aethermage
  • 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
  • 1 Wanderwine Prophets
  • 1 Watcher for Tomorrow
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman