have this friend! by user9191546

Format: Commander

Commander: Jon Irenicus, Shattered One

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Dimir control deck built around Jon Irenicus, Shattered One that uses "bad gifts" to turn opponents' creatures into weapons. The core plan is to deploy creatures with serious downsides (Rotting Regisaur, Abyssal Persecutor, Master of the Feast), donate them to opponents via Jon's end-step trigger or spells like Donate and Assault Suit, then watch them become goaded, un-sacrificeable beaters that attack your opponents. The commander draws a card each time a creature you own but don't control attacks, creating a steady stream of advantage. A robust interaction suite of counterspells, spot removal, and pillow-fort effects (No Mercy, Propaganda, Crawlspace) keeps the deck alive while the donated creatures whittle down the table. Secondary win conditions include Torment of Hailfire for a mana-sink finish and theft effects like Reins of Power to borrow the board for a turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abyssal Persecutor
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assault Suit
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clone
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Countersquall
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Donate
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Drinker of Sorrow
  • 1 Ebon Drake
  • 1 Ebonblade Reaper
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Flesh Reaver
  • 1 Forbidden Crypt
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Jon Irenicus, Shattered One
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Master of the Feast
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 No Mercy
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Parasitic Impetus
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Phyrexian Negator
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reins of Power
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rotting Regisaur
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Stardew Valley
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 The Wondrous Wasp
  • 1 Thought Devourer
  • 1 Thought Eater
  • 1 Timetwister
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Tormented Soul
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Unsummon
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vashta Nerada
  • 1 Wretched Anurid
  • 1 Wrong Turn