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Format: Commander

Commander: Gnostro, Voice of the Crags

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is a Jeskai spell-slinger and storm deck helmed by Gnostro, Voice of the Crags. The primary game plan focuses on deploying early artifact ramp, establishing a steady card draw and mana engine through pieces like Archmage Emeritus, Whirlwind of Thought, or Storm-Kiln Artist, and controlling the board with efficient interaction. Once mana and card velocity are stable, the deck executes a decisive storm turn around turn 6. It finishes games instantly by gaining life and dealing lethal direct damage with Aetherflux Reservoir, copying a lethal Grapeshot with damage amplifiers like Fiery Emancipation, or generating infinite mana and bounce loops using Hullbreaker Horror. The deck features excellent card flow and counterspell protection, though it relies heavily on permanent-based engines that must survive removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Artist's Talent
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 City on Fire
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Defiler of Faith
  • 1 Defiler of Instinct
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eligeth, Crossroads Augur
  • 1 Elminster
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gnostro, Voice of the Crags
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Gratuitous Violence
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jeskai Ascendancy
  • 1 Kykar, Wind's Fury
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Matoya, Archon Elder
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Reverberate
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swarm Intelligence
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Telepathy
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Third Path Iconoclast
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Whirlwind of Thought
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills