New Untitled Deck by ColdMadHatter

Format: Commander

Commander: Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 64

Deck overview

This deck is an optimized competitive Commander (cEDH) Azorius Stax and Combo build commanded by Grand Arbiter Augustin IV. The primary strategy establishes crushing, multi-layered resource denial on early turns to drastically slow down faster combo decks, creating an asymmetric environment where opponents are heavily taxed while the pilot casts discounted spells. The deck accelerates ahead of curve using format-ceiling fast mana including Mishra's Workshop, Mana Vault, and Moxen. It secures table dominance through rule-setting permanents like Trinisphere, Rule of Law, Back to Basics, Drannith Magistrate, and Cursed Totem. Once the table is constrained and protected by Grand Abolisher, Teferi, Time Raveler, or free countermagic, the deck executes a decisive finish via the Rest in Peace plus Helm of Obedience mill-out combo or the impenetrable Knowledge Pool hard lock. With redundant artifact tutors and premium card advantage engines like The One Ring and Rhystic Study, the deck maintains relentless control from opening turns to victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aven Interrupter
  • 1 Back to Basics
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cursed Totem
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Doorkeeper Thrull
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Ethersworn Canonist
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Grafdigger's Cage
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of Obedience
  • 1 Intuition
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Karn, the Great Creator
  • 1 Knowledge Pool
  • 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mishra's Workshop
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Reshape
  • 1 Rest in Peace
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rule of Law
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere of Resistance
  • 1 Spirit of the Labyrinth
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Timetwister
  • 1 Transmute Artifact
  • 1 Trinisphere
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Winter Orb