watch the world burn by Aelither

Format: Commander

Commander: Crystal, Inhuman Princess

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity 4-color spellslinger and burn deck commanded by Crystal, Inhuman Princess. Crystal serves as both a multi-color mana dork in the command zone and a repeatable noncombat damage engine that burns each opponent whenever noncreature spells are cast. The deck's strategy revolves around accelerating mana on early turns, deploying cost-reducing creatures and draw engines, and chaining cheap utility, cantrip, and protection spells. Amplifiers like Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might elevate Crystal's damage triggers to devastating levels, while creatures like Vivi Ornitier and Vraska, Soul of Stone provide mana refunds and treasure tokens to sustain storm turns. With an exceptionally low-cost protection suite that doubles as engine triggers, the deck shields its pieces efficiently while threatening a decisive table-wide elimination by Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bovine Intervention
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Cosmic Crucible
  • 1 Crystal, Inhuman Princess
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Elegant Parlor
  • 1 Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth
  • 1 Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Enter the Avatar State
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Farseek
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Galvanic Iteration
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grand Coliseum
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Iron Lad, Young Avenger
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Lessons from Life
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Magic Damper
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Octopus Form
  • 1 Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Replication Technique
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Reverberate
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 Thundering Falls
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Unstable Molecule Suit
  • 1 Valeria Richards, Precocious
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Vraska, Soul of Stone
  • 1 Whirlwind of Thought