astaxxa by Ciccio140

Format: Commander

Commander: Atraxa, Praetors' Voice

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This Atraxa, Praetors' Voice deck is a controlling tap-and-stun archetype that leverages proliferate mechanics to permanently lock down opposing battlefields. Early turns focus on deploying efficient ramp and asymmetrical stax pieces like Blind Obedience, Thalia, Heretic Cathar, and Archon of Emeria to force opposing threats to enter tapped and limit spell velocity. Once Atraxa enters on turn 4, the deck distributes stun counters across key enemy permanents using spells like Freeze in Place, Lost in the Maze, and Sensational Spider-Man, then uses Atraxa and supporting proliferators (Tekuthal, Evolution Sage, Inexorable Tide) to ensure those stun counters never deplete. Payoffs like Fear of Sleep Paralysis make the freeze permanent, while Solitary Sanctuary, Innkeeper's Talent, and Mjölnir, Storm Hammer convert tapped boards into card advantage, massive +1/+1 counters, and direct damage, cleanly finishing the table through unblockable combat over turns 6 to 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Astral Cornucopia
  • 1 Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
  • 1 Aven Mindcensor
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cankerbloom
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crashing Wave
  • 1 Cryogen Relic
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fear of Sleep Paralysis
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Freeze in Place
  • 1 Generous Patron
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hushbringer
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Inexorable Tide
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Insight Engine
  • 1 Involuntary Cooldown
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lost in the Maze
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lulu, Stern Guardian
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mjölnir, Storm Hammer
  • 1 Monstrosity of the Lake
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 1 Omega, Heartless Evolution
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Parting Thoughts
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
  • 1 Rapier Wit
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rime Chill
  • 1 Scroll of Isildur
  • 1 Sensational Spider-Man
  • 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitary Sanctuary
  • 1 Stall Out
  • 1 Stifle
  • 1 Stunning Shot
  • 1 Succumb to the Cold
  • 1 Summon: Shiva
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Verity Circle
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zygon Infiltrator