I am beating you to death with my lands by Shmungus

Format: Commander

Commander: Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This Azorius Spellslinger deck is commanded by Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper and focuses on turning lands into massive, evasive Elemental creatures. The primary game plan uses high-density, low-cost cantrips, cost reducers, and counterspells to trigger Noyan Dar repeatedly. The deck aims to target resilient lands like Darksteel Citadel or an activated Inkmoth Nexus to assemble lethal combat threats. Early turns focus on developing mana velocity with 1–2 CMC artifacts and sculpting the hand with cantrips like Brainstorm and Consider. Once Noyan Dar enters on Turn 4, the deck uses evasion spells like Slip Through Space, Shadow Rift, and the buyback engine View from Above to push through lethal damage. The deck defends its vulnerable land creatures with dedicated protection cards like Terra Eternal, Tomik, Distinguished Advokist, and Flawless Maneuver. It steadily eliminates opponents in sequential combat attacks to close the game by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Always Watching
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Captain America, Living Legend
  • 1 Celestial Colonnade
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Consuming Tide
  • 1 Contentious Plan
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dismantling Wave
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Faithful Mending
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Flux Channeler
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Halimar Tidecaller
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Inkmoth Nexus
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Jace's Sanctum
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Leap
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Mutavault
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Planar Outburst
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Pym Particles
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shadow Rift
  • 1 Slip Through Space
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Response
  • 1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Terra Eternal
  • 1 Thought Scour
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 To Arms!
  • 1 Tomik, Distinguished Advokist
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 View from Above
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Wonderscape Sage