Dear Marina by Cantill88

Format: Commander

Commander: Marina Vendrell

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color enchantress and curse strategy commanded by Marina Vendrell. The deck focuses on accelerating mana through land auras like Wild Growth and Fertile Ground, establishing draw velocity with engines like Sythis, Harvest's Hand and Enchantress's Presence, and hiding behind defensive fortifications such as Sphere of Safety and Ghostly Prison. Once stabilized, the deck transitions into the midgame by searching out high-impact curses with Curse of Misfortunes or flooding the battlefield with flying tokens using Sigil of the Empty Throne, Archon of Sun's Grace, and Shark Typhoon. While the deck possesses massive card advantage and strong resilience against targeted removal thanks to Greater Auramancy and Sterling Grove, its win conditions require multiple combat rounds to close out the game. The deck also completely lacks instant-speed interaction, leaving it vulnerable to opposing combo finishes and mass enchantment sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Sun's Grace
  • 1 Axgard Armory
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitterheart Witch
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Bridge
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Curse of Bloodletting
  • 1 Curse of Death's Hold
  • 1 Curse of Disturbance
  • 1 Curse of Echoes
  • 1 Curse of Exhaustion
  • 1 Curse of Fool's Wisdom
  • 1 Curse of Hospitality
  • 1 Curse of Misfortunes
  • 1 Curse of Obsession
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Curse of Shaken Faith
  • 1 Curse of Surveillance
  • 1 Curse of Thirst
  • 1 Curse of Unbinding
  • 1 Curse of Verbosity
  • 1 Enchantress's Presence
  • 1 Entity Tracker
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Estrid's Invocation
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Gemstone Mine
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Grafted Growth
  • 1 Grand Coliseum
  • 1 Greater Auramancy
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Inquisitive Glimmer
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jukai Naturalist
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor
  • 1 Maddening Hex
  • 1 Mana Reflection
  • 1 Marina Vendrell
  • 1 Mesa Enchantress
  • 1 Mirari's Wake
  • 1 Mirror Room // Fractured Realm
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Nature's Embrace
  • 1 New Horizons
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Nyxbloom Ancient
  • 1 Ondu Spiritdancer
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Overencumbered
  • 1 Overwhelming Splendor
  • 1 Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Sanctum Weaver
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Setessan Champion
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sigil of the Empty Throne
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Songbirds' Blessing
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Sterling Grove
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Sythis, Harvest's Hand
  • 1 Tanglespan Lookout
  • 1 Tarnation Vista
  • 1 Trace of Abundance
  • 1 Trespasser's Curse
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Valgavoth's Lair
  • 1 Verduran Enchantress
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wildsear, Scouring Maw
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yenna, Redtooth Regent
  • 1 Zur the Enchanter