Crabby by SailorSmithsonian

Format: Commander

Creator: SailorSmithsonian

Commander: Charix, the Raging Isle

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-blue Voltron and Crab typal strategy commanded by Charix, the Raging Isle. The primary game plan revolves around casting Charix early, leveraging its massive 17 baseline toughness as both an impenetrable blocker and a lethal attacker. By utilizing evasion equipment such as Brotherhood Regalia, Aqueous Form, and Trailblazer's Boots, Charix connects unhindered. When attacking, Charix's activated ability trades toughness for power based on your Island count, allowing it to threaten single-hit or two-hit commander damage knockouts. A deep suite of efficient blue countermagic and protection pieces like Commander's Plate and Lightning Greaves shields the massive Leviathan Crab from opposing interaction. Meanwhile, defensive measures such as Propaganda and Engulf the Shore hold back aggressive wide boards. The deck's primary bottleneck is its slow, sequential combat clock, which requires multiple turn cycles to eliminate each opponent individually.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Crab
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Canyon Crab
  • 1 Charix, the Raging Isle
  • 1 Chromeshell Crab
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crawlspace
  • 1 Crystacean
  • 1 Dreadlight Monstrosity
  • 1 Drownyard Behemoth
  • 1 Eddymurk Crab
  • 1 Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
  • 1 Engulf the Shore
  • 1 Enter the Enigma
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Flow of Ideas
  • 1 Flow of Knowledge
  • 1 Fortress Crab
  • 1 Gilded Drake
  • 1 Gilded Scuttler
  • 1 Hard Evidence
  • 1 Hedron Crab
  • 1 Heraldic Banner
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Horseshoe Crab
  • 30 Island
  • 1 Kefnet's Monument
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mirelurk Queen
  • 1 Mirrorshell Crab
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Purple-Crystal Crab
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reverse the Polarity
  • 1 Ring of Evos Isle
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scuttletide
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shell Shield
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Shorecomber Crab
  • 1 Skittering Crustacean
  • 1 Slip Through Space
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spirit Water Revival
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 Thassa's Emissary
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Twisted Image
  • 1 Vexing Scuttler
  • 1 Winged Boots
  • 1 Wonder