Just Hoppin Around by artifactenjoyerqt

Format: Commander

Commander: Kwain, Itinerant Meddler

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 56

Deck overview

This Kwain, Itinerant Meddler deck is a high-power Azorius combo-control build designed to leverage symmetrical card draw, asymmetric stax elements, and efficient combo finishes. In the early game, the deck deploys Kwain alongside tax pieces like Grand Arbiter Augustin IV and Teferi, Time Raveler to dictate game pace while filling hands. Mid-game turns focus on establishing mana surplus via Smothering Tithe or untap engines while digging for one of several compact win conditions. The primary path to victory utilizes Mind Over Matter with Kwain, Temple Bell, or The One Ring to draw the entire library in a single turn, closing the game immediately through Laboratory Maniac, Jace, Wielder of Mysteries, or decking opponents with Temple Bell loops. A secondary infinite engine of Isochron Scepter and Dramatic Reversal provides redundant same-turn win potential. Robust proactive protection from Grand Abolisher and Silence ensures minimal vulnerability on the winning turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aether Barrier
  • 1 Altar of the Brood
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Archmage Ascension
  • 1 Clever Impersonator
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Copy Enchantment
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Felidar Guardian
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Folio of Fancies
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Forced Fruition
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 1 Iron Maiden
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Island Sanctuary
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jace's Archivist
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Kami of the Crescent Moon
  • 1 King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring
  • 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mind Over Matter
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overburden
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine
  • 1 Show and Tell
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silent Arbiter
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi's Puzzle Box
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Temple Bell
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
  • 1 Windfall