Oriss

Format: Commander

Commander: Oriss, Samite Guardian

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-white pillowfort control deck designed to establish total combat dominance and grind out victories through token swarms and damage redirection. Helmed by Oriss, Samite Guardian, the deck relies on multi-blocking creatures like Wall of Glare and Palace Guard combined with damage-redirecting engines such as Palisade Giant, Protector of the Crown, and Phyrexian Vindicator to render incoming combat damage harmless. While opponents struggle to bypass these defensive layers, the deck accumulates card advantage through monarch mechanics, Mangara, the Diplomat, Archivist of Oghma, and Smuggler's Share. The deck transitions into a win condition by activating Luminarch Ascension, assembling an Angel army via Court of Grace, or deploying Elspeth, Sun's Champion alongside power amplifiers like Crescendo of War and Duelist's Heritage. Strong protection spells such as Flawless Maneuver and Grand Crescendo shield the board against sweepers, allowing a lethal airborne offensive to close the game over successive combat steps.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aerial Extortionist
• 1 Archaeomancer's Map
• 1 Archivist of Oghma
• 1 Archon of Coronation
• 1 Austere Command
• 1 Baneslayer Angel
• 1 Bubble Matrix
• 1 Buried Ruin
• 1 Burnished Hart
• 1 Cosmic Intervention
• 1 Court of Grace
• 1 Crescendo of War
• 1 Cut a Deal
• 1 Dauntless Scrapbot
• 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
• 1 Demolition Field
• 1 Duelist's Heritage
• 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1 Endless Atlas
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Grand Crescendo
• 1 Guardian of the Gateless
• 1 Halo Fountain
• 1 Hedron Archive
• 1 Heliod's Intervention
• 1 Heraldic Banner
• 1 Karmic Guide
• 1 Kor Haven
• 1 Laser Screwdriver
• 1 Liquimetal Torque
• 1 Loran of the Third Path
• 1 Luminarch Ascension
• 1 Lyra Dawnbringer
• 1 Mandate of Peace
• 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1 Mass Calcify
• 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1 Mimic Vat
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Mind's Eye
• 1 Mistveil Plains
• 1 Myriad Landscape
• 1 Mystifying Maze
• 1 Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins
• 1 Oriss, Samite Guardian
• 1 Palace Guard
• 1 Palisade Giant
• 1 Pariah's Shield
• 1 Parting Gust
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Phyrexian Vindicator
• 24 Plains
• 1 Protector of the Crown
• 1 Reprieve
• 1 Reveillark
• 1 Scavenger Grounds
• 1 Sceptre of Eternal Glory
• 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
• 1 Smuggler's Share
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solemn Simulacrum
• 1 Sunscorch Regent
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca
• 1 Thespian's Stage
• 1 Wall of Glare
• 1 War Room
• 1 Weathered Bodyguards
• 1 Wedding Ring
• 1 White Plume Adventurer
• 1 White Sun's Zenith
• 1 Windshaper Planetar
• 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
• 1 Your Temple Is Under Attack