Jodah in a battlecruiser ($160 Cheapest) by Majix

Format: Commander

Commander: Jodah, Archmage Eternal

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color big-spells strategy commanded by Jodah, Archmage Eternal. Its plan focuses on spending the early turns casting land ramp and color fixing to assemble all five colors of mana by Turn 4. Once Jodah, Archmage Eternal enters the battlefield, the deck bypasses the high casting costs of 7-to-10 mana bombs by paying {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}. On Turn 5, resolving spells such as Emergent Ultimatum, Apex Devastator, Omniscience, or Genesis Ultimatum floods the board with threats, draws cards, or clears opposing permanents with asymmetric sweepers like Ruinous Ultimatum. The deck then untaps on Turn 6 to swing with overwhelming combat damage across all three opponents. While the strategy delivers immense late-game power, it relies heavily on Jodah surviving on the battlefield and carries minimal early instant-speed interaction or defensive protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aminatou's Augury
  • 1 Apex Devastator
  • 1 Arcane Bombardment
  • 1 Atraxa, Grand Unifier
  • 1 Blazing Archon
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bringer of the Black Dawn
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conflux
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Eerie Ultimatum
  • 1 Emergent Ultimatum
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Exterminatus
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Far Wanderings
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fist of Suns
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Genesis Ultimatum
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Hit the Mother Lode
  • 1 Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
  • 1 Jodah, Archmage Eternal
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Leyline of Mutation
  • 1 Leyline of the Guildpact
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lorehold, the Historian
  • 1 Maelstrom Archangel
  • 1 Maelstrom Nexus
  • 1 Map the Frontier
  • 1 Migration Path
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 One with the Multiverse
  • 1 Ovika, Enigma Goliath
  • 1 Plague Wind
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Planar Engineering
  • 1 Praetor's Counsel
  • 1 Progenitus
  • 1 Quandrix, the Proof
  • 1 Ramos, Dragon Engine
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Recross the Paths
  • 1 Reshape the Earth
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Rush of Knowledge
  • 1 Search for Tomorrow
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Storm Herd
  • 1 Sunbird's Invocation
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swarm Intelligence
  • 1 Unite the Coalition
  • 1 Up the Beanstalk
  • 1 Virtue of Strength // Garenbrig Growth
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity
  • 1 Zaffai and the Tempests