Whtz, the Bibliophile by nmschwartz21

Format: Commander

Commander: Whtz, the Bibliophile

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This Azorius control deck uses an oversized 250-card configuration to satisfy the starting deck requirement of its commander, Whtz, the Bibliophile, reducing its card-drawing ability cost to {0}. The primary win condition is Battle of Wits, which reliably wins on upkeep because the deck retains over 230 cards in library during the early-to-mid game. A dense tutor suite composed of enchantment tutors, transmute spells, and creature tutors compensates for the enlarged library size to assemble the win on Turn 5. The deck protects itself with pillowfort staples like Ghostly Prison and Propaganda, sweeping boards with Farewell and Supreme Verdict, and using premier counterspells like Dovin's Veto and Swan Song. If Battle of Wits is disrupted, the deck pivots to value blink loops and token generation via Alandra, Sky Dreamer and Felidar Guardian to overwhelm the table.

Decklist (251 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Absorb
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aether Channeler
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Agent of Treachery
  • 1 Agna Qel'a
  • 1 Airbender Ascension
  • 1 Alandra, Sky Dreamer
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Cluestone
  • 1 Azorius Keyrune
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Battle of Wits
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Celestial Colonnade
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Cerulean Wisps
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Cloud's Limit Break
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Coldsteel Heart
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Consult the Star Charts
  • 1 Council's Judgment
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crawlspace
  • 1 Cryogen Relic
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Displace
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dizzy Spell
  • 1 Don & Leo, Problem Solvers
  • 1 Dour Port-Mage
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dress Down
  • 1 Drift of Phantasms
  • 1 Drumbellower
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elven Raft-Steerer
  • 1 Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fblthp, the Lost
  • 1 Felidar Guardian
  • 1 Fell the Mighty
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Getaway Glamer
  • 1 Ghost Vacuum
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Gold Myr
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helpful Hunter
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Hide on the Ceiling
  • 1 Highcliff Felidar
  • 1 Homunculus Horde
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 21 Island
  • 1 King Solomon's Frogs
  • 1 King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring
  • 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lórien Revealed
  • 1 Magewright's Stone
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mnemonic Wall
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Moon-Blessed Cleric
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Omen of the Sea
  • 1 Ominous Seas
  • 1 Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Parting Gust
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Permission Denied
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
  • 1 Plagon, Lord of the Beach
  • 21 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prismatic Lens
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quantum Riddler
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reflector Mage
  • 1 Refocus
  • 1 Relic of Progenitus
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Restoration Angel
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Riptide Gearhulk
  • 1 River's Rebuke
  • 1 Roiling Dragonstorm
  • 1 Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Skyclave Apparition
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitude
  • 1 Soulherder
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Spirited Companion
  • 1 Splash Portal
  • 1 Step Through
  • 1 Sting, the Glinting Dagger
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Sunfall
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Thalia's Lancers
  • 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 The Seriema
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thraben Charm
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
  • 1 Transit Mage
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Unable to Scream
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
  • 1 Wall of Omens
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Watcher for Tomorrow
  • 1 Waterbender's Restoration
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Whtz, the Bibliophile
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Winds of Abandon
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Y'shtola Rhul
  • 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad