Mysteries Abound by irisible

Format: Commander

Commander: Jacob Hauken, Inspector // Hauken's Insight

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This mono-blue deck uses Jacob Hauken, Inspector to loot and exile high-cost Eldrazi and extra-turn spells, then flips to Hauken's Insight to cast one exiled card for free each turn. The front face stocks the exile zone while the back face provides steady card advantage and mana cheating. Secondary engines Omniscience and One with the Multiverse offer alternative free casts, while cost reducers and Eldrazi synergies allow hard casting. Wins come from chaining extra turns (Time Stretch, Expropriate, Nexus of Fate) and attacking with large Eldrazi, with Atemsis, All-Seeing as a rare alternate win. The deck plays a slow, controlling game that grinds value until it can take consecutive turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alrund's Epiphany
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Apprentice Wizard
  • 1 Archmage's Charm
  • 1 Atemsis, All-Seeing
  • 1 Beacon of Tomorrows
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Conduit of Ruin
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curator's Ward
  • 1 Deceiver of Form
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Eldrazi Temple
  • 1 Emrakul's Messenger
  • 1 Emrakul, the World Anew
  • 1 Expropriate
  • 1 Halimar Depths
  • 1 Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 High Tide
  • 27 Island
  • 1 Jacob Hauken, Inspector // Hauken's Insight
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Kozilek's Unsealing
  • 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
  • 1 Kozilek, the Great Distortion
  • 1 Lunar Insight
  • 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
  • 1 Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mirror Room // Fractured Realm
  • 1 Mnemonic Deluge
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 One with the Multiverse
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rise of the Eldrazi
  • 1 Sanctum of Ugin
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Selective Obliteration
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shadow of the Second Sun
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spectral Deluge
  • 1 Sphinx of Foresight
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Thassa, God of the Sea
  • 1 The Magic Mirror
  • 1 The Temporal Anchor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Thryx, the Sudden Storm
  • 1 Time Stretch
  • 1 Ugin's Binding
  • 1 Ugin's Labyrinth
  • 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
  • 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
  • 1 Vizier of Tumbling Sands
  • 1 War Room