The Slot Machine

Format: Commander

Commander: Jace, Multiverse Architect

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck leverages Jace, Multiverse Architect as a repeatable Polymorph engine in the command zone. By excluding low-cost creature cards from the 99, every creature and planeswalker in the library is a game-ending threat. The early game focuses on deploying two-mana artifact ramp and noncreature token generators such as Dreadhorde Invasion, Skrelv's Hive, and Raise the Alarm. On turn 4, Jace enters the battlefield and immediately exiles a token with his -3 ability to flip directly into behemoths like Blightsteel Colossus, Toxrill, the Corrosive, Hullbreaker Horror, or Archon of Cruelty. Backup polymorph effects like Proteus Staff, Divergent Transformations, and Mass Polymorph ensure redundancy even if Jace is targeted. The deck controls opposing aggression using Jace's combat tax and Propaganda, then closes out the game over turns 5 to 7 through overwhelming combat damage, toxic/infect counters, and unblockable swings enabled by Taunt from the Rampart.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ajani Unrelenting
  • 1 Aminatou, the Fateshifter
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Darksteel Colossus
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Divergent Transformations
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Guff Rewrites History
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jace, Multiverse Architect
  • 1 Kher Keep
  • 1 Mass Polymorph
  • 1 Memnarch, the Warden
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
  • 1 Nissa, Leyline Tamer
  • 1 Oath of Teferi
  • 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
  • 1 Ovika, Enigma Goliath
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pathrazer of Ulamog
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Proteus Staff
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Raise the Alarm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Skrelv's Hive
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of the Storyteller
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Summoner's Sending
  • 1 Sunfall
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Taunt from the Rampart
  • 1 The Chain Veil
  • 1 Toxrill, the Corrosive
  • 1 Turbulent Crater
  • 1 Turbulent Shore
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 White Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Windcrag Siege