Bending the tides by LottyDa

Format: Commander

Commander: Yue, the Moon Spirit

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This mono-blue combo-control deck centers on Yue, the Moon Spirit to cheat game-ending noncreature spells into play well ahead of curve. By leveraging Yue's waterbend ability, the deck converts lands, mana rocks, and token creatures into the {5} activation cost needed to cast spells like Enter the Infinite, Omniscience, and Time Stretch for free. Once an apex bomb resolves on Turn 5, the deck transitions into immediate victory through draw-triggered damage from Psychosis Crawler, alternate win conditions like Laboratory Maniac and Jace, Wielder of Mysteries, or infinite turns chained with Beacon of Tomorrows. In addition to Yue's primary cheat engine, the list features a two-card infinite draw and untap combo between Mind Over Matter and Tui and La, Moon and Ocean. Asymmetric disruption from Winter Moon and Portal to Phyrexia, combined with robust equipment shielding, gives the deck strong resilience and table-closing inevitability.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Alrund's Epiphany
  • 1 Beacon of Tomorrows
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Caged Sun
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Enter the Infinite
  • 1 Extravagant Replication
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Gauntlet of Power
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Illusionist's Bracers
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Ioreth of the Healing House
  • 29 Island
  • 1 Jace's Archivist
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Library of Leng
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lithoform Engine
  • 1 Magewright's Stone
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mind Over Matter
  • 1 Minn, Wily Illusionist
  • 1 Moonsilver Key
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 North Pole Patrol
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 One with the Multiverse
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pemmin's Aura
  • 1 Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
  • 1 Portal to Phyrexia
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rings of Brighthearth
  • 1 Rise of the Eldrazi
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Shadow of the Second Sun
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spellbook
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Temporal Mastery
  • 1 The Magic Mirror
  • 1 Thought Reflection
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Time Stretch
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
  • 1 Winter Moon
  • 1 Yue, the Moon Spirit