Tough Cookie by Inguru

Format: Commander

Commander: Rasaad yn Bashir and Dungeon Delver

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This Azorius deck pairs Rasaad yn Bashir with Dungeon Delver to turn high-toughness defenders into massive offensive threats while extracting double value from dungeon rooms. Early turns focus on deploying efficient walls and mana rocks. Once Rasaad enters and takes the initiative, attacking doubles the toughness of the entire board, allowing high-toughness creatures like Charix, the Raging Isle and The Council of Four to hit for lethal damage. Dungeon Delver doubles all room abilities from the Undercity, providing ramp, board buffs, and card draw to sustain momentum. Defensive enchantments like Ghostly Prison and Propaganda protect the initiative from counterattacks, while unblockable enablers like Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive guarantee combat connections. The deck wins by systematically eliminating opponents over three combat turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aarakocra Sneak
  • 1 Angel of Destiny
  • 1 Angelic Chorus
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Charm
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baldin, Century Herdmaster
  • 1 Bar the Gate
  • 1 Brago, King Eternal
  • 1 Brave the Sands
  • 1 Charix, the Raging Isle
  • 1 Cloister Gargoyle
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corrupted Shapeshifter
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dungeon Delver
  • 1 Eccentric Apprentice
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Everett K. Ross, Hapless Attaché
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fear of Failed Tests
  • 1 Fell the Mighty
  • 1 Feywild Caretaker
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghalta the Immovable
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gold-Forged Thopteryx
  • 1 Goliath Paladin
  • 1 Hama Pashar, Ruin Seeker
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Jeskai Barricade
  • 1 Midnight Pathlighter
  • 1 Nadaar, Selfless Paladin
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nyx-Fleece Ram
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Palisade Giant
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plagon, Lord of the Beach
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Radiant Solar
  • 1 Rasaad yn Bashir
  • 1 Righteous Valkyrie
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seasoned Dungeoneer
  • 1 Shortcut Seeker
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stasis Field
  • 1 Stoneskin
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Tomb of Horrors Adventurer
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Veteran Dungeoneer
  • 1 Wall of Denial
  • 1 Wall of Frost
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 White Plume Adventurer
  • 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn