Parnesse Politics by SaltyDolphins90

Format: Commander

Commander: Parnesse, the Subtle Brush

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Parnesse, the Subtle Brush leads a Grixis spellslinger deck built around chaining instants and sorceries, multiplying them with copy effects, and converting each cast/copy into raw damage or mana. The primary plan is to assemble an infinite-copy loop (usually Dualcaster Mage + Replication Technique) backed by Ral, Storm Conduit or a burn spell, while value engines like Archmage Emeritus, Storm-Kiln Artist, and Thousand-Year Storm smooth the road. Parnesse taxes opposing interaction and can offer opponents copies, but the deck does not depend on her. Secondary paths include storming out with Grapeshot or Tendrils of Agony, or grinding with Guttersnipe and Talrand tokens. The deck is explosive but tutorless, so its fastest wins are inconsistent.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alania, Divergent Storm
  • 1 Arcane Bombardment
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bonus Round
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chef's Kiss
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cormela, Glamour Thief
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Creative Technique
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Double Vision
  • 1 Dual Casting
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Errant, Street Artist
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Galvanic Iteration
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Increasing Vengeance
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kess, Dissident Mage
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Parnesse, the Subtle Brush
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
  • 1 Prisoner's Dilemma
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Ral, Storm Conduit
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Replication Technique
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Reverberate
  • 1 Riptide Laboratory
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Palace
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swarm Intelligence
  • 1 Taigam, Master Opportunist
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Tempt with Mayhem
  • 1 Tendrils of Agony
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Thunderclap Drake
  • 1 Twincast
  • 1 Twinning Staff
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
  • 1 Wild Ricochet
  • 1 Xander's Lounge