Ertai, the Corrupted by RinLoch

Format: Commander

Commander: Ertai, the Corrupted

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 53

Deck overview

This Esper deck blends an enchantment and token engine with high-efficiency combo-control under Ertai, the Corrupted. The primary win condition utilizes Isochron Scepter imprinting Dramatic Reversal alongside nonland mana rocks to generate infinite mana and untaps. Once online, the deck executes a same-turn table finish on Turn 4 by drawing the library through Staff of Domination into Bastion of Remembrance drain loops, or creating an infinite flying army with Shark Typhoon and Lightning Greaves. While assembling its combo, the deck establishes card advantage through powerhouse enchantments like Necropotence, Rhystic Study, and Black Market Connections. Commander Ertai, the Corrupted converts disposable tokens from Bitterblossom and Ophiomancer into repeatable on-board counterspells, denying key opposing threats. Backup lines leverage Hullbreaker Horror to bounce all opposing permanents or Replenish to rebuild after removal, ensuring resilience and closing speed.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Academy Rector
• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Alela, Artful Provocateur
• 1 Animate Dead
• 1 Anointed Procession
• 1 Aphetto Alchemist
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Aura Thief
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Bastion of Remembrance
• 1 Bitterblossom
• 1 Black Market Connections
• 1 Blood Pet
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
• 1 Cabal Ritual
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Cleansing Meditation
• 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Copy Enchantment
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Cyclonic Rift
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Diabolic Intent
• 1 Diabolic Tutor
• 1 Dimir Signet
• 1 Dramatic Reversal
• 1 Ertai, the Corrupted
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Fetid Pools
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Frantic Search
• 1 Freed from the Real
• 1 Gemstone Mine
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Grim Tutor
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
• 1 Hullbreaker Horror
• 1 Inquisitive Glimmer
• 1 Ioreth of the Healing House
• 1 Island
• 1 Isochron Scepter
• 1 Land Tax
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1 Misdirection
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• 1 Morphic Pool
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Necropotence
• 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
• 1 Ophiomancer
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Pemmin's Aura
• 1 Phyrexian Altar
• 1 Phyrexian Arena
• 1 Plains
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Replenish
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Ripples of Undeath
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Sea of Clouds
• 1 Serra's Sanctum
• 1 Shark Typhoon
• 1 Silent Clearing
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Staff of Domination
• 1 Starfield Mystic
• 1 Steal Enchantment
• 1 Stormscape Familiar
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Unstoppable Plan
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1 Urza's Saga
• 1 Valley Floodcaller
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Windfall
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Wooded Foothills
• 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
• 1 Zur the Enchanter