Alumni Combo by Imposhibible

Format: Commander

Commander: Inalla, Archmage Ritualist

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 86

Deck overview

This deck is a format-defining Grixis Turbo Combo build centered around Inalla, Archmage Ritualist. By leveraging Inalla's eminence ability directly from the command zone, the deck converts a single resolved Spellseeker and {2}{U}{B} mana into an immediate, deterministic same-turn table kill. Dense 0-to-1 CMC fast mana and rituals propel the deck into Turn 1–3 win attempts. A deep suite of efficient tutors, including uncounterable Wizardcycling from Step Through and Vedalken Aethermage, guarantees redundant access to win conditions. Backed by Thassa's Oracle lines, Ad Nauseam, Underworld Breach, and an elite package of free countermagic and silence effects like Defense Grid, the deck threatens blisteringly fast, resilient wins.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Apprentice Necromancer
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Pet
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Burnt Offering
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dance of the Dead
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Fatestitcher
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Final Fortune
  • 1 Finale of Promise
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Hoarding Broodlord
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
  • 1 Intuition
  • 1 Jeweled Amulet
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Rain of Filth
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Ruthless Technomancer
  • 1 Sacrifice
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scholar of the Ages
  • 1 Shallow Grave
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Step Through
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vedalken Aethermage
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Wooded Foothills