Ovar (Phantasm) by Unsung_Thermostat

Format: Commander

Commander: Orvar, the All-Form

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 84

Deck overview

This competitive Commander deck is an optimized mono-blue combo-control strategy led by Orvar, the All-Form. Leveraging format-ceiling fast mana artifacts like Chrome Mox, Mox Diamond, and Mana Vault, the deck accelerates Orvar onto the battlefield by Turn 2 or 3. The primary game plan revolves around exploiting Orvar's cast trigger with cheap targeting spells, particularly buyback cards like Whim of Volrath, Mind Games, and Clockspinning. When combined with cost-reducing permanents like Sapphire Medallion or mana multipliers like High Tide, these spells generate infinite mana and infinite token copies of any permanent on the board. The deck converts this advantage into an immediate victory on the same turn using Thassa's Oracle or by forcing opponents to draw their entire libraries with repeated Cephalid Coliseum activations. A premier counterspell suite provides robust protection and disruptive capability.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Cerulean Wisps
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Clockspinning
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dizzy Spell
  • 1 Dream's Grip
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Intuition
  • 25 Island
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mind Games
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Orvar, the All-Form
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Phantasmal Image
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sakashima's Student
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shadow Rift
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Slip Through Space
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Step Through
  • 1 Stifle
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Twiddle
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vesuvan Duplimancy
  • 1 Whim of Volrath