Monk Training

Format: Commander

Commander: Narset, Enlightened Master

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is an agile Jeskai spellslinger and prowess storm deck designed to win through high-velocity spell chaining, wide token production, and burn attrition. Although Narset, Enlightened Master sits in the command zone as a high-cost value backup, the deck operates primarily as a low-curve spellslinger engine that does not depend on its commander. The strategy establishes early permanents that reward noncreature casts, such as Third Path Iconoclast, Coruscation Mage, Monastery Mentor, and Jeskai Ascendancy. By Turn 4, the deck deploys card draw engines like Archmage Emeritus or Whirlwind of Thought. On Turn 5, it chains cheap cantrips, burn, and interactive spells to flood the board with prowess tokens while burning opponents across the table with Fiery Inscription. Turn 6 closes the game by swinging with a massive, pumped token army alongside direct burn. Excellent reactive interaction and protection spells like Grand Abolisher and Clever Concealment safeguard the turn from opposing disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Boltwave
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Bria, Riptide Rogue
  • 1 Call Forth the Tempest
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Case of the Ransacked Lab
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Elsha of the Infinite
  • 1 Elsha, Threefold Master
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Firebending Student
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Flamehold Grappler
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Frostcliff Siege
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Get Lost
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jaya, Fiery Negotiator
  • 1 Jeskai Ascendancy
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Narset, Enlightened Exile
  • 1 Narset, Enlightened Master
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rip Apart
  • 1 Roar of Resistance
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Third Path Iconoclast
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Warleader's Call
  • 1 Whirlwind of Thought
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills