Noctis by Lemmon

Format: Commander

Commander: Noctis, Prince of Lucis

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper artifact engine helmed by Noctis, Prince of Lucis. It leverages elite fast mana and premium tutors to rapidly deploy game-warping card advantage engines such as Bolas's Citadel, Necropotence, and The One Ring. Noctis provides recursion by recasting fallen artifacts from the graveyard at the cost of life, though finality counters limit repeated loops. The primary win condition centers on resolving Bolas's Citadel alongside Aetherflux Reservoir, using Citadel to cast through the library, build an astronomical life total, and eliminate all three opponents with 50-damage activations. While missing Sensei's Divining Top prevents deterministic same-turn storming past consecutive land clumps, the raw card velocity, free countermagic, and token generation create an overwhelming position that typically secures victory by Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adelbert Steiner
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Al Bhed Salvagers
  • 1 Ambrosia Whiteheart
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Chromatic Star
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Circuit Mender
  • 1 Coeurl
  • 1 Combat Tutorial
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Crystal Fragments // Summon: Alexander
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Dreams of Laguna
  • 1 Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
  • 1 Efficient Construction
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Golden Egg
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Il Mheg Pixie
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Insomnia, Crown City
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nihil Spellbomb
  • 1 Noctis, Prince of Lucis
  • 1 Oni-Cult Anvil
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Prophetic Prism
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Slash of Light
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stolen Uniform
  • 1 Subtlety
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Tidus, Blitzball Star
  • 1 Treno, Dark City
  • 1 Undercity Dire Rat
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Xande, Dark Mage
  • 1 Zack Fair