Jin-gitaxis control by thatrandomguy16

Format: Commander

Commander: Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This mono-blue control deck leverages Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant in the command zone alongside potent artifact stax pieces to stifle opposing game plans before closing through heavyweight combat threats. The early game focuses on developing mana through basic Islands and low-cost cost-reducers like Sapphire Medallion while deploying disruptive permanents such as Torpor Orb, Cursed Totem, and Frozen Aether. Once the commander resolves on Turn 6, it creates an asymmetric lock by countering the first artifact, instant, or sorcery each opponent casts each turn while doubling your own spells. With the table suppressed, the deck deploys unanswerable beaters such as Hullbreaker Horror, Stormtide Leviathan, and Inkwell Leviathan. Supported by over a dozen counterspells, the strategy methodically grinds through 120 life across several combat rotations while protecting its board from disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abjure
  • 1 Adaptive Training Post
  • 1 Admiral's Order
  • 1 Amazing Acrobatics
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Annul
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Archmage's Charm
  • 1 Assert Authority
  • 1 Bane's Contingency
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Blue Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Blue Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cancel
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cursed Totem
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Frozen Aether
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Inkwell Leviathan
  • 38 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Mindsplice Apparatus
  • 1 Mirrodin Besieged
  • 1 Monastery Siege
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Stormtide Leviathan
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Torpor Orb
  • 1 Vedalken Archmage