PAAAKOOO by Onitheus

Format: Commander

Commander: Pako, Arcane Retriever and Haldan, Avid Arcanist

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck utilizes Pako, Arcane Retriever and Haldan, Avid Arcanist to execute an aggressive Temur Voltron and impulse-advantage strategy. Early turns focus on deploying 1-2 mana acceleration to cast Pako on Turn 3 or 4. Because Pako has haste, it attacks immediately, exiling the top card of every player's library with fetch counters and growing rapidly with +1/+1 counters. Deploying Haldan turns this exiled pile into an expansive second hand, providing consistent land drops and noncreature spells. The deck wins by delivering massive commander combat damage, amplified by evasion gear like Brotherhood Regalia, damage multipliers like Temur Battle Rage, and burn triggers from Passionate Archaeologist or Keeper of Secrets. A rich protection package defends Pako from spot removal and sweepers, ensuring steady pressure across table rotations.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bear Umbra
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Combat Research
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Delayed Blast Fireball
  • 1 Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald
  • 1 Farseek
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Guardian Augmenter
  • 1 Haldan, Avid Arcanist
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hex Magic
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Keeper of Secrets
  • 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lockjaw, Slobbering Teleporter
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nalfeshnee
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nico Minoru, Runaway
  • 1 Pako, Arcane Retriever
  • 1 Passionate Archaeologist
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rancor
  • 1 Rashmi and Ragavan
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Savvy Trader
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stolen Strategy
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Sword Coast Sailor
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Forge and Frontier
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 The Key to the Vault
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 The Thirteenth Doctor
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Wild Magic Surge
  • 1 Wild-Magic Sorcerer
  • 1 Winged Boots
  • 1 Wrenn's Resolve
  • 1 Wulfgar of Icewind Dale
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast