daxos the returned by timotitaan

Format: Commander

Commander: Daxos the Returned

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This Orzhov Enchantress deck leverages Daxos the Returned to translate enchantment casts into experience counters and scalable Spirit tokens. Supported by cost-reducers like Starfield Mystic and draw engines such as Black Market Connections and Trouble in Pairs, the deck steadily builds resource advantage. Defensive staples including Sphere of Safety, Ghostly Prison, and Authority of the Consuls establish a sturdy pillowfort that prevents aggressive opponents from breaking through. Meanwhile, proliferate spells like Drown in Ichor and Grateful Apparition accelerate experience counter counts without requiring excessive mana investment. Alternate token engines such as Sigil of the Empty Throne, Hallowed Haunting, and Archon of Sun's Grace ensure the deck can apply overwhelming aerial pressure even if the commander is removed. Supported by comprehensive spot removal and mass graveyard recursion via Replenish, the deck controls the pace of play before closing out the game with lethal combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alseid of Life's Bounty
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Sun's Grace
  • 1 Aura of Silence
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curse of Exhaustion
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Daxos the Returned
  • 1 Doomwake Giant
  • 1 Drown in Ichor
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Ethereal Armor
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Get Lost
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gift of Immortality
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Glistening Sphere
  • 1 Grateful Apparition
  • 1 Greater Auramancy
  • 1 Grim Guardian
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Haunting
  • 1 Hyena Umbra
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karmic Justice
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Mesa Enchantress
  • 1 Minthara, Merciless Soul
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 On Thin Ice
  • 1 Ondu Spiritdancer
  • 1 Ossification
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Replenish
  • 1 Reprobation
  • 1 Resurgent Belief
  • 1 Serra's Sanctum
  • 1 Shardmage's Rescue
  • 1 Sigil of the Empty Throne
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 14 Snow-Covered Plains
  • 9 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Snowfield Sinkhole
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Spirited Companion
  • 1 Starfield Mystic
  • 1 Starnheim Courser
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Sword of Truth and Justice
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Unbounded Potential
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vat Emergence
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
  • 1 Whisper of the Dross