Odd&Ends by user7954920

Format: Commander

Commander: Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This Esper deck is built around Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign, leveraging topdeck manipulation to cheat high-cost odd spells into play for free. The deck uses low-cost artifacts and rituals to deploy Yennett by Turn 4, setting up the top of the library with Sensei's Divining Top, Brainstorm, Scroll Rack, or top-of-library tutors. On Turn 5, Yennett attacks to trigger her ability, casting devastating odd-mana bombs such as Void Winnower, Breach the Multiverse, In Garruk's Wake, and The Ur-Sphinx. These threats generate overwhelming board advantage, wipe opposing permanents, and restrict opposing actions. Evasive Sphinxes and Eldrazi close out the game over three combat cycles by Turn 8, with Approach of the Second Sun serving as a compact alternate win condition. A rich interaction suite protects the engine and controls opposing threats.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aboleth Spawn
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aerial Extortionist
  • 1 Aminatou, the Fateshifter
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Brainstone
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Cavalier of Gales
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Doom Whisperer
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Extinction Event
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fatespinner
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
  • 1 Marvo, Deep Operative
  • 1 Master of Predicaments
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Oubliette
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Profane Transfusion
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shadrix Silverquill
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skyclave Apparition
  • 1 Smuggler's Share
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soothsaying
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Thief of Sanity
  • 1 Toxrill, the Corrosive
  • 1 Turbulent Shore
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vega, the Watcher
  • 1 Vesuvan Drifter
  • 1 Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn
  • 1 Void Winnower
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Weathered Wayfarer
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign