Archie Turbo Land by Nepenthes1

Format: Commander

Commander: Archelos, Lagoon Mystic

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 70

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Sultai Landfall combo and stax engine commanded by Archelos, Lagoon Mystic. It leverages fast ramp, efficient land tutors, and premier card draw engines like Mystic Remora, Rhystic Study, and Ad Nauseam to assemble a compact instant-win combo. The primary line pairs Retreat to Coralhelm with a creature tap-to-drop engine like Skyshroud Ranger and a bounce land such as Simic Growth Chamber, producing infinite landfall triggers. Payoffs like Hedron Crab instantly mill out all opponents, while Lotus Cobra fuels an overwhelming lethal strike via Finale of Devastation. Defensively, tapping Archelos, Lagoon Mystic establishes an asymmetric lock that forces all opponents' permanents to enter tapped, crippling opposing tempo. Backed by free counterspells, targeted removal, and resilient graveyard recursion through Six and Shifting Woodland, the deck reliably threatens and protects a game-ending win by Turn 4.

Decklist (101 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Crumbling Vestige
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Echoing Deeps
  • 1 Elven Raft-Steerer
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Exploration Broodship
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gene Pollinator
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Hedge Shredder
  • 1 Hedron Crab
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Intuition
  • 1 Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria
  • 1 Leechridden Swamp
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Manabond
  • 1 Mirrorpool
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Nissa, Resurgent Animist
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Port of Karfell
  • 1 Rain of Filth
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Scout
  • 1 Saruli Caretaker
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scapeshift
  • 1 Scavenger's Talent
  • 1 Scene of the Crime
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Six
  • 1 Skyshroud Ranger
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Splendid Reclamation
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Squandered Resources
  • 1 Summoner's Pact
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tolaria West
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zagoth Triome
  • 1 Zuran Orb