Small, Dark, and Creepy by taterhoof

Format: Commander

Commander: Aminatou, Veil Piercer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Enchantress control strategy commanded by Aminatou, Veil Piercer. The core game plan revolves around manipulating the top of the library to cheat the costs of high-impact enchantments via Aminatou's static miracle-granting ability and upkeep surveil 2. By reducing enchantment costs by {4}, the deck deploys game-ending threats like Shark Typhoon, Kiora Bests the Sea God, and Hallowed Haunting for just 2 to 3 mana. Defensive pillars like Sphere of Safety, Greater Auramancy, Leyline of the Void, and Aura of Silence build an impenetrable pillowfort that locks out combat and graveyard strategies while stalling opposing development. A robust suite of topdeck sculptors including Sensei's Divining Top, Scroll Rack, Brainstorm, and Enlightened Tutor ensures consistent miracle triggers on both your turn and opponents' turns, rapidly accumulating flying tokens and overwhelming the board for an aerial finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aminatou, Veil Piercer
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Cellarspawn
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Sun's Grace
  • 1 Aura of Silence
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Birth of the Imperium
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Copy Enchantment
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Doomwake Giant
  • 1 Elspeth Conquers Death
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Entity Tracker
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Greater Auramancy
  • 1 Greed
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hallowed Haunting
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Inquisitive Glimmer
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Kiora Bests the Sea God
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Leyline of the Void
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Lost in the Maze
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Omen of the Sea
  • 1 Ondu Spiritdancer
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soothsaying
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Starfield Mystic
  • 1 Starfield of Nyx
  • 1 Summon: Primal Odin
  • 1 Summon: Valefor
  • 1 Summon: Yojimbo
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Legend of Yangchen // Avatar Yangchen
  • 1 The Master of Keys
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath