Gifts Ungiven VNWXT by raviolio

Format: Commander

Commander: Vnwxt, Verbose Host

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This mono-blue deck helmed by Vnwxt, Verbose Host is a draw-engine tempo-control build that leverages unblockable creatures and card-draw auras to generate overwhelming card advantage. The commander's max-speed ability doubles every draw, turning even modest cantrips into explosive refills. The primary win condition is assembling an infinite-mana loop with Isochron Scepter imprinting Dramatic Reversal and enough mana rocks, then using Blue Sun's Zenith to draw the entire deck and win with Laboratory Maniac. Secondary wins come from Psychosis Crawler draining opponents as cards are drawn, or simply overwhelming the table with card advantage and a growing board of unblockable threats. The deck packs a dense counterspell suite and efficient bounce to protect its fragile combo pieces and control the stack.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Alchemist's Retrieval
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blue Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Chart a Course
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Combat Research
  • 1 Compulsive Research
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Curious Obsession
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Faerie Seer
  • 1 Foil
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Invisible Stalker
  • 29 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Looter il-Kor
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mist-Cloaked Herald
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Naru Meha, Master Wizard
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Sea-Dasher Octopus
  • 1 Shoreline Looter
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectral Sailor
  • 1 Stern Dismissal
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Thirst for Discovery
  • 1 Tolarian Winds
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Triton Shorestalker
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Vnwxt, Verbose Host
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Whirlpool Rider
  • 1 Wizard Class