Odds and Ends by user1453988

Format: Commander

Commander: Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper control build commanded by Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign that specializes in topdeck manipulation to cheat massive odd-cost spells into play. The early game focuses on establishing lands, mana rocks, and library filtering through tools like Sensei's Divining Top, Scroll Rack, and Brainstorm. Once Yennett enters and attacks, it bypasses the mana costs of devastating high-end spells such as Void Winnower, Breach the Multiverse, Toxrill, the Corrosive, and In Garruk's Wake. These threats generate overwhelming card advantage, wipe opposing boards, and lock out opposing plays. The deck maintains control using versatile removal and counterspells while steadily eliminating opponents through evasive aerial combat. While it lacks rapid combo finishes or fast mana, its compounding value and disruptive payoffs make it resilient and formidable in mid-game slugfests.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aboleth Spawn
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aminatou, the Fateshifter
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chancellor of the Spires
  • 1 Claim Jumper
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crystal Ball
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Exchange of Words
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explorer's Scope
  • 1 Extinction Event
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gravepurge
  • 1 Halimar Depths
  • 1 Haunted Crossroads
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Loki, Lord of Misrule
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Marvo, Deep Operative
  • 1 Master of Predicaments
  • 1 Mind's Dilation
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Oubliette
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Penance
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prognostic Sphinx
  • 1 Psychic Battle
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Scholar of the Lost Trove
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Serum Sovereign
  • 1 Shadrix Silverquill
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soothsaying
  • 1 Sphinx Ambassador
  • 1 Spy Network
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Toxrill, the Corrosive
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vega, the Watcher
  • 1 Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Void Winnower
  • 1 Weathered Wayfarer
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign