The Slot Machine

Format: Commander

Commander: Jace, Multiverse Architect

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color Polymorph strategy helmed by Jace, Multiverse Architect. The game plan revolves around generating cheap creature tokens in the early game using enchantments and artifacts like Dreadhorde Invasion, Skrelv's Hive, and Staff of the Storyteller, then utilizing mana acceleration to cast Jace on Turn 4. Upon entering the battlefield, Jace immediately uses his −3 loyalty ability to exile a token and flip directly into one of 18 massive, high-impact creatures or planeswalkers. The payoff pool includes game-ending threats such as Blightsteel Colossus, Archon of Cruelty, Toxrill, the Corrosive, and Gisela, Blade of Goldnight. The deck protects its setup using efficient spot removal, sweepers, and free spells like Flawless Maneuver and Deadly Rollick, while secondary polymorph spells like Mass Polymorph and Divergent Transformations ensure redundant paths to victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ajani Unrelenting
  • 1 Aminatou, the Fateshifter
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Darksteel Colossus
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Divergent Transformations
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Guff Rewrites History
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jace, Multiverse Architect
  • 1 Kher Keep
  • 1 Lingering Souls
  • 1 Mass Polymorph
  • 1 Memnarch, the Warden
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
  • 1 Nissa, Leyline Tamer
  • 1 Oath of Teferi
  • 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
  • 1 Ovika, Enigma Goliath
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pathrazer of Ulamog
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Proteus Staff
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Restless Anchorage
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Skrelv's Hive
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of the Storyteller
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunfall
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Taunt from the Rampart
  • 1 The Chain Veil
  • 1 Toxrill, the Corrosive
  • 1 Turbulent Crater
  • 1 Turbulent Shore
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Whirlwind of Thought
  • 1 White Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Windcrag Siege