LETS GO GAMBLING by Jakin

Format: Commander

Commander: Mathise, Surge Channeler

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

Mathise, Surge Channeler leads a mono-blue spellslinger deck that wins by chaining instants and sorceries into card advantage and token armies. The primary plan is to cast three-plus-mana spells to trigger Mathise's d20 draw, then convert that volume into Drakes, Birds, Constructs, and Fractals from Talrand, Murmuring Mystic, Metallurgic Summonings, and Deekah. Secondary paths are Laboratory Maniac self-draw and Psychosis Crawler drain. Mathise is a draw engine and occasional copy effect, not a combo piece; the deck would still function without it. There is no hidden commander; Talrand and Eluge are support payoffs, not alternate commanders.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aberrant Mind Sorcerer
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Alandra, Sky Dreamer
  • 1 Arcane Endeavor
  • 1 Arcane Melee
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Blue Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Body of Knowledge
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Cone of Cold
  • 1 Contact Other Plane
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Deekah, Fractal Theorist
  • 1 Diviner's Portent
  • 1 Dream Fracture
  • 1 Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
  • 1 Feywild Trickster
  • 1 Flow of Knowledge
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gale's Redirection
  • 1 Haughty Djinn
  • 1 High Tide
  • 36 Island
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Mathise, Surge Channeler
  • 1 Metallurgic Summonings
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mindsplice Apparatus
  • 1 Mischievous Mystic
  • 1 Mnemonic Deluge
  • 1 Mocking Sprite
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 Netherese Puzzle-Ward
  • 1 Ominous Seas
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Pixie Guide
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Power of Persuasion
  • 1 Press the Enemy
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Quick Study
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Relm's Sketching
  • 1 Rise from the Tides
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorcerous Squall
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Tasha's Hideous Laughter
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Wash Out
  • 1 Wizard Class
  • 1 Wizard's Retort
  • 1 Wizard's Spellbook
  • 1 Wizards of Thay