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Format: Commander

Commander: Inquisitor Greyfax

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper go-wide token combat and attrition deck commanded by Inquisitor Greyfax. The strategy leverages Greyfax's anthem and vigilance aura to maintain offensive pressure while preserving defensive blockers. Early turns establish mana rocks and deploy repeatable token generators such as Adeline, Resplendent Cathar, Myrel, Shield of Argive, and Illustrious Wanderglyph. Once a wide creature presence is established, the deck pivots into game-ending pressure through mass combat modifiers like Akroma's Will and Starlight Spectacular, or direct table-wide drain engines like Commissar Severina Raine and Mirkwood Bats. While lacking fast combo finishes and unconditional tutors, the deck sustains momentum using Clue generation, card-draw engines like Skullclamp and Caretaker's Talent, and premium defensive protection spells such as Clever Concealment and Boromir, Warden of the Tower to withstand opposing removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Academy Manufactor
• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
• 1 Akroma's Will
• 1 And They Shall Know No Fear
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Ash Barrens
• 1 Assault Intercessor
• 1 Baron Bertram Graywater
• 1 Bastion Protector
• 1 Belisarius Cawl
• 1 Birth of the Imperium
• 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
• 1 Caretaker's Talent
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Celestine, the Living Saint
• 1 Choked Estuary
• 1 Clever Concealment
• 1 Collective Effort
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Commissar Severina Raine
• 1 Company Commander
• 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
• 1 Darkwater Catacombs
• 1 Defenders of Humanity
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1 Epistolary Librarian
• 1 Ethereal Investigator
• 1 Everflowing Chalice
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fell the Mighty
• 1 For the Emperor!
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Hero of Bladehold
• 1 Hour of Reckoning
• 1 Illustrious Wanderglyph
• 1 Inquisitor Greyfax
• 1 Inquisitorial Rosette
• 5 Island
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
• 1 Launch the Fleet
• 1 Lethal Scheme
• 1 Marneus Calgar
• 1 Martial Coup
• 1 Minas Tirith
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Mirkwood Bats
• 1 Mortify
• 1 Myrel, Shield of Argive
• 1 Nadier's Nightblade
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 8 Plains
• 1 Port Town
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Primaris Chaplain
• 1 Primaris Eliminator
• 1 Reconnaissance Mission
• 1 Selfless Spirit
• 1 Sicarian Infiltrator
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Skycloud Expanse
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Space Marine Devastator
• 1 Space Marine Scout
• 1 Starlight Spectacular
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 7 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
• 1 Thunderhawk Gunship
• 1 Triumph of Saint Katherine
• 1 Ultramarines Honour Guard
• 1 Vanguard Suppressor
• 1 Vexilus Praetor
• 1 Void Rend
• 1 Zephyrim