Damage? What's that? by n0irn0w

Format: Commander

Commander: Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-white life-gain control strategy helmed by Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence. The primary game plan is to gain life consistently, flip the commander into an enchantment that prevents all damage to your creatures, and then win either by reaching 40 life with Felidar Sovereign or by overwhelming opponents with a wide token army from cards like Finale of Glory, Elspeth, Sun's Champion, and Myrel, Shield of Argive. The deck is built around incremental life gain, defensive creatures, and slow, grinding board control. It lacks fast mana and explosive combos, relying instead on resilience and incremental advantage to outlast opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Angel of Vitality
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Blacksmith's Skill
  • 1 Brave the Sands
  • 1 Charming Prince
  • 1 Cosmos Elixir
  • 1 Curious Colossus
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Diving Griffin
  • 1 Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
  • 1 Endless Atlas
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Finale of Glory
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Goldenglow Moth
  • 1 Guardian of the Gateless
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Healer's Hawk
  • 1 Heliod's Intervention
  • 1 Helping Hand
  • 1 Holy Cow
  • 1 Hop to It
  • 1 Kabira Crossroads
  • 1 Kinscaer Sentry
  • 1 Lifecreed Duo
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Myrel, Shield of Argive
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Orim's Prayer
  • 1 Palace Guard
  • 1 Pariah
  • 1 Path of Bravery
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Vindicator
  • 1 Pious Warrior
  • 33 Plains
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Pyrrhic Strike
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Repel Calamity
  • 1 Revitalize
  • 1 Riot Control
  • 1 Ruin-Lurker Bat
  • 1 Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Serra's Blessing
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Speaker of the Heavens
  • 1 Steadfast Guard
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 1 Swooping Lookout
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Wall of Glare
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Windbrisk Heights