bryptic by user6263894

Format: Commander

Commander: Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This Esper deck leverages Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign to cheat massive odd-mana spells directly onto the battlefield. The strategy combines top-deck manipulation tools such as Sensei's Divining Top, Brainstorm, and Penance with game-ending threats like Void Winnower, Breach the Multiverse, and In Garruk's Wake. Mana rocks curve into a Turn 4 or 5 Yennett deployment, aiming to trigger her attack ability immediately. Once active, the deck establishes dominant board states through asymmetric locks and one-sided sweepers, preventing opponents from establishing defenses. The deck finishes games through overwhelming combat damage from high-powered flyers and Eldrazi over three combat rotations. Supporting interaction includes versatile removal like Void Rend and Anguished Unmaking, while pieces like Mother of Runes and Lightning Greaves defend key attackers against removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aerial Extortionist
  • 1 Aminatou, the Fateshifter
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Cellarspawn
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Artisan of Kozilek
  • 1 Baneful Omen
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Coalition Relic
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Crystal Ball
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Doom Whisperer
  • 1 Dream Cache
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enigma Sphinx
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explorer's Scope
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fated Return
  • 1 Future Sight
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Halimar Depths
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Haunted Crossroads
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Mana Geode
  • 1 Marvo, Deep Operative
  • 1 Master of Predicaments
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Otherworldly Gaze
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Penance
  • 1 Plague Wind
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Portent
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prognostic Sphinx
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Rush of Knowledge
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • 1 Serum Sovereign
  • 1 Shadrix Silverquill
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skyclave Relic
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soothsaying
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Toxrill, the Corrosive
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 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