How it grades
Fundamentals 69/100. Plays like Control.
This reads as Control, built around Isperia, Supreme Judge. Answer everything, then win with anything: trade one-for-one early, wipe the board when they overextend, and land a single resilient threat once their hand is empty. Card advantage is the win condition; the finisher is a formality. Its strongest fundamental is land count (39 lands. About 41 fits this curve for Control, with Warden of Evos Isle's discount counted); the first thing to tighten is commander synergy: Only 7 of 60 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want card-draw support.
- AMana reliability
- A+Land count
- A+Mana curve
- ARamp
- A+Card draw
- A+Interaction
- FCommander synergy
- AWin conditions
- A-Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- FCommander synergyOnly 7 of 60 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want card-draw support.
Strong on mana reliability, land count, mana curve, ramp, card draw, interaction, win conditions, card quality and legality & size.
77 cards graded: A- 5, B+ 12, B 47, B- 13. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Decanter of Endless Water3$5.05
In place of Archon of Redemption: weakest slot in the deck (54/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (15 producers). Pays off the commanders' card-draw plan. Top-5% staple by play data.
Psychosis Crawler5$2.30
In place of Angler Turtle: weakest slot in the deck (54/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (15 producers). Pays off the commanders' card-draw plan. Top-5% staple by play data.
Wizard ClassU$3.17
In place of Vow of Duty: weakest slot in the deck (56/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (15 producers). Pays off the commanders' card-draw plan. Top-5% staple by play data.
Chasm Skulker2U$0.83
In place of Gravitational Shift: weakest slot in the deck (57/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (15 producers). Pays off the commanders' card-draw plan. Top-5% staple by play data.
Consecrated Sphinx4UU$32.89
In place of Rally of Wings: weakest slot in the deck (57/100)
Works with the commander directly. WotC game-changer. Fits the commander's plan.
Delney, Streetwise Lookout2W$34.51
In place of Crush Contraband: conditional removal: dead against some boards (58/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (20 producers). Keeps the commanders alive. Top-5% staple by play data.
Padeem, Consul of Innovation3U$2.42
In place of Kangee's Lieutenant: weakest slot in the deck (58/100)
Pays off your artifact engine (12 producers). Top-5% staple by play data. Keeps the commanders alive.
Archmage Emeritus2UU$0.61
In place of Tide Skimmer: weakest slot in the deck (58/100)
Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (16 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Welcoming Vampire2W$3.45
In place of Thunderclap Wyvern: weakest slot in the deck (58/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (20 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Soul WardenW$3.41
In place of Ever-Watching Threshold: weakest slot in the deck (59/100)
Pays off your token engine (9 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (20 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 26
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Planeswalkers 1
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Instants 11
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Sorceries 5
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Artifacts 9
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Enchantments 8
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Lands 39
- B
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- B
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- B
- B
- B×4
- B×4
- B×4
- B×3
- B×4
- B×4
- B×4
- B×3
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