Art by Johan Grenier
Commander deckBRU
Abaddon the Despoiler
Cheat Spellweaver Helix into play to imprint Dragon's Approach alongside a looping or repeatable sorcery like Throes of Chaos or Mizzix's Mastery. Leverage rituals, cost-reduction, and Magecraft engines to chain continuous Dragon's Approach casts and incinerate the entire table by turn 5.
Asked for“abaddon edh deck which intends to cheat out a spellweaver helix imprinting a dragon's approach and a sorcery which can cause looping casts of approach, such as collected conjuring, call forth the tempest, hit the motherlode, psionic ritual, improvisation capstone, mizzix's mastery, and throes of chaos. then cast enough dragon's approaches in a songle turn to burn out the table. ideally this thould be possible by turn 5 if uninterrupted”
Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 61 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Abaddon the Despoiler
2UBRLegendary Creature — Astartes Warrior
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
11
Cabal Ritual
1BInstant
Provides explosive mana with threshold in graveyard decks
Card Draw
11
Faithless Looting
RSorcery
Discards Dragon's Approach and combo sorceries into the yard
Wheel of Misfortune
2RSorcery
Fast mass draw to dig for Helix and discard sorceries
Thirst for Knowledge
2UInstant
Instant speed draw that can discard artifact pieces if needed
Removal
9
Cyclonic Rift
1UInstant
One-sided board wipe to clear opposing blockers and stax
Feed the Swarm
1BSorcery
Answers troublesome enchantments and creatures in Grixis
Bedevil
BBRInstant
Flexible instant removal for creatures, artifacts, or planeswalkers
Threats/Wincons
21
Spellweaver Helix
3Artifact
Central combo piece that casts copies of imprinted sorceries
Dragon's Approach
2RSorcery
Primary imprinted burn sorcery for the Spellweaver Helix engine
Throes of Chaos
3RSorcery
Retrace sorcery that repeatedly triggers Helix to cast Dragon's Approach
Mizzix's Mastery
3RSorcery
Recurs the entire graveyard of burn spells and combo pieces
Collected Conjuring
2URSorcery
Sorcery enabler that casts multiple cheap spells for Helix triggers
Call Forth the Tempest
5RRRSorcery
Cascades twice and wipes creatures to enable cascading loops
Psionic Ritual
4UUSorcery
Copies and casts sorceries from graveyards without paying mana costs
Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
2RLegendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact
Provides red mana on every spell cast to sustain loops
Storm-Kiln Artist
3RCreature — Dwarf Shaman
Magecraft trigger generates endless Treasures during the combo
Urabrask // The Great Work
2RRLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor // Enchantment — Saga
Pings opponents and generates red mana on every instant and sorcery
Guttersnipe
2RCreature — Goblin Shaman
Deals 2 damage to each opponent per spell cast to accelerate the win
Kess, Dissident Mage
1UBRLegendary Creature — Human Wizard
Allows casting combo sorceries directly from the graveyard
Professor Onyx
4BBLegendary Planeswalker — Liliana
Magecraft drains opponents for 2 life on each copy and cast
Aetherflux Reservoir
4Artifact
Alternate storm win condition that converts high spell counts into lethal damage
Past in Flames
3RSorcery
Grants flashback to all sorceries in the graveyard for explosive turns
Bonus Round
1RRSorcery
Duplicates all instant and sorcery spells cast during the combo turn
Torment of Hailfire
XBBSorcery
Devastating sink for infinite or high mana produced during loops
Crackle with Power
XXXRRSorcery
Massive burn finisher to close out the game with excess mana
Utility
9
Whir of Invention
XUUUInstant
Tutors Spellweaver Helix directly onto the battlefield at instant speed
Goblin Engineer
1RCreature — Goblin Artificer
Tutors Spellweaver Helix into graveyard and cheats it into play
Entomb
BInstant
Instantly puts Dragon's Approach or Throes of Chaos into the graveyard
Unmarked Grave
1BSorcery
Puts a nonlegendary sorcery into the graveyard for Helix imprint
Buried Alive
2BSorcery
Puts multiple combo pieces or creatures directly into the yard
Mystical Tutor
UInstant
Tutors any instant or sorcery combo piece to top of library
Underworld Breach
1REnchantment
Premier graveyard recursion engine to assemble the win
