Art by Zezhou Chen
Commander deckRU
Adeliz, the Cinder Wind
Chain low-mana cantrips and wizards to buff the board while maintaining card advantage through engines like Archmage Emeritus and Jace's Erasure.
Asked for“A $600 Adeliz, the Cinder Wind commander deck — an efficient engine-building deck with a low mana curve, cheap card-advantage engines and cantrips, minimal splash, winning through sheer incremental value and consistent interaction.”
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 · 59 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
1Adeliz, the Cinder Wind
1URLegendary Creature — Human Wizard
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Baral, Chief of Compliance
1ULegendary Creature — Human Wizard
Reduces cost of spells and provides looting
Goblin Electromancer
URCreature — Goblin Wizard
Cost reducer for the main spell engine
Storm-Kiln Artist
3RCreature — Dwarf Shaman
Generates huge mana via treasures on spell casts
Card Draw
12
Archmage Emeritus
2UUCreature — Human Wizard
The primary engine for drawing on every spell
Wavebreak Hippocamp
2UEnchantment Creature — Horse Fish
Rewards playing instants on other turns
Removal
11
Threats/Wincons
19
Balmor, Battlemage Captain
URLegendary Creature — Bird Wizard
Secondary Adeliz effect for trample and buffs
Harmonic Prodigy
1RCreature — Human Wizard
Doubles all wizard prowess and triggers
Veyran, Voice of Duality
1URLegendary Creature — Efreet Wizard
Doubles triggers from magecraft and spells
Talrand, Sky Summoner
2UULegendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Generates flying blockers and attackers
Murmuring Mystic
3UCreature — Human Wizard
Bird token generator for board presence
Dreadhorde Arcanist
1RCreature — Zombie Wizard
Recasts cantrips for more triggers
Kessig Flamebreather
1RCreature — Human Shaman
Constant chip damage on spell casts
Firebrand Archer
1RCreature — Human Archer
Aggressive chip damage on noncreature spells
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
UUURRRLegendary Creature — Dragon Wizard
Top end finisher that draws and kills
Umara Entangler
1UCreature — Merfolk Rogue Ally
Synergistic wizard for the combat plan
Soul-Scar Mage
RCreature — Human Wizard
Wizard that modifies burn to shrink creatures
Utility
7
Leyline of Anticipation
2UUEnchantment
Allows full speed engine play on every turn
