Art by Billy Christian
Commander deckU
Adric, Mathematical Genius
Use Adric to double powerful card draw triggers, ETB effects, and activated abilities, generating massive advantage to win with evasive flying creatures and draw-scaling threats.
Asked for“A blue deck for Adric, Mathematical Genius, up to $50, at most $55. I like card draw, specially card draw engines. I don’t know win conditions, but could be related to creature abilities. If possible, creatures with flying. Need 4 or 5 board wipes(consider returning all permanents or creatures to hand as a board wipe). Please and thank you.”
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 · 62 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
1Adric, Mathematical Genius
1ULegendary Creature — Human Artificer
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Card Draw
12
Arcanis the Omnipotent
3UUULegendary Creature — Wizard
Activated ability draws 3 cards, perfect to copy with Adric
Mulldrifter
4UCreature — Elemental
Flying creature with card-draw ETB trigger to copy
Bident of Thassa
2UULegendary Enchantment Artifact
Card draw engine whenever creatures deal combat damage
Archmage Emeritus
2UUCreature — Human Wizard
Magecraft draw trigger that Adric can double
Wavebreak Hippocamp
2UEnchantment Creature — Horse Fish
Draws cards for playing on opponents' turns
Faerie Mastermind
1UCreature — Faerie Rogue
Cheap flying creature that punishes opponent card draw
Removal
10
Threats/Wincons
22
Murmuring Mystic
3UCreature — Human Wizard
Creates flying Bird tokens on spell casts
Talrand, Sky Summoner
2UULegendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Generates 2/2 flying Drakes whenever spells are cast
Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration
3UUCreature — Insect Horror // Creature — Eldrazi Insect
Flying threat that builds a token army and buffs flyers
Sphinx of Magosi
3UUUCreature — Sphinx
Flying threat with activated ability to draw and gain +1/+1 counters
Chasm Skulker
2UCreature — Squid Horror
Grows when drawing cards and splits into many tokens
Psychosis Crawler
5Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Drains opponents whenever you draw cards
Nadir Kraken
1UUCreature — Kraken
Triggers on card draw to build an army and grow
Oneirophage
3UCreature — Squid Illusion
Flying threat that grows with every card drawn
Windreader Sphinx
5UUCreature — Sphinx
Large flying engine that draws cards when flying creatures attack
Warden of Evos Isle
2UCreature — Bird Wizard
Flying creature that reduces costs of all other flying spells
Stormwing Entity
3UUCreature — Elemental
Budget flying prowess threat with scry ETB trigger
Sphinx of the Second Sun
6UUCreature — Sphinx
Flying behemoth with double untap/draw triggers to copy
Ormos, Archive Keeper
4UULegendary Creature — Sphinx
Flying threat with card draw and self-buffing activated abilities
Dream Eater
4UUCreature — Nightmare Sphinx
Flash flyer with bouncing and surveil ETB triggers
Sower of Temptation
2UUCreature — Faerie Wizard
Flying creature that steals an opponent's threat on ETB
Diluvian Primordial
5UUCreature — Avatar
Evasive game-ending flyer that casts spells from opponent graveyards
Scourge of Fleets
5UUCreature — Kraken
Massive creature with game-ending ETB bounce trigger
Thryx, the Sudden Storm
3UULegendary Creature — Elemental Giant
Flash flying threat that protects and discounts big spells
Solemn Simulacrum
4Artifact Creature — Golem
ETB land ramp and death draw triggers to double
Burnished Hart
3Artifact Creature — Elk
Activated land ramp ability that Adric can double
Utility
8
Illusionist's Bracers
2Artifact — Equipment
Doubles Adric's activated ability automatically
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
2UCreature — Human Cleric
Untaps Adric to use his copy ability multiple times
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Provides shroud and haste for commander protection
