Art by Wesley Burt
Saved commander deck
Baral, Chief of Compliance
Lock down opponents with efficient counterspells and targeted removal, leveraging cost reduction and loot triggers to assemble an overwhelming board of spell-based tokens or devastating control leviathans.
Prompt: A mono blue counterspell and control deck
Commander
1 cards
Baral, Chief of Compliance
{1}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Card Draw
11 cards
Archmage Emeritus
{2}{U}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
draws a card on every instant and sorcery cast
Removal
16 cards
Mana Drain
{U}{U}Instant
counterspell that converts enemy spells into colorless mana
Fierce Guardianship
{2}{U}Instant
free noncreature counterspell while commander is out
Force of Negation
{1}{U}{U}Instant
free protective interaction on opponents' turns
An Offer You Can't Refuse
{U}Instant
one-mana hard counter for noncreature spells
Disallow
{1}{U}{U}Instant
versatile answer to spells or triggered/activated abilities
Cryptic Command
{1}{U}{U}{U}Instant
modular control tool for bouncing, tapping, and countering
Threats/Wincons
20 cards
Talrand, Sky Summoner
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
creates a swarm of 2/2 Drakes from instants
Murmuring Mystic
{3}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
churns out 1/1 flying Birds with every spell
Deekah, Fractal Theorist
{4}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
creates scaling Fractal tokens from spells
Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration
{3}{U}{U}Creature — Insect Horror // Creature — Eldrazi Insect
generates Wizards and flips into an aggressive lord
Hullbreaker Horror
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken Horror
un-counterable flash finisher that locks out opponents
Guile
{3}{U}{U}{U}Creature — Elemental Incarnation
steals and casts countered spells for free
Nezahal, Primal Tide
{5}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
hard-to-kill beater that draws cards off opponent casts
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
{5}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
copies our spells while countering opponents' first casts
Shark Typhoon
{5}{U}Enchantment
creates flying Sharks passively or cycles for an instant body
Metallurgic Summonings
{3}{U}{U}Enchantment
generates scaling artifact tokens and recurs spells
Ominous Seas
{1}{U}Enchantment
creates 8/8 Kraken tokens effortlessly from card draw
Wavebreak Hippocamp
{2}{U}Enchantment Creature — Horse Fish
draws cards whenever we cast spells on opponents' turns
Haughty Djinn
{1}{U}{U}Creature — Djinn
cost reduction for spells and grows into a massive beater
Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror
{1}{U}Creature — Horror // Creature — Kraken Horror
bounces non-Horror creatures and attacks as a 7/8
Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim
{3}{U}{U}Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi
planeswalker that generates growing tokens on card draw
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Planeswalker — Jace
flexible control planeswalker that brainstorms and controls draws
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
{1}{U}{U}{U}Legendary Planeswalker — Jace
draws cards and serves as an alternate win condition
Thassa's Oracle
{U}{U}Creature — Merfolk Wizard
compact win condition if library is depleted
Laboratory Maniac
{2}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
backup win condition when library runs dry
Utility
5 cards
Isochron Scepter
{2}Artifact
imprints counterspells or Dramatic Reversal for value or infinite mana
Dramatic Reversal
{1}{U}Instant
untaps all nonland permanents, comboing with mana rocks
Narset, Parter of Veils
{1}{U}{U}Legendary Planeswalker — Narset
restricts opponent card draw and digs for interaction
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
protects commander and key engine creatures with shroud
Spellseeker
{2}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
tutors any crucial 1- or 2-mana instant/sorcery to hand
