Art by Vlad Petruchik
Saved commander deck
Council of Reeds
Cast cheap noncreature spells before combat to reliably trigger Council of Reeds, generating exponential copies of itself and other legendary creatures while taking full advantage of having no legend rule.
Prompt: Council of Reeds commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Council of Reeds
{2}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Hero
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Sapphire Medallion
{2}Artifact
Reduces the cost of all blue spells to easily chain them pre-combat
Thought Vessel
{2}Artifact
Ramp that eliminates maximum hand size with big card draw engines
Midnight Clock
{2}{U}Artifact
Provides mana and eventually refills the hand with a Timetwister effect
High Tide
{U}Instant
Enables explosive mana turns while triggering noncreature requirements
Card Draw
10 cards
Rhystic Study
{2}{U}Enchantment
Continuous noncreature draw engine that punishes opponents
Mystic Remora
{U}Enchantment
Cheap noncreature enchantment that draws massive amounts of cards
Brainstorm
{U}Instant
One-mana instant cantrip to easily trigger Council of Reeds before combat
Ponder
{U}Sorcery
Top-tier one-mana sorcery cantrip to set up draws and trigger the commander
Preordain
{U}Sorcery
Efficient scry cantrip to ensure land drops and trigger commander tokens
Frantic Search
{2}{U}Instant
Card filtering that untaps lands, effectively free to cast pre-combat
Archmage Emeritus
{2}{U}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
Draws a card whenever you cast an instant or sorcery
Removal
10 cards
Fierce Guardianship
{2}{U}Instant
Free interaction whenever your commander is on board
Swan Song
{U}Instant
Ultra-efficient counterspell for critical noncreature threats
Cyclonic Rift
{1}{U}Instant
One-sided board wipe that turns the game completely in your favor
Curse of the Swine
{X}{U}{U}Sorcery
Scalable mass exile for opposing creature boards
Threats/Wincons
24 cards
Spark Double
{3}{U}Creature — Illusion
Creates an additional copy of Council of Reeds or another key creature
Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
{3}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
Copies Council of Reeds and ensures your board keeps clone stability
Sakashima the Impostor
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
Legendary clone that can bounce itself to clone new threats repeatedly
Irenicus's Vile Duplication
{3}{U}Sorcery
Makes a flying token copy of your commander to double your board growth
Quantum Misalignment
{4}{U}Sorcery
Creates a copy of your commander with rebound for a second copy next turn
Auton Soldier
{4}{U}{U}Artifact Creature — Alien Soldier
Copies the commander with myriad, creating massive token waves
Vesuvan Duplimancy
{3}{U}Enchantment
Creates token copies of Council of Reeds whenever you target it with spells
Roaming Throne
{4}Artifact Creature — Golem
Doubles the triggered copy ability of your scientist hero commander
Displacer Kitten
{3}{U}Creature — Cat Beast
Flickers value permanents and untaps mana rocks with every noncreature spell
Urza, Lord High Artificer
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
Legendary bomb that benefits from the lack of legend rule when copied
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
{5}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Copies your noncreature spells and negates your opponents' spells
Nezahal, Primal Tide
{5}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
Huge uncounterable threat that draws cards whenever opponents cast noncreature spells
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
{3}{U}Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
Provides repeated end-step blinks for enter-the-battlefield abilities
Hullbreaker Horror
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken Horror
Dominates the game by bouncing spells and permanents on every cast
Talrand, Sky Summoner
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Generates 2/2 flying drakes from your noncreature spell casts
Murmuring Mystic
{3}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
Produces 1/1 flying bird illusions alongside your spell triggers
Deekah, Fractal Theorist
{4}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Builds huge scaling fractal tokens as you cast instant and sorceries
Orvar, the All-Form
{3}{U}Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter
Creates permanent token copies whenever you target your own permanents
Master of Waves
{3}{U}Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Generates an army of elementals boosted by your heavy blue devotion
Rite of Replication
{2}{U}{U}Sorcery
Kicked mode makes five copies of your commander or best legendary threat
Clone Legion
{7}{U}{U}Sorcery
Copies an entire army without worrying about the legend rule
Nanogene Conversion
{3}{U}Sorcery
Turns every creature you control into a copy of Council of Reeds for massive scaling
Mechanized Production
{2}{U}{U}Enchantment — Aura
Enchant a copied token to win the game if you reach eight identical tokens
Bident of Thassa
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Enchantment Artifact
Draws cards as your wide Council token army connects in combat
Utility
8 cards
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Gives haste and protection to the commander immediately
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Protects your commander with hexproof while enabling immediate attacks
Isochron Scepter
{2}Artifact
Imprints a cantrip or removal spell to guarantee noncreature triggers every turn
An Offer You Can't Refuse
{U}Instant
Cheap one-mana noncreature counter for critical moments
Narset's Reversal
{U}{U}Instant
Copies and bounces a spell back to hand, producing great tempo
Muddle the Mixture
{U}{U}Instant
Versatile counterspell that transfigures for critical two-mana combo pieces
Serum Visions
{U}Sorcery
One-mana sorcery that draws, scrys 2, and triggers combat copies
Geralf, Visionary Stitcher
{2}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Gives your army flying and converts extra tokens into flying zombies
