Art by Martina Fačková
Commander deckW
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
Lock out opponents' enter-the-battlefield and landfall abilities with Elesh Norn while abusing your own doubled ETB triggers and flicker engines to generate overwhelming card advantage, mana, removal, and an unstoppable token army.
Asked for“Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines: build a mono-white deck that doubles your enter-the-battlefield triggers while silencing every opponent's ETB and landfall abilities.”
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
1Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
4WLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Mind Stone
2Artifact
Provides early mana acceleration and cycles for a fresh card later.
Thought Vessel
2Artifact
Two-mana rock that removes maximum hand size restrictions.
Knight of the White Orchid
WWCreature — Human Knight
ETB fetches a Plains to the battlefield, doubled by Elesh Norn.
Loyal Warhound
1WCreature — Dog
ETB catches up on land drops directly to the battlefield.
Kor Cartographer
3WCreature — Kor Scout
ETB ramp that fetches Plains directly to the battlefield, doubled to two lands.
Solemn Simulacrum
4Artifact Creature — Golem
ETB ramps two lands with Elesh Norn and draws on death.
Card Draw
10
Spirited Companion
1WEnchantment Creature — Dog
Two-mana creature that draws two cards when Elesh Norn is out.
Wall of Omens
1WCreature — Wall
Early defensive body that cantrips twice under Elesh Norn.
Inspiring Overseer
2WCreature — Angel Cleric
Draws cards and gains life on ETB, doubled with Elesh Norn.
Welcoming Vampire
2WCreature — Vampire
Reliable incremental card draw from small creatures entering.
Mentor of the Meek
2WCreature — Human Soldier
Converts creature entries into cheap card draw.
Rumor Gatherer
1WWCreature — Elf Wizard
Alliance triggers trigger twice per creature, digging deep and drawing easily.
Tocasia's Welcome
2WEnchantment
Draws an extra card each turn a creature enters under your control.
Trouble in Pairs
2WWEnchantment
Punishes opponents' extra cards, attacks, and extra turns with draw.
The Gaffer
2WLegendary Creature — Halfling Peasant
Draws cards at the end step whenever you gain life from lifelink or ETBs.
Combat Calligrapher
3WCreature — Bird Cleric
Directs opponent attacks elsewhere while generating tokens and card parity.
Removal
10
Swords to Plowshares
WInstant
Efficient, instant-speed unconditional creature exile.
Generous Gift
2WInstant
Flexible instant-speed answer to any noncreature permanent or planeswalker.
Skyclave Apparition
1WWCreature — Kor Spirit
ETB permanently exiles nonland permanents, hitting two targets with Elesh Norn.
Solitude
3WWCreature — Elemental Incarnation
Free interaction whose ETB creature exile triggers twice with Elesh Norn.
Palace Jailer
2WWCreature — Human Soldier
ETB introduces the Monarch and can exile multiple creatures with doubled triggers.
Loran of the Third Path
2WLegendary Creature — Human Artificer
ETB destroys up to two problematic artifacts or enchantments with Elesh Norn.
Grasp of Fate
1WWEnchantment
ETB exiles the best permanent from each opponent, doubling with Elesh Norn.
Farewell
4WWSorcery
Modal board wipe that thoroughly clears any combination of permanent types.
Threats/Wincons
23
Sun Titan
4WWCreature — Giant
ETB and attack trigger returns two cheap permanents with Elesh Norn.
Karmic Guide
3WWCreature — Angel Spirit
ETB brings back two creatures from your graveyard when doubled.
Reveillark
4WCreature — Elemental
Combos with blink effects and reanimates key utility creatures.
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
4WLegendary Creature — Human Warrior
Mass exile and blink engine that generates a swarm of 1/1 Soldiers.
Captain of the Watch
4WWCreature — Human Soldier
ETB produces six 2/2 vigilant Soldiers when doubled by Elesh Norn.
Reverent Hoplite
4WCreature — Human Soldier
ETB generates twice your devotion in 1/1 Human tokens.
Evangel of Heliod
4WWCreature — Human Cleric
Floods the board with white Soldier tokens based on devotion doubled.
Moonshaker Cavalry
5WWWCreature — Spirit Knight
Craterhoof-style win condition whose ETB buff and flying trigger twice.
Archon of Sun's Grace
2WWCreature — Archon
Creates flying lifelink Pegasi whenever enchantments enter.
Serra's Emissary
4WWWCreature — Angel
ETB can name two card types with Elesh Norn, giving massive protection.
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
5WWLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Massively buffs your tokens while sweeping opponents' small creatures.
Angel of the Ruins
5WWArtifact Creature — Angel
ETB exiles up to four opposing artifacts or enchantments under Elesh Norn.
Luminate Primordial
5WWCreature — Avatar
ETB exiles the best creature from each opponent, doubled to two per opponent.
Emeria Shepherd
5WWCreature — Angel
Landfall triggers twice under Elesh Norn to return cards straight to the battlefield.
Cathars' Crusade
3WWEnchantment
Triggers twice per creature entry to place astronomical counters on your team.
Felidar Retreat
3WEnchantment
Landfall triggers twice under Elesh Norn for double tokens or double +1/+1 counters.
Court of Grace
2WWEnchantment
Brings the monarch into play and generates 1/1 or 4/4 flying tokens.
Elspeth, Sun's Champion
4WWLegendary Planeswalker — Elspeth
Pumps out three Soldiers per turn and provides selective creature sweeps.
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
1WWLegendary Creature — Human Knight
Creates attacking tokens on each opponent to trigger alliance abilities.
Hero of Bladehold
2WWCreature — Human Knight
Attacks to generate Soldier tokens that enter and trigger battlefield abilities.
Wurmcoil Engine
6Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
Resilient threat that leaves behind powerful deathtouch and lifelink tokens.
Autonomous Assembler
5Artifact Creature — Assembly-Worker
Modular threat with assemble triggers and scaling counter potential.
White Sun's Twilight
XWWSorcery
Board sweep and instant army generator of toxic Mite tokens.
Utility
8
Ephemerate
WInstant
One-mana double blink spell that generates up to four ETB triggers with Elesh Norn.
Cloudshift
WInstant
Instant-speed blink to dodge removal or re-trigger high-value ETBs.
Teleportation Circle
3WEnchantment
Repeatedly blinks an artifact or creature at each of your end steps.
Conjurer's Closet
5Artifact
Provides a free blink trigger on end step to continuously recycle ETBs.
Panharmonicon
4Artifact
Stacks with Elesh Norn to trigger artifact and creature ETBs a third time.
Eldrazi Displacer
2WCreature — Eldrazi
Repeatable mana sink to blink your creatures or disrupt enemy attacks.
Flickerwisp
1WWCreature — Elemental
ETB resets up to two permanents, providing powerful temporary removal or blink.
Teferi's Protection
2WInstant
Premier defensive phase-out to protect your entire board and life total.
