Art by Gal Or
Commander deckU
Ensign Pavel Chekov
Maximize the variety of unique lands on the battlefield, repeatedly blinking and copying Ensign Chekov to exile your opponents' decks and play their lands. Leverage landfall triggers and massive mana advantage to overwhelm the table with game-ending threats.
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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
1Ensign Pavel Chekov
3ULegendary Creature — Human Pilot
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Solemn Simulacrum
4Artifact Creature — Golem
fetches a land on entry and draws on death
Walking Atlas
2Artifact Creature — Construct
allows putting exiled lands into play at instant speed
Burnished Hart
3Artifact Creature — Elk
searches for multiple lands to boost Chekov's count
Card Draw
10
Mulldrifter
4UCreature — Elemental
evokes or enters to draw two and synergizes with blink
Consecrated Sphinx
4UUCreature — Sphinx
draws tremendous amounts of cards on opponent draws
Removal
10
Threats/Wincons
22
Roil Elemental
3UUUCreature — Elemental
steals opponent creatures whenever you play a land
Meloku the Clouded Mirror
4ULegendary Creature — Moonfolk Wizard
spawns flying tokens and resets land drops
Deadeye Navigator
4UUCreature — Spirit
repeatedly blinks Chekov to exile opposing libraries
Hullbreaker Horror
5UUCreature — Kraken Horror
unbiddable control monster that bounces nonland permanents
Nezahal, Primal Tide
5UULegendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
hard-to-kill beater that punishes noncreature spells
Scourge of Fleets
5UUCreature — Kraken
bounces opposing creatures and resets board states
Agent of Treachery
5UUCreature — Human Rogue
steals any permanent and synergizes with blink effects
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
3ULegendary Enchantment Creature — God
indestructible engine that blinks Chekov every end step
Patron of the Moon
5UULegendary Creature — Spirit
drops multiple lands into play at instant speed
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
10Legendary Creature — Eldrazi
game-ending colorless threat that exiles permanents and libraries
Wurmcoil Engine
6Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
resilient high-impact threat that stabilizes life totals
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
5UULegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
counters opponents' first artifacts, instants, or sorceries
Trench Behemoth
5UUCreature — Kraken
protects itself and untaps by picking up lands
Diluvian Primordial
5UUCreature — Avatar
casts opponents' best spells from their graveyards
Guile
3UUUCreature — Elemental Incarnation
steals spells countered by your control suite
Sphinx of the Second Sun
6UUCreature — Sphinx
provides an additional beginning phase for extra untaps and draws
Spark Double
3UCreature — Illusion
copies Chekov without legend rule to trigger exile again
Clever Impersonator
2UUCreature — Shapeshifter
clones any nonland permanent on the battlefield
Sakashima the Impostor
2UULegendary Creature — Human Rogue
safely clones Chekov and can return to hand
Iymrith, Desert Doom
3UULegendary Creature — Dragon
ward-protected flying finisher that draws cards
Utility
10
Sword of Hearth and Home
3Artifact — Equipment
fetches a land and blinks Chekov upon combat damage
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
provides haste and shroud protection to key creatures
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
grants hexproof and haste to your commander
Expedition Map
1Artifact
tutors for specific nonbasic lands to increase distinct names
