Art by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
Commander deckUW
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
Tax and lock down opponents' resources with Azorius control pieces while relentlessly grinding away their libraries with persistent mill engines and win conditions.
Asked for“Grand Arbiter, control, mill heavy”
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
1Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
2WULegendary Creature — Human Advisor
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
9
Azorius Signet
2Artifact
Color-fixing mana rock reduced further by your commander
Thought Vessel
2Artifact
Ramp that eliminates maximum hand size during big draw turns
Smothering Tithe
3WEnchantment
Generates massive mana from opponents drawing cards
Card Draw
10
Mystic Remora
UEnchantment
Massive early-game card draw punishing noncreature spells
Esper Sentinel
WArtifact Creature — Human Soldier
Taxes opponents' early spells while refilling your hand
Frantic Search
2UInstant
Free card filtering that triggers draw and discard synergies
Removal
12
Arcane Denial
1UInstant
Unconditional counter that draws cards to fuel mill engines
Thought Collapse
1UUInstant
Counterspell that directly advances your mill strategy
Threats/Wincons
20
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
2ULegendary Creature — Human Advisor
Doubles all mill effects to wipe libraries rapidly
Court of Cunning
1UUEnchantment
Monarch engine that mills opponents ten cards every upkeep
Sphinx's Tutelage
2UEnchantment
Turns each card draw into continuous repeated mill
Teferi's Tutelage
2UEnchantment
Card-draw triggered mill engine with looting on entry
Fractured Sanity
UUUSorcery
Heavy target mill that can cycle to bypass counterspells
Hedron Crab
UCreature — Crab
Early-game creature repeatedly milling target opponent on landfall
Fleet Swallower
5UUCreature — Fish
Halves defending player's library whenever it attacks
Mesmeric Orb
2Artifact
Symmetrical mill powerhouse devastating tapped-out boards
Folio of Fancies
1UArtifact — Book
Fills opponents' hands then mills cards based on hand size
Altar of Dementia
2Artifact
Sacrifice outlet to convert incidental creatures into mill
Psychic Spiral
4UInstant
Shuffles your graveyard back while executing massive target mill
Archive Trap
3UUInstant — Trap
Free instant-speed mill punishing standard library searches
Terisian Mindbreaker
7Artifact Creature — Juggernaut
Recurs from the graveyard and mills half a library on attack
Drown in Dreams
X2UInstant
X-spell providing massive draw and targeted mill combined
Patient Rebuilding
3UUEnchantment
Consistent upkeep mill that yields card draw and life gain
Utility
11
Ghostly Prison
2WEnchantment
Taxes attackers to keep creature-based decks from hurting you
Rest in Peace
1WEnchantment
Prevents graveyard-based strategies from benefiting from mill
Aura of Silence
1WWEnchantment
Taxes artifacts and enchantments and provides instant removal
Blind Obedience
1WEnchantment
Slows opponents by making artifacts and creatures enter tapped
Teferi's Protection
2WInstant
Ultimate emergency defensive phase-out against board wipes and lethal damage
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Protects Grand Arbiter or key mill creatures with shroud
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Provides hexproof protection for valuable key permanents
Narset, Parter of Veils
1UULegendary Planeswalker — Narset
Prevents opponent extra card draw and digs for mill spells
Laboratory Maniac
2UCreature — Human Wizard
Backup win condition should symmetrical mill empty your own deck
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
1UUULegendary Planeswalker — Jace
Self-mill win condition and continuous draw engine
