Art by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
Commander deckUW
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
Grind opponents out of resources using tax effects, severe landlocks, and mass land destruction, then cleanly sweep remaining boards with exile wipes before closing with inexorable threats.
Asked for“taxes , interact, boardwipe, landlock, permanent destruction, exiles”
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
1Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
2WULegendary Creature — Human Advisor
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
9
Knight of the White Orchid
WWCreature — Human Knight
recovers lands and stabilizes mana
Card Draw
10
Esper Sentinel
WArtifact Creature — Human Soldier
one-mana creature tax that draws cards
Archmage Emeritus
2UUCreature — Human Wizard
draws whenever interaction or removal is cast
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
3WULegendary Planeswalker — Teferi
card advantage, tuck removal, and untaps lands
Narset, Parter of Veils
1UULegendary Planeswalker — Narset
finds spells and shuts down opposing extra draws
Removal
16
Unexpectedly Absent
XWWInstant
tucks nonland permanents into libraries at instant speed
Threats/Wincons
16
Drannith Magistrate
1WCreature — Human Wizard
stops opponents from casting commanders or exiled cards
Archon of Emeria
2WCreature — Archon
Rule of Law creature that taxes nonbasic lands
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1WLegendary Creature — Human Soldier
early noncreature spell tax
Aven Mindcensor
2WCreature — Bird Wizard
flash flying hatebear punishing library searches
Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
WULegendary Creature — Human Soldier
punishes free spells and mana acceleration
Strict Proctor
1WCreature — Spirit Cleric
taxes triggered abilities from permanents
Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
5Creature — Avatar // Sorcery
taxes opponent spells or copies them
Approach of the Second Sun
6WSorcery
inevitable alternate win condition through board locks
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
4WLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
doubles triggers while turning off opponent triggers
Hullbreaker Horror
5UUCreature — Kraken Horror
un-counterable finisher that bounces nonland permanents
Monastery Mentor
2WCreature — Human Monk
converts control spells into an army of monks
Reidane, God of the Worthy // Valkmira, Protector's Shield
2WLegendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact
slows down snow/nonbasic lands and expensive spells
Dream Trawler
2WWUUCreature — Sphinx
hard-to-kill flying finisher with lifelink and draw
Serra Paragon
2WWCreature — Angel
replays small permanents from graveyard for sustain
Utility
10
Fall of the Thran
5WEnchantment — Saga
destroys all lands with a delayed slow recovery
Aura of Silence
1WWEnchantment
taxes artifacts and enchantments with optional destruction
