Art by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
Commander deckUW
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
Lock down opponents' mana, spellcasting, and board states using oppressive tax effects and soft locks like Teferi with Knowledge Pool, breaking parity via cost reductions.
Asked for“oponents cant play the game”
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
10
Card Draw
10
Mystic Remora
UEnchantment
extreme early card advantage against noncreature spells
Esper Sentinel
WArtifact Creature — Human Soldier
early tax card that draws cards whenever opponents cast noncreature spells
Consecrated Sphinx
4UUCreature — Sphinx
overwhelming draw engine that rapidly runs away with games
Removal
10
Threats/Wincons
22
Winter Orb
2Artifact
prevents players from untapping more than one land per turn
Knowledge Pool
6Artifact
creates a total hard-lock when paired with Teferi, Time Raveler
Teferi, Time Raveler
1WULegendary Planeswalker — Teferi
stops opponents from casting spells at instant speed
Drannith Magistrate
1WCreature — Human Wizard
prevents opponents from casting commanders or spells from exile
Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
WULegendary Creature — Human Soldier
stops free spells and mana acceleration
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1WLegendary Creature — Human Soldier
taxes noncreature spells across the table
Archon of Emeria
2WCreature — Archon
limits spell casting to one per turn and slows nonbasic lands
Ethersworn Canonist
1WArtifact Creature — Human Cleric
restricts nonartifact spells to one per turn
Aven Mindcensor
2WCreature — Bird Wizard
shuts down opponents' land and card tutoring
Linvala, Keeper of Silence
2WWLegendary Creature — Angel
disables activated abilities of opponents' creatures
Humility
2WWEnchantment
removes all creature abilities and sets power/toughness to 1/1
Smothering Tithe
3WEnchantment
demands taxes on draws or gives you overwhelming mana
Helm of Obedience
4Artifact
combos with Rest in Peace to exile an opponent's entire library
Rest in Peace
1WEnchantment
completely turns off graveyards and enables Helm kill
Utility
10
Narset, Parter of Veils
1UULegendary Planeswalker — Narset
blocks opponents' extra card draws and combos with Windfall
Render Silent
WUUInstant
counters a spell and stops the player from casting more that turn
Crucible of Worlds
3Artifact
allows land play out of graveyard to break symmetry
