Art by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
Saved commander deck
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.
Prompt: oponents cant play the game
Commander
1 cards
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
{2}{W}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Card Draw
10 cards
Mystic Remora
{U}Enchantment
extreme early card advantage against noncreature spells
Esper Sentinel
{W}Artifact Creature — Human Soldier
early tax card that draws cards whenever opponents cast noncreature spells
Consecrated Sphinx
{4}{U}{U}Creature — Sphinx
overwhelming draw engine that rapidly runs away with games
Removal
10 cards
Force of Negation
{1}{U}{U}Instant
free defensive counterspell on opponents' turns
Threats/Wincons
22 cards
Winter Orb
{2}Artifact
prevents players from untapping more than one land per turn
Knowledge Pool
{6}Artifact
creates a total hard-lock when paired with Teferi, Time Raveler
Teferi, Time Raveler
{1}{W}{U}Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi
stops opponents from casting spells at instant speed
Drannith Magistrate
{1}{W}Creature — Human Wizard
prevents opponents from casting commanders or spells from exile
Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
{W}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
stops free spells and mana acceleration
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
{1}{W}Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
taxes noncreature spells across the table
Archon of Emeria
{2}{W}Creature — Archon
limits spell casting to one per turn and slows nonbasic lands
Ethersworn Canonist
{1}{W}Artifact Creature — Human Cleric
restricts nonartifact spells to one per turn
Aven Mindcensor
{2}{W}Creature — Bird Wizard
shuts down opponents' land and card tutoring
Linvala, Keeper of Silence
{2}{W}{W}Legendary Creature — Angel
disables activated abilities of opponents' creatures
Humility
{2}{W}{W}Enchantment
removes all creature abilities and sets power/toughness to 1/1
Smothering Tithe
{3}{W}Enchantment
demands taxes on draws or gives you overwhelming mana
Helm of Obedience
{4}Artifact
combos with Rest in Peace to exile an opponent's entire library
Rest in Peace
{1}{W}Enchantment
completely turns off graveyards and enables Helm kill
Utility
10 cards
Narset, Parter of Veils
{1}{U}{U}Legendary Planeswalker — Narset
blocks opponents' extra card draws and combos with Windfall
Render Silent
{W}{U}{U}Instant
counters a spell and stops the player from casting more that turn
Crucible of Worlds
{3}Artifact
allows land play out of graveyard to break symmetry
