Art by Victor Adame Minguez
Commander deckUW
Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse
Transform Heliod to grant spells flash and discount costs based on opponents' card draws, then chain massive group draw and mill effects to deck out the entire table.
Asked for“Heliod, the Radiant Dawn as the commander and combining mill with symmetrical card draw effects. While there is a potential to draw the game, the gimmick is to deck my opponents”
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
1Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse
2WWLegendary Enchantment Creature — God // Legendary Enchantment Creature — Phyrexian God
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
9
Decanter of Endless Water
3Artifact
mana rock that provides an unlimited hand size
Smothering Tithe
3WEnchantment
generates immense treasure mana from all the forced draws
Card Draw
11
Windfall
2USorcery
forces massive symmetrical draw and fuels Heliod cost reduction
Prosperity
XUSorcery
symmetrical X-spell draw that discounts Heliod's spells massively
Skyscribing
XUUSorcery
symmetrical draw spell that can scale with Heliod discounts
Kami of the Crescent Moon
UULegendary Creature — Spirit
creature-based repeatable group draw
Dictate of Kruphix
1UUEnchantment
flash enchantment providing steady card draw on upkeep
Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
WULegendary Creature — Rabbit Wizard
low-cost group hug engine that can draw on opponents' turns
Removal
11
Arcane Denial
1UInstant
counters a spell while forcing the opponent to draw two cards
Dream Fracture
1UUInstant
counterspell that draws you a card and forces opponent to draw
Threats/Wincons
23
Blue Sun's Zenith
XUUUInstant
instant-speed X-draw to target an opponent and deck them out
Stroke of Genius
X2UInstant
forces target opponent to draw their entire deck with Heliod mana
Fascination
XUUSorcery
modal X-spell that can mill everyone or force massive draws
Folio of Fancies
1UArtifact — Book
both forces cards into hands and mills players equal to hand sizes
Even the Score
XUUUInstant
flash-castable X-draw spell that punishes opponents' drawing
Forced Fruition
4UUEnchantment
forces opponents to draw seven cards whenever they cast a spell
Cut Your Losses
4UUSorcery
mills half of target player's library with casualty option
Fractured Sanity
UUUSorcery
mills each opponent for fourteen cards or cycles in a pinch
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
2ULegendary Creature — Human Advisor
doubles all cards milled by opponents to speed up deckouts
Court of Cunning
1UUEnchantment
introduces monarch and repeatedly mills opponents for ten
Psychosis Crawler
5Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
alternate wincon draining opponents as everyone draws
Teferi's Puzzle Box
4Artifact
causes massive cycling each turn to maximize Heliod discounts
Jace's Archivist
1UUCreature — Vedalken Wizard
repeatable Windfall on a creature to mill and draw hands
Keening Stone
6Artifact
doubles an opponent's graveyard to quickly mill remaining cards
Altar of the Brood
1Artifact
consistent incremental mill trigger on permanents entering
Finale of Revelation
XUUSorcery
massive draw and untap spell discounted heavily by Heliod
Vision Charm
UInstant
cheap instant to mill the final four cards of an opponent's deck
Utility
8
Laboratory Maniac
2UCreature — Human Wizard
safety valve wincon in case symmetrical draw decks you first
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
1UUULegendary Planeswalker — Jace
alternate self-mill win condition that also draws cards
Triskaidekaphile
1UCreature — Human Wizard
alternate win condition with no maximum hand size
Well of Ideas
5UEnchantment
group draw enchantment that Heliod's front face can recur
