Art by Bartek Fedyczak
Saved commander deck
Helmut Zemo, Mastermind
Fill the graveyard with impactful instants and sorceries using cantrips and discard, then attack with Helmut Zemo to cast them for free while buffing him and triggering spellslinger payoffs.
Prompt: Helmut Zemo, Mastermind commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Helmut Zemo, Mastermind
{2}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Noble Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Midnight Clock
{2}{U}Artifact
ramps mana and later refills hand while restocking graveyard
Card Draw
10 cards
Fact or Fiction
{3}{U}Instant
digs five cards deep and puts cards directly in graveyard
Removal
10 cards
Threats/Wincons
24 cards
Talrand, Sky Summoner
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
creates flying drakes whenever spells are cast
Murmuring Mystic
{3}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
spawns bird illusion tokens from spell casts
Poppet Stitcher // Poppet Factory
{2}{U}Creature — Human Wizard // Artifact
generates token army and flips into Anthem
Haughty Djinn
{1}{U}{U}Creature — Djinn
huge evasive beater that discounts instants and sorceries
Tolarian Terror
{6}{U}Creature — Serpent
cheap massive threat fueled by a full graveyard
Hullbreaker Horror
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken Horror
devastating control finisher whenever spells are cast
Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration
{3}{U}{U}Creature — Insect Horror // Creature — Eldrazi Insect
creates wizard tokens and buffs your board
Metallurgic Summonings
{3}{U}{U}Enchantment
makes construct tokens and can recur all spells
Octavia, Living Thesis
{8}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Elemental Octopus
turns small creatures or Zemo into an 8/8
Baral, Chief of Compliance
{1}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
discounts spells and loots when countering
Archmage Emeritus
{2}{U}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
draws cards on every instant or sorcery cast or copy
Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
{3}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
gives all instants and sorceries flashback
Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis
{3}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor // Enchantment — Saga
spellslinger value engine that transforms into a saga
Deekah, Fractal Theorist
{4}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
creates growing fractal tokens from cast spells
Wavebreak Hippocamp
{2}{U}Enchantment Creature — Horse Fish
draws cards when casting spells on opponent turns
Rise from the Tides
{5}{U}Sorcery
creates an army of zombies from a stocked graveyard
Candlekeep Inspiration
{4}{U}Sorcery
finishes games by massively buffing the entire board
Temporal Trespass
{8}{U}{U}{U}Sorcery
extra turn spell that can be cast free when Zemo grows
Karn's Temporal Sundering
{4}{U}{U}Legendary Sorcery
bounces a problem permanent and grants an extra turn
Alrund's Epiphany
{5}{U}{U}Sorcery
provides an extra turn and evasive bird tokens
Cryptic Serpent
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Serpent
two-mana 6/5 beater fueled by the graveyard
Utility
8 cards
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
gives Zemo haste and shroud to attack safely
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
grants haste and hexproof to protect the commander
Whispersilk Cloak
{3}Artifact — Equipment
makes Zemo unblockable to ensure attack triggers
Aqueous Form
{U}Enchantment — Aura
cheap aura that makes Zemo unblockable and scries
Blackblade Reforged
{2}Legendary Artifact — Equipment
drastically boosts Zemo's power to cast giant spells
Slip Out the Back
{U}Instant
phases Zemo out for protection and adds a +1/+1 counter
Winged Boots
{1}{U}Artifact — Equipment
grants flying and ward 4 for evasion and protection
Sword of Feast and Famine
{3}Artifact — Equipment
boosts power, provides evasion, and untaps all lands
