Art by Aurore Folny
Commander deckU
Jacob Hauken, Inspector // Hauken's Insight
Filter through your deck using Jacob Hauken's draw-and-exile ability to flip into Hauken's Insight, then cheat massive leviathans, sphinxes, and engines into play for free. Win through overwhelming combat damage with flying threats and card-draw-scaling creatures, supported by mass bounce board wipes.
Asked for“A blue deck for Jacob Hauken, Inspector, around $35. I like card draw, specially card draw engines. I don’t know win conditions, but could be related to the commander’s ability. If possible, creatures with flying. Need 4 or 5 board wipes(consider returning all permanents or creatures to hand as a board wipe). Please and thank you.”
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
1Jacob Hauken, Inspector // Hauken's Insight
1ULegendary Creature — Human Advisor // Legendary Enchantment
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
9
Card Draw
10
Archmage Emeritus
2UUCreature — Human Wizard
Draw engine on casting instant and sorcery spells
Reconnaissance Mission
2UUEnchantment
Turns evasive flying creatures into card draw engines
Bident of Thassa
2UULegendary Enchantment Artifact
Repeated draw engine whenever creatures deal combat damage
Curiosity Crafter
3UCreature — Bird Wizard
Evasive flyer draw engine for token creatures
Verity Circle
2UEnchantment
Budget engine that draws cards when opponents tap creatures
Well of Ideas
5UEnchantment
Huge card draw spell that is fantastic to cheat out for free
Removal
13
Whelming Wave
2UUSorcery
Board wipe bouncing all non-sea monsters while leaving big sea targets
Flood of Tears
4UUSorcery
Mass nonland permanent board wipe that lets you drop a target for free
River's Rebuke
4UUSorcery
One-sided mass bounce board wipe against a dangerous target
Threats/Wincons
23
Sphinx of the Second Sun
6UUCreature — Sphinx
Flying bomb cheat target that grants extra untap, upkeep, and draw steps
Windreader Sphinx
5UUCreature — Sphinx
Flying threat that draws cards whenever any flying creature attacks
Nezahal, Primal Tide
5UULegendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
Uncounterable big threat and card draw engine immune to removal
Stormtide Leviathan
5UUUCreature — Leviathan
Massive cheat-in win condition that stops non-flying attacks
Inkwell Leviathan
7UUArtifact Creature — Leviathan
Shroud, trample, and islandwalk make this a deadly cheat target
Diluvian Primordial
5UUCreature — Avatar
Flying threat that casts opponent spells from graveyards for free
Scourge of Fleets
5UUCreature — Kraken
Creature cheat target that acts as a land-scaled bounce wipe
Oneirophage
3UCreature — Squid Illusion
Flying creature that grows permanently with every card drawn
Psychosis Crawler
5Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Primary win condition that drains all opponents as you draw cards
Sphinx of Magosi
3UUUCreature — Sphinx
Flying threat that doubles as an activated card draw engine
Sphinx of Uthuun
5UUCreature — Sphinx
Flying creature that casts Fact or Fiction on entry
Murmuring Mystic
3UCreature — Human Wizard
Creates 1/1 flying Bird tokens when casting instant or sorcery spells
Talrand, Sky Summoner
2UULegendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Generates 2/2 flying Drake tokens whenever spells are cast
Spectral Sailor
UCreature — Spirit Pirate
Cheap evasive flyer with an extra mana-sink draw engine
Siren Stormtamer
UCreature — Siren Pirate Wizard
1-drop flyer that acts as cheap protection for your key permanents
Faerie Seer
UCreature — Faerie Wizard
Budget flying 1-drop that scries to smooth out draws
Dream Eater
4UUCreature — Nightmare Sphinx
Flash flying threat that surveils and bounces a problem permanent
Keiga, the Tide Star
5ULegendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
Flying threat that steals an opponent's creature when it dies
Serpent of Yawning Depths
4UUEnchantment Creature — Serpent
Makes big sea monsters unblockable for quick lethal strikes
Mind's Dilation
5UUEnchantment
Huge enchantment cheat target that plays opponents' cards for free
Artisan of Kozilek
9Creature — Eldrazi
Massive budget colorless cheat target with annihilator 2
Chancellor of the Spires
4UUUCreature — Phyrexian Sphinx
Flying beatstick that casts spells from opponent graveyards
Utility
7
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Gives Jacob Hauken haste and hexproof protection
Whispersilk Cloak
3Artifact — Equipment
Grants shroud and unblockable status to key threats
Wizard Class
UEnchantment — Class
Provides unlimited hand size, card draw, and turns draw into counters
Ominous Seas
1UEnchantment
Gains counters off card draw to quickly spawn 8/8 Kraken tokens
Proft's Eidetic Memory
1ULegendary Enchantment
Removes hand size max and pumps flying threats based on cards drawn
Triskaidekaphile
1UCreature — Human Wizard
Alternate win condition based on hand size plus repeatable draw engine
High Tide
UInstant
Burst blue mana turn to play expensive spells or activate abilities
