Art by Caio Monteiro
Commander deckBGU
Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer
Generate value by casting face-down cards for free, then use flicker effects like Cloudshift or Ephemerate to turn high-mana-value permanents face-up without paying their costs.
Asked for“a 5 color deck. focus on manifest、morph, to put big mana value permanents face-down, then use cloud shift spell to put them into play face-up.”
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 · 61 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
1Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer
1BGULegendary Creature — Snake Wizard Sorcerer
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
12
Card Draw
9
Illusionist's Stratagem
3UInstant
Blinks two creatures to flip them while also replacing itself in hand.
Removal
6
Bane of Progress
4GGCreature — Elemental
Cleaning the board of artifacts/enchantments
Icefeather Aven
GUCreature — Bird Shaman
Synergizes with Kadena for free casts and provides versatile bounce removal.
Reality Shift
1UInstant
Exiles an opponent's threat while fitting the manifest theme of the deck.
Threats/Wincons
24
Vesuvan Shapeshifter
3UUCreature — Shapeshifter
Brine Elemental lock piece and morph utility
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
10Legendary Creature — Eldrazi
Insane target to flicker after manifesting
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
10Legendary Creature — Eldrazi
High mana value permanent to manifest
Blightsteel Colossus
12Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem
The scariest target to flip up
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
8UULegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Opponent hand destruction if flipped up
Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
6GGLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Mana doubling when flipped
Ugin, the Ineffable
6Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin
Reduces costs and manifests from deck
Gift of Doom
4BEnchantment — Aura
Can be cast face-down for free with Kadena and protects key high-value creatures.
Utility
10
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
3ULegendary Enchantment Creature — God
Repeatable end-step flicker engine
Deadeye Navigator
4UUCreature — Spirit
Repeatedly blinks face-down cards to return them face-up as their front side.
Displace
2UInstant
Blinks up to two creatures, turning face-down permanents into their true face-up form.
Ghostly Flicker
2UInstant
Efficiently resets face-down cards to their powerful face-up states.
Planar Incision
1UInstant
Low-cost blink spell that works within Sultai colors to flip manifest cards.
Essence Flux
UInstant
The most efficient single-mana blink spell available in blue.
