Art by Lucas Graciano
Commander deckUW
Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
Lock down the board with stifling taxes and repeated board wipes while filling opponents' hands, ultimately winning through group-hug draw punishment and alternate win conditions.
Asked for“taxes,control,boardwipes, more taxes, group hug wincons”
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
1Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
WULegendary Creature — Rabbit Wizard
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Smothering Tithe
3WEnchantment
taxes opponent card draw into massive treasure production
Card Draw
10
Esper Sentinel
WArtifact Creature — Human Soldier
taxes opponents' first noncreature spells for cards
Faerie Mastermind
1UCreature — Faerie Rogue
draws cards whenever opponents draw extra cards
Folio of Fancies
1UArtifact — Book
symmetrical draw engine that doubles as a mill wincon
Howling Mine
2Artifact
classic group hug draw engine to trigger hand-size wincons
Removal
14
Threats/Wincons
21
Approach of the Second Sun
6WSorcery
alternate win condition enabled by massive card draw
Psychosis Crawler
5Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
drains all opponents whenever you draw cards
Triskaidekaphile
1UCreature — Human Wizard
alternate win condition for holding thirteen cards
Viseling
4Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Construct
punishes opponents for holding large hands
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
2WULegendary Creature — Human Advisor
taxes all opponents while discounting your own spells
Thalia, Heretic Cathar
2WLegendary Creature — Human Soldier
taxes opposing creatures and nonbasic lands by entering tapped
Archon of Emeria
2WCreature — Archon
slows spell velocity to one per turn and taxes nonbasics
Drannith Magistrate
1WCreature — Human Wizard
locks opponents out of casting spells from command zones or exile
Ghostly Prison
2WEnchantment
pillowfort tax requiring mana per attacking creature
Sphere of Safety
4WEnchantment
scales attack taxes out of reach using your enchantments
Baird, Steward of Argive
2WWLegendary Creature — Human Soldier
additional tax on incoming attackers
Narset, Parter of Veils
1UULegendary Planeswalker — Narset
breaks parity by cutting off opponents' extra draws
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
1UUULegendary Planeswalker — Jace
alternate win condition if you empty your library
Laboratory Maniac
2UCreature — Human Wizard
redundant win condition when self-milling via hyper-draw
The Council of Four
3WULegendary Creature — Human Noble
rewards drawing and casting with cards and board presence
Utility
7
Teferi's Protection
2WInstant
ultimate defensive phase-out against board wipes and lethal swings
Venser's Journal
5Artifact — Book
removes hand limit and generates huge life totals
Aura of Silence
1WWEnchantment
taxes opposing artifacts and enchantments with instant removal utility
Blind Obedience
1WEnchantment
forces opposing artifacts and creatures to enter tapped with extort drain
Rule of Law
2WEnchantment
restricts all players to one spell per turn to halt explosive plays
Anointed Peacekeeper
2WCreature — Human Cleric
taxes named threats and commander activations
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
provides hexproof and haste for key utility creatures
