Art by Anthony Devine
Commander deckU
Leader, Super-Genius
Supercharge Leader's connive replacement ability by drawing two cards and discarding one each combat, growing your creatures with +1/+1 counters while generating overwhelming card advantage. Leverage draw-trigger payoffs, discard synergies, and unblockable counter-fueled threats to close out the game.
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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
1Leader, Super-Genius
2UULegendary Creature — Gamma Scientist Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Thought Vessel
2Artifact
ramp that eliminates hand size limits with massive card draw
Sapphire Medallion
2Artifact
reduces the cost of all blue spells across the board
Liquimetal Torque
2Artifact
two-mana ramp that provides artifact utility synergies
Midnight Clock
2UArtifact
mana rock that refills the hand and resets the graveyard
Card Draw
10
Rhystic Study
2UEnchantment
commander staple tax engine yielding massive card draw
Mystic Remora
UEnchantment
early game powerhouse draw against noncreature spells
Ledger Shredder
1UCreature — Bird Advisor
connives from opponents casting spells to trigger Leader's replacement effect
Frantic Search
2UInstant
free loot spell that digs deep and fuels graveyard synergies
Tolarian Winds
1UInstant
discards your hand to draw equal cards, triggering multiple draw effects
Removal
10
Fierce Guardianship
2UInstant
free counterspell to protect Leader from spot removal
Threats/Wincons
22
Chasm Skulker
2UCreature — Squid Horror
amasses +1/+1 counters on draw and leaves behind an army of squids
The Watcher in the Water
3UULegendary Creature — Kraken
creates tentacles on extra card draws to lock down attackers
Ominous Seas
1UEnchantment
rapidly creates 8/8 Kraken tokens off extra draws from conniving
Toothy, Imaginary Friend
3ULegendary Creature — Illusion
grows huge on draws and guarantees immense card draw if removed
Faerie Vandal
1UCreature — Faerie Rogue
flying threat that naturally gains +1/+1 counters from extra draws
Nadir Kraken
1UUCreature — Kraken
makes tentacles and grows whenever you draw extra cards
Alandra, Sky Dreamer
2UULegendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
produces drakes from drawing cards and buffs the team into a win
Minn, Wily Illusionist
1UULegendary Creature — Gnome Wizard
generates growing illusions on extra draws that cheat permanents into play
Herald of Secret Streams
3UCreature — Merfolk Warrior
makes all your connived creatures with +1/+1 counters unblockable
Psychosis Crawler
5Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
burns the entire table each time you draw from conniving
Oneirophage
3UCreature — Squid Illusion
flying beater that gets massive counters from frequent card draw
Body of Knowledge
3UUCreature — Avatar
size scales with hand size and draws more cards when dealt damage
Jace's Projection
2UUCreature — Wizard Illusion
grows +1/+1 counters whenever you draw cards to push damage
Triskaidekaphile
1UCreature — Human Wizard
alternate win condition enabled by massive hand sizes
Haughty Djinn
1UUCreature — Djinn
discounts instants and sorceries while swinging hard in the air
Murmuring Mystic
3UCreature — Human Wizard
fills the sky with bird illusions from casting cantrips and answers
Talrand, Sky Summoner
2UULegendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
produces 2/2 flying drakes from your plentiful spell suite
Walking Ballista
XXArtifact Creature — Construct
turns connived +1/+1 counters directly into spot removal or burn
Hangarback Walker
XXArtifact Creature — Construct
grows with counters and replaces itself with thopters upon death
Thassa, God of the Sea
2ULegendary Enchantment Creature — God
indestructible scry engine that makes tall connive threats unblockable
Laboratory Maniac
2UCreature — Human Wizard
reliable win condition when drawing through the entire library
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
1UUULegendary Planeswalker — Jace
draw engine and secondary empty-library win condition
Utility
10
Security Bypass
1UEnchantment — Aura
makes a creature unblockable and triggers additional connive triggers on hit
The Ozolith
1Legendary Artifact
preserves all connive +1/+1 counters across your battlefield
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
provides hexproof protection and haste for Leader
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
shroud and free haste enables immediate combat connive triggers
Proft's Eidetic Memory
1ULegendary Enchantment
unlimited hand size and distributes extra counters on combat based on cards drawn
Wizard Class
UEnchantment — Class
removes hand size limit and distributes +1/+1 counters upon drawing
Teferi's Ageless Insight
2UULegendary Enchantment
doubles all non-first card draws, supercharging connive triggers
Currency Converter
1Artifact
converts connived discards into treasure mana or rogue creature tokens
Wonder
3UCreature — Incarnation
discarded into the graveyard to grant all creatures evasion
