Art by Victor Adame Minguez
Saved commander deck
Maelstrom Wanderer
Harness the power of cascade by casting massive spells for free, then using bounce engines and self-bounce effects like Ingenuity Engine, Temur Sabertooth, and Crystal Shard to return your cascade threats to hand and cast them again.
Prompt: i want a deck that relies on the cascade ability and returning cards to my hand to replay or exile and return to the battlefield so abilites can retrigger the card i really liked was ingenuity engine and any cards that are like cascade
Commander
1 cards
Maelstrom Wanderer
{5}{G}{U}{R}Legendary Creature — Elemental
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
13 cards
Sol Ring
{1}Artifact
Essential mana acceleration to cast high-cost cascade spells early
Nature's Lore
{1}{G}Sorcery
Grabs forests untapped to accelerate casting the commander
Skyshroud Claim
{3}{G}Sorcery
Jumps from four to six mana with two untapped forests
Somberwald Sage
{2}{G}Creature — Human Druid
Produces three mana specifically for creature casting
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
{1}{G}{G}Legendary Creature — Elf Scout
Taps for massive mana based on large cascade creatures
Coiling Oracle
{G}{U}Creature — Snake Elf Druid
Cheap ETB creature that ramps or draws cards when bounced
Wood Elves
{2}{G}Creature — Elf Scout
Searches forest to battlefield untapped and works great with bounce engines
Blinkmoth Urn
{5}Artifact
Provides mana and artifact fuel for Ingenuity Engine activations
Card Draw
10 cards
Rhystic Study
{2}{U}Enchantment
Continuous card advantage off opponent spellcasts
Garruk's Uprising
{2}{G}Enchantment
Draws on ETB for big creatures and grants trample to the board
Elemental Bond
{2}{G}Enchantment
Draws cards whenever heavy cascade creatures enter the battlefield
Rishkar's Expertise
{4}{G}{G}Sorcery
Draws cards equal to highest power and casts a free spell
Greater Good
{2}{G}{G}Enchantment
Sacrifice outlet to draw cards and send Wanderer back to command zone
Return of the Wildspeaker
{4}{G}Instant
Burst card draw based on the commander's seven power
Shamanic Revelation
{3}{G}{G}Sorcery
Replenishes hand after cascading out a wide creature board
Mulldrifter
{4}{U}Creature — Elemental
Great card draw target for bounce, blink, and cascade hits
Consecrated Sphinx
{4}{U}{U}Creature — Sphinx
High-impact card draw creature that runs away with the game
Removal
12 cards
Beast Within
{2}{G}Instant
Unconditional permanent removal hitting anything cascade hits
Cyclonic Rift
{1}{U}Instant
One-sided mass board wipe that can be cast or cascaded into
Blasphemous Act
{8}{R}Sorcery
Cheap board sweeper to reset dangerous enemy creature boards
Imprisoned in the Moon
{2}{U}Enchantment — Aura
Neutralizes problematic commanders or lands permanently
Song of the Dryads
{2}{G}Enchantment — Aura
Turns any threatening permanent into a harmless colorless land
Abrade
{1}{R}Instant
Flexible early removal for small threats or problem artifacts
Nature's Claim
{G}Instant
Extremely efficient instant artifact or enchantment removal
Forceful Denial
{3}{U}{U}Instant
Counterspell with cascade that protects your board while advancing it
Delayed Blast Fireball
{1}{R}{R}Instant
One-sided wipe that deals massive damage when cast via cascade
Kogla, the Titan Ape
{3}{G}{G}{G}Legendary Creature — Ape
Fights on entry, removes artifacts/enchantments, and bounces humans
Threats/Wincons
16 cards
Ingenuity Engine
{7}Artifact
Cascades on entry and self-bounces by sacrificing artifacts to cast again
Apex Devastator
{8}{G}{G}Creature — Chimera Hydra
Quadruple cascade bomb that floods the battlefield instantly
Sweet-Gum Recluse
{4}{G}{G}Creature — Spider
Cascade threat that dishes out +1/+1 counters to entering creatures
Bloodbraid Elf
{2}{R}{G}Creature — Elf Berserker
Fast, hasty cascade creature that digs for ramp or bounce pieces
Shardless Agent
{1}{G}{U}Artifact Creature — Human Rogue
Low-cost cascade that consistently hits early ramp or removal
Etherium-Horn Sorcerer
{4}{U}{R}Artifact Creature — Minotaur Wizard Sorcerer
Cascades on cast and self-bounces for repeated cascade value
Boarding Party
{5}{R}Creature — Human Pirate
Aggressive cascade creature that hits hard alongside Maelstrom Wanderer
Annoyed Altisaur
{5}{G}{G}Creature — Dinosaur
Hefty reach and trample body that cascades into mid-tier spells
Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
{3}{G}{U}Legendary Creature — Snake Druid
Gives every high-mana spell in the deck cascade
Averna, the Chaos Bloom
{G}{U}{R}Legendary Creature — Elemental Shaman
Puts any revealed lands from cascade onto the battlefield
Aurora Phoenix
{4}{R}{R}Creature — Phoenix
Flying cascade threat that returns to hand when high-cost spells are cast
Passionate Archaeologist
{1}{R}Legendary Enchantment — Background
Deals direct damage to opponents whenever casting from exile with cascade
Thragtusk
{4}{G}Creature — Beast
Provides life and leaves tokens when bounced or blinked
Zealous Conscripts
{4}{R}Creature — Human Warrior
Steals any permanent on entry and creates potent combat swings
Terror of the Peaks
{3}{R}{R}Creature — Dragon
Deals damage whenever cascade creatures enter the battlefield
Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
{5}{R}{R}Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur // Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Elder Dinosaur
Pseudo-cascade ETB that steals spells from every player's library
Utility
10 cards
Wild-Magic Sorcerer
{3}{R}Creature — Orc Shaman Sorcerer
Gives the first spell cast from exile each turn cascade
Temur Sabertooth
{2}{G}{G}Creature — Cat
Bounces cascade creatures back to hand to cast them again
Crystal Shard
{3}Artifact
Cheaply bounces Maelstrom Wanderer or cascade creatures back to hand
Erratic Portal
{4}Artifact
Repeatable artifact engine to bounce your own cascade threats
Cloudstone Curio
{3}Artifact
Bounces a creature whenever another enters to chain cascade casts
Deadeye Navigator
{4}{U}{U}Creature — Spirit
Blinks utility creatures repeatedly to trigger their enters-the-battlefield abilities
Eternal Witness
{1}{G}{G}Creature — Human Shaman
Returns key bounce or cascade pieces from the graveyard
Displacer Kitten
{3}{U}Creature — Cat Beast
Blinks permanents whenever noncreature spells are cast or cascaded
Sunbird's Invocation
{5}{R}Enchantment
Provides cascade-like triggers for every spell cast from hand
Heroic Intervention
{1}{G}Instant
Protects your entire board of cascaded threats from destruction
