Art by Wesley Burt
Commander deckW
Mavinda, Students' Advocate
Cast cheap targeting cantrips and protection spells to buff your creatures and trigger heroic/magecraft, then recast them directly from your graveyard with Mavinda for overwhelming card advantage and lethal commander damage.
Asked for“Mavinda, EDH cantrip all star god. Protection, voltron, auras, cantrips and card draw. use prepared spellcreatures. Mono white cantrips.”
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
1Mavinda, Students' Advocate
2WLegendary Creature — Bird Advisor
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
9
Knight of the White Orchid
WWCreature — Human Knight
Tutors Plains directly into play
Card Draw
11
Niveous Wisps
WInstant
One-mana cantrip that taps or pseudo-untaps and cycles easily
Pressure Point
1WInstant
Taps a threat or targets your own creature to draw a card
Esper Sentinel
WArtifact Creature — Human Soldier
Taxing creature that draws cards when opponents cast noncreature spells
Sram, Senior Edificer
1WLegendary Creature — Dwarf Advisor
Draws cards when casting Auras or Equipment
Puresteel Paladin
WWCreature — Human Knight
Draws cards off equipment and zeroes equip costs
Removal
10
Winds of Abandon
1WSorcery
Flexible one-sided creature board wipe or targeted exile
Single Combat
3WWSorcery
Board wipe that leaves your Voltron threat standing alone
Threats/Wincons
20
Monastery Mentor
2WCreature — Human Monk
Spits out prowess Monk tokens from every cheap spell
Leonin Lightscribe
1WCreature — Cat Cleric
Magecraft anthem that turns cantrips into massive team buffs
Clever Lumimancer
WCreature — Human Wizard
Rapidly growing threat off cheap instants and sorceries
Illuminator Virtuoso
1WCreature — Human Rogue
Double striker that connives each time you target it
Favored Hoplite
WCreature — Human Soldier
Heroic one-drop that grows and prevents combat damage
Phalanx Leader
WWCreature — Human Soldier
Spreads +1/+1 counters to the whole team when targeted
Lagonna-Band Trailblazer
WCreature — Centaur Scout
Hard-to-kill heroic creature that quickly scales in power
Vanguard of Brimaz
WWCreature — Cat Soldier
Creates vigilant Cat Soldier tokens on targeted spells
Fencing Ace
1WCreature — Human Soldier
Double strike base for massive aura and buff damage
Twinblade Geist // Twinblade Invocation
1WCreature — Spirit Warrior // Enchantment — Aura
Double striker that returns as an aura buff from the yard
Kor Spiritdancer
1WCreature — Kor Wizard
Grows massive from Auras while drawing cards
Danitha Capashen, Paragon
2WLegendary Creature — Human Knight
Discounts Auras and Equipment while having great combat keywords
Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms
2WWLegendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Grants double strike and re-equips freely
Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
2WLegendary Creature — Kor Scout
Attaches all equipment and auras to your primary threat for free
Show of Confidence
1WInstant
Puts counters on creatures and replicates off storm counts
All That Glitters
1WEnchantment — Aura
Huge power boost from artifacts and enchantments
Ethereal Armor
WEnchantment — Aura
Cheap aura granting first strike and scaling power
Daybreak Coronet
WWEnchantment — Aura
Massive stat and keyword boost for an already-enchanted creature
Unquestioned Authority
2WEnchantment — Aura
Draws a card and gives complete protection from creatures
Sage's Reverie
3WEnchantment — Aura
Aura that scales power and draws cards for each attached aura
Utility
12
Brave the Elements
WInstant
Protects your entire white team or provides unblockable alpha strikes
Ephemerate
WInstant
Rebounds to protect or reset your creatures, recastable by Mavinda
Justiciar's Portal
1WInstant
Blinks a creature and gives first strike, eligible for Mavinda
Giver of Runes
WCreature — Kor Cleric
Flexible protection against any color or colorless threats
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Haste and hexproof for the commander or primary threat
Sevinne's Reclamation
2WSorcery
Recurs key cheap creatures, enchantments, or lands
