Art by Charles Chaisson
Commander deckU
Nyota Uhura, Communications
Blink and clone Nyota Uhura to cover multiple common mana values and generate massive card advantage, converting high card velocity into lethal threats.
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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
1Nyota Uhura, Communications
2ULegendary Creature — Human Officer
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Card Draw
10
Archmage Emeritus
2UUCreature — Human Wizard
Draws off every instant and sorcery cast
Teferi's Ageless Insight
2UULegendary Enchantment
Doubles every card drawn from Uhura and spells
Removal
11
Threats/Wincons
23
Psychosis Crawler
5Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Drains the table whenever you draw cards
Chasm Skulker
2UCreature — Squid Horror
Grows rapidly and leaves a massive army behind
Triskaidekaphile
1UCreature — Human Wizard
Alternate win condition fueled by large hands
Laboratory Maniac
2UCreature — Human Wizard
Safety valve win condition for drawing the entire deck
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
1UUULegendary Planeswalker — Jace
Planeswalker win condition for empty library
Talrand, Sky Summoner
2UULegendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Spits out 2/2 Drakes for playing interaction
Nadir Kraken
1UUCreature — Kraken
Generates Tentacle tokens and grows on card draw
Hullbreaker Horror
5UUCreature — Kraken Horror
Devastating control engine that locks out games
Nezahal, Primal Tide
5UULegendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
Hard-to-remove beater that draws off opponents
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
5UULegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Counters opponents' spells and copies your own
Consecrated Sphinx
4UUCreature — Sphinx
Snowballs overwhelming card advantage off enemy draws
Deadeye Navigator
4UUCreature — Spirit
Repeatable blink to reset Uhura's chosen number
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
3ULegendary Enchantment Creature — God
Blinks Uhura on each of your end steps
Irenicus's Vile Duplication
3USorcery
Creates a flying copy of Uhura with a new number
Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
3ULegendary Creature — Human Rogue
Ignores legend rule to double up on Uhura triggers
Roaming Throne
4Artifact Creature — Golem
Doubles all Officer trigger draws from Uhura
Proft's Eidetic Memory
1ULegendary Enchantment
Removes hand size and turns draws into creature buffs
Alandra, Sky Dreamer
2UULegendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Creates Drakes and buffs the team on multiple draws
Minn, Wily Illusionist
1UULegendary Creature — Gnome Wizard
Spawns scaling Illusions and cheats permanents into play
Utility
8
Displacer Kitten
3UCreature — Cat Beast
Blinks Uhura repeatedly off noncreature spells
Ghostly Flicker
2UInstant
Instant-speed flicker to change Uhura's number reactively
Teferi's Time Twist
1UInstant
Saves Uhura from removal and re-enters with a new number
