Art by Jesper Ejsing
Commander deckBRU
Obeka, Brute Chronologist
Deploy symmetrical punishment engines and end-step hazards, then use Obeka to end your turn with harmful triggers on the stack to bypass downsides while opponents suffer the full chaos.
Asked for“Build a budget Commander deck around Obeka, Brute Chronologist with a “Controlled Chaos” theme. Every card must cost US$1.50 or less, excluding basic lands. Focus on enchantments, creatures, and permanents that trigger at each player’s end step and cause harmful effects such as damage, sacrifice, discard, life loss, forced choices, or resource denial. The chaos should hurt everyone, but my deck should have ways to avoid, cancel, exploit, or survive those effects through Obeka, timing tricks, counterspells, and asymmetrical effects. Include Grixis ramp, card draw, interaction, blue counterspells, and strong protection for Obeka: phasing, hexproof, indestructible, bounce, blink, or similar effects. Obeka should stay alive and enable the strategy, but she should NOT attack or be combat-focused. Include global debuff creatures and end-step engines. Add useful Orcs if they synergize, but do not force tribal. Prioritize repeatable synergy over random chaos.”
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
1Obeka, Brute Chronologist
1UBRLegendary Creature — Ogre Wizard
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Card Draw
10
Ideas Unbound
UUSorcery — Arcane
Draw three for two mana and exile the end-step discard trigger with Obeka
Stormfist Crusader
BRCreature — Human Knight
Symmetrical card advantage with steady life loss for everyone
Spiteful Visions
2BRBREnchantment
Additional card draw that punishes each player for drawing
Hostile Negotiations
3BInstant
Forced choice card draw that fills hand and graveyard
Removal
10
Bedevil
BBRInstant
Flexible removal targeting creatures, artifacts, or planeswalkers
Threats/Wincons
24
Glorious End
2RInstant
Casts as an emergency fog or counter, then Obeka exiles the lose-game trigger
Alchemist's Gambit
1RRSorcery
Take an extra turn and exile the lose-game trigger on the following end step
Zara, Renegade Recruiter
3URLegendary Creature — Human Pirate
Steals opponent creatures from hand; exile the end-step return trigger to keep them
Feldon of the Third Path
1RRLegendary Creature — Human Artificer
Creates reanimated artifact tokens and keeps them permanently via Obeka
Flameshadow Conjuring
3REnchantment
Duplicates creatures and exiles the sacrifice trigger at end step
Apprentice Necromancer
1BCreature — Zombie Wizard
Reanimates a creature with haste and cancels the end-step sacrifice
Puppeteer Clique
3BBCreature — Faerie Wizard
Steals opposing creatures from graveyards permanently by exiling the exile trigger
Sedris, the Traitor King
3UBRLegendary Creature — Zombie Warrior
Grants unearth to graveyard creatures and lets you keep them via Obeka
Descent into Avernus
2REnchantment
Chaotic damage and treasure engine that speeds up game clocks
Sire of Insanity
4BRCreature — Demon
Forces discard each end step; end your turn to retain cards while opponents lose hands
Court of Ambition
2BBEnchantment
Introduces the monarch and punishes opponents with discards and life loss
Torment of Scarabs
3BEnchantment — Aura Curse
Forces an opponent into miserable resource attrition each upkeep
Painful Quandary
3BBEnchantment
Heavy resource denial punishing every spell opponents cast
Underworld Dreams
BBBEnchantment
Sustained life loss punishing opponents for drawing cards
Kaervek, the Spiteful
2BBLegendary Creature — Human Warlock
Global debuff creature that shrinks and clears opposing token swarms
Mayhem Devil
1BRCreature — Devil
Weaponizes all player sacrifices from chaotic resource denial
Tectonic Giant
2RRCreature — Elemental Giant
Deals massive table-wide burn or provides exile card advantage
Gruesome Encore
2BSorcery
Steals opponent graveyard creature and keeps it permanently with Obeka
Macabre Mockery
2BRInstant
Instant-speed reanimation of opponent threats without having to exile them
Identity Thief
2UUCreature — Shapeshifter
Exiles an opposing threat and keeps it permanently in exile by ending the turn
Mishra, Eminent One
2UBRLegendary Creature — Human Artificer
Makes Warform copies of noncreature artifacts and exiles the sacrifice trigger
Rakdos, the Showstopper
4BRLegendary Creature — Demon
Chaotic high-impact board wipe creature with a demonic body
Jaxis, the Troublemaker
3RLegendary Creature — Human Warrior
Copies creatures and bypasses the end-step sacrifice trigger using Obeka
Grixis Charm
UBRInstant
Versatile chaos tool offering bounce, removal, or a team buff
Utility
8
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Grants Obeka hexproof and immediate tap availability
Clout of the Dominus
UREnchantment — Aura
Gives Obeka shroud and haste for just one mana
Lazotep Plating
1UInstant
Grants hexproof to you and your permanents at instant speed
Slip Out the Back
UInstant
Phases Obeka out to dodge any board wipe or targeted spell
Kelpie Guide
2UCreature — Beast
Untaps Obeka to enable multiple turn-ending tricks
Clever Conjurer
2UCreature — Gnome Wizard
Untap utility to ready Obeka during your turn
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
2UCreature — Human Cleric
Repeatable untapper for Obeka with cycling flexibility
Crashing Drawbridge
2Artifact Creature — Wall
Gives Obeka immediate tap readiness the turn she enters
