Art by Olivier Bernard
Saved commander deck
Ruric Thar, Biomagus
Cast cheap noncreature spells and cantrips to trigger Ruric Thar's double prowess for massive flying commander damage while punishing opponents' removal with card draw.
Prompt: Ruric Thar, Biomagus commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Ruric Thar, Biomagus
{4}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Ogre Crab Wizard
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Wayfarer's Bauble
{1}Artifact
Puts an extra basic land directly onto the battlefield
Midnight Clock
{2}{U}Artifact
Ramps and refills the hand after churning through spells
Card Draw
10 cards
Frantic Search
{2}{U}Instant
Free spell velocity that triggers double prowess for zero net mana
Archmage Emeritus
{2}{U}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
Draws a card on every instant and sorcery cast
Wavebreak Hippocamp
{2}{U}Enchantment Creature — Horse Fish
Draws extra cards when casting spells on opponents' turns
Removal
10 cards
Resculpt
{1}{U}Instant
Exiles problematic creatures or artifacts at instant speed
An Offer You Can't Refuse
{U}Instant
Efficient interaction against noncreature spells
Threats/Wincons
22 cards
Talrand, Sky Summoner
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Floods the board with flying drakes off cantrips
Murmuring Mystic
{3}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
Spawns flying Bird Illusion tokens
Poppet Stitcher // Poppet Factory
{2}{U}Creature — Human Wizard // Artifact
Generates disposable bodies that transform into 3/3 beaters
Haughty Djinn
{1}{U}{U}Creature — Djinn
Reduces spell costs and grows massive from spent cantrips
Tolarian Terror
{6}{U}Creature — Serpent
Massive beater cast for as little as a single blue mana
Metallurgic Summonings
{3}{U}{U}Enchantment
Constructs an army scaled to spell mana values and buys them back
Shark Typhoon
{5}{U}Enchantment
Makes huge flying sharks off every noncreature spell cast
Hullbreaker Horror
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken Horror
Dominant spell-slinger finisher that bounces enemy boards
Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
{3}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Grants flashback to all spells to continuously chain prowess
Baral, Chief of Compliance
{1}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Cost reducer and loot engine on counterspells
Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration
{3}{U}{U}Creature — Insect Horror // Creature — Eldrazi Insect
Generates Wizards and flips to pump the entire team
Deekah, Fractal Theorist
{4}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Spawns scaling Fractal tokens whenever spells are cast
Stormwing Entity
{3}{U}{U}Creature — Elemental
Cheap prowess flying threat that scries on entry
Niblis of Frost
{2}{U}{U}Creature — Spirit
Taps down opposing blockers or attackers on spellcast
Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror
{1}{U}Creature — Horror // Creature — Kraken Horror
Bounces non-Horror creatures and attacks as a 7/8
Cryptic Serpent
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Serpent
Under-costed beefy threat in a spell-heavy deck
Octavia, Living Thesis
{8}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Elemental Octopus
Turns commander or tokens into base 8/8 powerhouses
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
{5}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Doubles your spells while countering opponents' first artifacts, instants, or sorceries
Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
{2}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Recurs complementary spell types out of the graveyard
Snapcaster Mage
{1}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
Rebuys critical spells while leaving a body
Guile
{3}{U}{U}{U}Creature — Elemental Incarnation
Massive unblockable-leaning threat that steals countered spells
Nezahal, Primal Tide
{5}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
Card-drawing, hard-to-remove behemoth
Utility
10 cards
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Gives haste to swing immediately with pumped commander
Slip Out the Back
{U}Instant
Phases commander out while adding a permanent +1/+1 counter
Shore Up
{U}Instant
Untaps commander, grants hexproof, and triggers double prowess
Shadowspear
{1}Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Gives trample and lifelink to push commander damage through
Winged Boots
{1}{U}Artifact — Equipment
Provides ward 4 protection to heavily tax targeted removal
Whispersilk Cloak
{3}Artifact — Equipment
Ensures the pumped commander can attack unblocked and safely
Isochron Scepter
{2}Artifact
Imprints a cantrip or counterspell for repeated prowess triggers
Aqueous Form
{U}Enchantment — Aura
Makes Ruric Thar unblockable and repeatedly scries
