Art by Greg Staples
Commander deckBUW
Sen Triplets
Lock down opponents' mana, tax their actions, and steal their lands and spells directly from their boards and hands while grinding them out via mill and stax.
Asked for“land steal, land lock, control, mill, taxes”
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
1Sen Triplets
2WUBLegendary Artifact Creature — Human Wizard
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Fellwar Stone
2Artifact
cheap rock that often taps for opponents' colors to cast their spells
Card Draw
10
Esper Sentinel
WArtifact Creature — Human Soldier
early creature that taxes noncreature spells into card advantage
Notion Thief
2UBCreature — Human Rogue
steals opponents card draw and pairs brutally with Windfall
Baleful Strix
UBArtifact Creature — Bird
cantrip deathtouch blocker to deter early attackers
Removal
11
Threats/Wincons
23
Herald of Leshrac
6BCreature — Avatar
systematically steals opponents lands each upkeep
Agent of Treachery
5UUCreature — Human Rogue
enters and steals any permanent, including key lands
Volition Reins
3UUUEnchantment — Aura
steals any permanent and untaps it, including opponent lands
Confiscate
4UUEnchantment — Aura
permanent aura that steals any permanent on the board
Dream Leash
3UUEnchantment — Aura
steals tapped permanents, synergizing with your tap stax pieces
Winter Orb
2Artifact
hard land lock limiting players to untapping one land per turn
Static Orb
3Artifact
cripples untap steps for lands and permanents across the board
Hokori, Dust Drinker
2WWLegendary Creature — Spirit
creature-based Winter Orb effect to enforce mana starvation
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
2WULegendary Creature — Human Advisor
taxes opposing spells while discounting your control pieces
Smothering Tithe
3WEnchantment
taxes draws into insurmountable mana advantage under lock conditions
Blind Obedience
1WEnchantment
forces opponents lands and creatures to enter tapped with extort chip damage
Kismet
3WEnchantment
forces all opponent lands, creatures, and artifacts to enter tapped
Frozen Aether
3UEnchantment
blue parity breaker forcing opponent lands and permanents to enter tapped
Ghostly Prison
2WEnchantment
taxes creature attacks against you to preserve life total
Propaganda
2UEnchantment
discourages combat attacks under tight mana restrictions
Ruin Crab
UCreature — Crab
consistent incremental mill triggered by your land plays and stolen lands
Court of Cunning
1UUEnchantment
monarch card draw engine that mills opponents ten cards every turn
Maddening Cacophony
1USorcery
mills eight or halves all opponents libraries with kicker
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
1UUSorcery
exiles a huge chunk of opponents libraries based on mana values
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
2ULegendary Creature — Human Advisor
doubles all cards milled by your spells and triggers
Duskmantle Guildmage
UBCreature — Human Wizard
weaponizes mill into direct life drain and combos with Mindcrank
Utility
8
Telepathy
UEnchantment
reveals all opponents hands so Sen Triplets can plan optimal theft
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
gives Sen Triplets immediate shroud and protection
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
protects commander and key lock pieces with hexproof
Chromatic Lantern
3Artifact
lets your lands produce any color to cast stolen cards seamlessly
Strionic Resonator
2Artifact
copies upkeep triggers from Sen Triplets and Herald of Leshrac
Aura of Silence
1WWEnchantment
taxes opponent artifacts and enchantments and doubles as removal
Paradox Haze
2UEnchantment — Aura
grants a second upkeep to trigger Sen Triplets and Herald of Leshrac twice
