Art by Chris Rahn
Commander deckBUW
Tivit, Seller of Secrets
A reactive Esper control deck leveraging Tivit's Clue and Treasure generation as a flexible resource engine. Soft prison pieces slow opponents while blink effects, artifact payoffs, and interaction yield a decision-rich path to late-game victory without relying on deterministic infinite combos.
Asked for“Build a Tivit, Seller of Secrets Commander deck targeting official Bracket 3 (Upgraded), not Bracket 4 or cEDH. Build Esper control/toolbox with soft Stax/prison elements. Prioritize high piloting complexity, reactive gameplay, flexible answers, threat assessment, and meaningful choices over a linear game plan. Use Tivit's Clue/Treasure generation as a resource engine. Include strong interaction, counterspells, removal, board wipes, protection, and versatile answers. Avoid hard locks, mass land denial, early infinite combos, repeated extra turns, and cEDH optimization. Do not include Time Sieve. Keep tutors and Game Changers within B3 limits. Include clear ways to win after establishing control, but don't make deterministic combos the primary plan. Optimize for decision-making and replayability, not maximum power.”
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
1Tivit, Seller of Secrets
3WUBLegendary Creature — Sphinx Rogue
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Card Draw
10
Esper Sentinel
WArtifact Creature — Human Soldier
early taxing engine that draws cards
Frantic Search
2UInstant
filters cards at instant speed while remaining mana-neutral
Removal
12
Threats/Wincons
20
Marionette Master
4BBCreature — Human Artificer
turns sacrifice of Clues and Treasures into massive lifeloss
Cyberdrive Awakener
5UArtifact Creature — Construct
animates all Clues and Treasures into lethal flying attackers
Rise and Shine
1USorcery
overloads to turn all tokens into permanent 4/4 elemental attackers
Mechanized Production
2UUEnchantment — Aura
alternate win condition paired with Tivit artifact generation
Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
4UBLegendary Planeswalker — Tezzeret
affinity finisher that drains opponents based on artifact count
Mirkwood Bats
3BCreature — Bat
burns opponents whenever tokens are created or sacrificed
Agent of Treachery
5UUCreature — Human Rogue
steals key opponent threats and provides card advantage when flickered
Expropriate
7UUSorcery
voting spell that swings the game through extra turns or permanent control
Inkshield
3WBInstant
blowout combat trick generating a lethal army of Inkling tokens
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
4WLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
doubles Tivit ETB triggers while shutting off opponents ETBs
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
3ULegendary Enchantment Creature — God
repeatable end-step flicker for Tivit and ETB value creatures
Soulherder
1WUCreature — Spirit
grows large while flickered ETB creatures generate endless value
Displacer Kitten
3UCreature — Cat Beast
triggers Tivit ETB whenever noncreature spells are cast
Kambal, Consul of Allocation
1WBLegendary Creature — Human Advisor
drains opponents for casting noncreature spells
Monastery Mentor
2WCreature — Human Monk
creates an escalating army of Monk tokens from reactive spells
Archon of Cruelty
6BBCreature — Archon
formidable high-end threat to close games via attack and flicker triggers
Shark Typhoon
5UEnchantment
cycles for uncounterable flying threats or creates tokens on spell casts
Kaito Shizuki
1UBLegendary Planeswalker — Kaito
provides steady card draw and unblockable pressure
Sphinx of the Second Sun
6UUCreature — Sphinx
grants extra postcombat main phase and card draw step
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
punishes opponent draws while sustaining life total
Utility
10
Academy Manufactor
3Artifact Creature — Assembly-Worker
triples token output into Clues, Treasures, and Food on every Tivit vote
Illusion of Choice
UInstant
forces voting outcomes to maximize Treasures or Clues
Blind Obedience
1WEnchantment
soft stax piece slowing hasty threats while extorting excess mana
Smothering Tithe
3WEnchantment
punishes enemy card draw with passive Treasure generation
Teferi's Protection
2WInstant
ultimate defensive phase-out against board wipes and lethal damage
Wishclaw Talisman
1BArtifact
flexible tutor that synergizes with voting and bouncing dynamics
Teleportation Circle
3WEnchantment
end-step flicker engine to generate free tokens every turn
