Art by Borja Pindado
Commander deckRU
Tom Paris, Risk-Taker
Trigger Tom Paris's ability by consistently drawing a second card each turn to grant your board flying, double strike, vigilance, and haste, overwhelming opponents with an evasive swarm of tokens and efficient creatures.
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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
1Tom Paris, Risk-Taker
4URLegendary Creature — Human Pilot
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Midnight Clock
2UArtifact
Mana rock that eventually resets hand with seven fresh cards
Card Draw
14
Brainstorm
UInstant
Instantly triggers draw-two on any player's turn for one mana
Consider
UInstant
Instant-speed card filtering that easily fulfills the draw requirement
Thirst for Knowledge
2UInstant
Instant-speed draw three to trigger Paris on an opponent's turn
Archmage Emeritus
2UUCreature — Human Wizard
Turns every instant and sorcery into card draw
Faerie Mastermind
1UCreature — Faerie Rogue
Draws cards off opponent draws and acts as a mana sink
Ledger Shredder
1UCreature — Bird Advisor
Connives frequently on opponents' turns to satisfy draw conditions
Rhystic Study
2UEnchantment
Taxes opponents and effortlessly draws cards on their turns
Teferi's Ageless Insight
2UULegendary Enchantment
Doubles all non-first card draws to ensure constant triggers
Removal
10
Threats/Wincons
22
The Locust God
4URLegendary Creature — God
Generates flying insect tokens whenever you draw cards
Young Pyromancer
1RCreature — Human Shaman
Floods the board with 1/1 tokens to benefit from double strike
Third Path Iconoclast
URCreature — Human Monk
Creates artifact tokens from virtually every noncreature spell
Talrand, Sky Summoner
2UULegendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Creates 2/2 Drakes that hit devastatingly hard with double strike
Murmuring Mystic
3UCreature — Human Wizard
Creates evasive bird tokens from casting spells
Irencrag Pyromancer
2RCreature — Human Wizard
Direct damage payoff when drawing your second card each turn
Mad Ratter
3RCreature — Goblin
Creates two 1/1 Rats whenever you draw your second card
Minn, Wily Illusionist
1UULegendary Creature — Gnome Wizard
Makes illusions and cheats permanents into play on second draw
Improbable Alliance
UREnchantment
Reliably creates a 1/1 Faerie token each turn you draw two cards
Ominous Seas
1UEnchantment
Rapidly accumulates counters from draws to spawn 8/8 Krakens
Ethereal Investigator
3UCreature — Spirit
Creates Spirit tokens whenever you draw your second card
Chasm Skulker
2UCreature — Squid Horror
Grows huge from card draw and bursts into a massive Squid army
Nadir Kraken
1UUCreature — Kraken
Creates Tentacles and grows whenever you draw cards
Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
2RLegendary Creature — Goblin
Scales rapidly in power and goblin output when granted double strike
Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
1URURLegendary Planeswalker — Saheeli
Passive token generation off noncreature spells
Dragon's Rage Channeler
RCreature — Human Shaman
Aggressive cheap flyer that filters card quality
Sprite Dragon
URCreature — Faerie Dragon
Grows into a massive hasty threat with double strike
Balmor, Battlemage Captain
URLegendary Creature — Bird Wizard
Provides trample and widespread power buffs to your token army
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
UUURRRLegendary Creature — Dragon Wizard
Draws cards, pings targets, and synergizes with instant-speed cantrips
Poppet Stitcher // Poppet Factory
2UCreature — Human Wizard // Artifact
Generates Decayed tokens and flips to turn them into 3/3 beaters
Loyal Apprentice
1RCreature — Human Artificer
Generates flying Thopters every combat while your commander is out
Jori En, Ruin Diver
1URLegendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Draws your second card when casting multiple spells per turn
Utility
6
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Grants shroud and haste protection to commander
Reconnaissance Mission
2UUEnchantment
Turns double striking creatures into massive bursts of card draw
Bident of Thassa
2UULegendary Enchantment Artifact
Rewards wide combat connections with card draw
Military Intelligence
1UEnchantment
Draws a card during combat to trigger second-draw on your turn
Wizard Class
UEnchantment — Class
Removes hand size limit, draws cards, and buffs creatures on draw
