Art by Aaron Miller
Saved commander deck
Traxos, Academy Guardian
Cast low-cost noncreature cantrips and artifacts to reduce Traxos's cost, repeatedly triggering prowess while generating massive card advantage and flying beats.
Prompt: Traxos, Academy Guardian commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Traxos, Academy Guardian
{3}{U}Legendary Artifact Creature — Dragon Construct
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Sapphire Medallion
{2}Artifact
Reduces the cost of all blue spells to chain cantrips
Fellwar Stone
{2}Artifact
Cheap mana acceleration that triggers noncreature synergies
Liquimetal Torque
{2}Artifact
Enters early and synergizes with artifact interactions
Everflowing Chalice
{0}Artifact
Flexible colorless mana rock that scales into late game
Card Draw
12 cards
Brainstorm
{U}Instant
One-mana noncreature spell that fixes hands and pumps prowess
Gitaxian Probe
{U/P}Sorcery
Free noncreature spell to immediately trigger cost reduction
Frantic Search
{2}{U}Instant
Effectively free spell that triggers prowess and sculpts hand
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 cards for casting spells on opponents' turns
Removal
10 cards
Threats/Wincons
20 cards
Talrand, Sky Summoner
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Spits out flying drakes with every noncreature spell
Murmuring Mystic
{3}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
Produces bird illusions to establish a formidable air army
Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration
{3}{U}{U}Creature — Insect Horror // Creature — Eldrazi Insect
Spawns wizards and transforms into a massive lord
Haughty Djinn
{1}{U}{U}Creature — Djinn
Huge flying beater that discounts all instants and sorceries
Kappa Cannoneer
{5}{U}Artifact Creature — Turtle Warrior
Grows and becomes unblockable from casting artifacts
Sai, Master Thopterist
{2}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
Generates flying thopters from cheap artifact plays
Psychosis Crawler
{5}Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Burns opponents every time you chain card draw spells
Rise from the Tides
{5}{U}Sorcery
Creates a lethal army of zombies in the late game
Shark Typhoon
{5}{U}Enchantment
Creates flying sharks whenever noncreature spells are cast
Metallurgic Summonings
{3}{U}{U}Enchantment
Constructs artifact creatures off every spell and recur them
Jace's Sanctum
{3}{U}Enchantment
Discounts spells and scrys to keep momentum going
Hullbreaker Horror
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken Horror
Dominates the game by bouncing threats on spell casts
Deekah, Fractal Theorist
{4}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Creates growing fractal tokens on magecraft triggers
Octavia, Living Thesis
{8}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Elemental Octopus
Turns Traxos or tokens into base 8/8 attackers
Chasm Skulker
{2}{U}Creature — Squid Horror
Grows with card draw and bursts into squid tokens
Spellseeker
{2}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
Tutors the exact cantrip or removal needed to trigger prowess
Baral, Chief of Compliance
{1}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Reduces spell costs and loots on counterspells
Aetherflux Reservoir
{4}Artifact
Weaponizes spellstorming sequences to eliminate players
Utility
8 cards
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Grants haste and hexproof to safeguard Traxos
Winged Boots
{1}{U}Artifact — Equipment
Gives Traxos ward 4 to protect your commander from spot removal
Shadowspear
{1}Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Gives trample and lifelink to massive prowess swings
Slip Out the Back
{U}Instant
Cheap protection spell that phases Traxos and adds a +1/+1 counter
You Come to a River
{1}{U}Instant
Versatile bounce or makes Traxos unblockable for lethal
Mindsplice Apparatus
{3}{U}Artifact
Gradually reduces instant and sorcery costs drastically
Isochron Scepter
{2}Artifact
Repeatedly casts imprinted cantrips or protection every turn
