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Commander deckC
U.S.S. Defiant, Mirror Migrant
Utilize cheap artifact mana to rapidly ramp into formidable Eldrazi threats and high-value artifacts, using U.S.S. Defiant with flash to protect key creatures from removal and board wipes.
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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 · 60 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.
Commander
1U.S.S. Defiant, Mirror Migrant
2Legendary Artifact — Spacecraft
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
13
Thran Dynamo
4Artifact
Generates three colorless mana to power out high-cost bombs
Forsaken Monument
5Legendary Artifact
Doubles colorless mana output and buffs artifact creatures
Card Draw
8
Kozilek, the Great Distortion
8CCLegendary Creature — Eldrazi
Refills hand to seven and provides countermagic utility
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
10Legendary Creature — Eldrazi
Draws four cards on cast and serves as an annihilating threat
The One Ring
4Legendary Artifact
Unrivaled continuous card advantage engine and protection
Palantír of Orthanc
3Legendary Artifact
Provides consistent card advantage or direct burn damage
Mystic Forge
4Artifact
Lets you play colorless and artifact spells directly from top of library
Investigator's Journal
2Artifact — Book Clue
Steady colorless card draw across multiple turns
Tome of Legends
2Artifact — Book
Accumulates page counters when your commander enters to draw cards
Removal
12
All Is Dust
7Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi
Asymmetric board wipe that leaves your colorless board intact
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
8Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin
Exiles all colored permanents while preserving your colorless board
Ugin, the Ineffable
6Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin
Targeted permanent destruction and colorless cost reduction
Karn Liberated
7Legendary Planeswalker — Karn
Exiles any target permanent immediately upon entering
Titan's Presence
3Instant
Instant-speed colorless creature exile using your big Eldrazi
Spatial Contortion
1CInstant
Cheap instant-speed removal against early utility creatures
Scour from Existence
7Instant
Instant-speed unconditional exile for any troublesome permanent
Introduction to Annihilation
5Sorcery — Lesson
Exiles any nonland permanent for a reasonable colorless cost
Meteor Golem
7Artifact Creature — Golem
Flexible artifact creature that destroys any nonland permanent
Steel Hellkite
6Artifact Creature — Dragon
Repeatable one-sided board wipe attached to an evasive dragon
Nevinyrral's Disk
4Artifact
Emergency reset button that wipes out creature, artifact, and enchantment boards
Oblivion Stone
3Artifact
Board wipe that allows fate counters to spare key permanents
Threats/Wincons
14
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
10Legendary Creature — Eldrazi
Exiles two permanents on cast and mills opposing libraries rapidly
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
11Legendary Creature — Eldrazi
Destroys a permanent on cast and presents Annihilator 4
Emrakul, the Promised End
13Legendary Creature — Eldrazi
Cost-reduced titan that takes control of opponents' key turns
It That Betrays
12Creature — Eldrazi
Steals all permanents opponents sacrifice to Annihilator or wipes
Blightsteel Colossus
12Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem
One-shot infect win condition with built-in indestructible
Darksteel Colossus
11Artifact Creature — Golem
Resilient trample beater that survives almost all sweepers
Wurmcoil Engine
6Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
Lifelink deathtouch powerhouse that leaves behind threatening tokens
Platinum Angel
7Artifact Creature — Angel
Prevents losses and can be protected with commander's phasing
Platinum Emperion
8Artifact Creature — Golem
Protects life total and demands immediate answer
Cityscape Leveler
8Artifact Creature — Construct
Destroys nonland permanents on cast and attack with unearth synergy
Void Winnower
9Creature — Eldrazi
Locks opponents out of even-cost spells and blocks entirely
Endbringer
5CCreature — Eldrazi
Versatile threat that untaps each turn to draw, ping, or stop attacks
Conduit of Ruin
6Creature — Eldrazi
Tutors your biggest monster to the top and reduces colorless costs
Portal to Phyrexia
9Artifact
Forces opponent sacrifices upon entry and reanimates creatures each turn
Utility
13
Not of This World
7Kindred Instant — Eldrazi
Free counterspell protecting your massive high-power creatures
Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
5Creature — Avatar // Sorcery
Copies opposing instant and sorcery spells unless they pay extra
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Grants haste and shroud to protect valuable threats
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Grants haste and hexproof for key creatures
Commander's Plate
1Artifact — Equipment
Grants huge buffs and protection from all five colors in a colorless deck
Expedition Map
1Artifact
Tutors any critical land such as Tron lands, Eldrazi Temple, or Urza's Saga
Moonsilver Key
2Artifact
Tutors mana rocks or utility artifact combo pieces directly to hand
Unwinding Clock
4Artifact
Untaps all artifacts on each opponent's turn to maximize mana rocks
Clock of Omens
4Artifact
Taps idle artifacts to untap powerful mana rocks and engines
Manifold Key
1Artifact
Untaps utility artifacts and makes your largest creature unblockable
Mirage Mirror
3Artifact
Versatile artifact that can copy the best permanent on the board
Sensei's Divining Top
1Artifact
Topdeck manipulation that pairs smoothly with Mystic Forge
