Art by Justyna Dura
Commander deckU
Valeria Richards, Precocious
Maximize Valeria's noncreature cost reduction and draw trigger on each player's turn using instant-speed spells, flash enablers, and token-producing spell-slinger payoffs to overwhelm opponents.
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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 · 61 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.
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Commander
1Valeria Richards, Precocious
3ULegendary Creature — Human Scientist Hero
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Thought Vessel
2Artifact
Mana rock that preserves large hand sizes generated by Valeria
Card Draw
10
Mystic Remora
UEnchantment
Inexpensive card draw triggered by opponents' noncreatures
Archmage Emeritus
2UUCreature — Human Wizard
Draws an extra card whenever an instant or sorcery is cast
Wavebreak Hippocamp
2UEnchantment Creature — Horse Fish
Rewards casting spells on opponents' turns alongside Valeria
Jace's Archivist
1UUCreature — Vedalken Wizard
Refills empty hands while disrupting opponent gameplans
Frantic Search
2UInstant
Cost-discounted looting effect that untaps lands for free
Removal
11
Fierce Guardianship
2UInstant
Free protection spell while Valeria is on the battlefield
Negate
1UInstant
Hard counter for noncreature spells, costing just one blue with Valeria
An Offer You Can't Refuse
UInstant
One-mana negation for high-threat noncreature spells
Threats/Wincons
22
Talrand, Sky Summoner
2UULegendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Creates an army of 2/2 Drakes from noncreature spell casts
Murmuring Mystic
3UCreature — Human Wizard
Generates flying Bird Illusion tokens on spellcast
Shark Typhoon
5UEnchantment
Scales noncreature spells into large flying Shark tokens
Metallurgic Summonings
3UUEnchantment
Builds construct armies and rebuys spells from the graveyard
Hullbreaker Horror
5UUCreature — Kraken Horror
Uncounterable menace that controls the board with every spell
Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration
3UUCreature — Insect Horror // Creature — Eldrazi Insect
Creates Wizards and transforms into a powerful team buff
Deekah, Fractal Theorist
4ULegendary Creature — Human Wizard
Creates scaling Fractal tokens for every instant and sorcery
Sai, Master Thopterist
2ULegendary Creature — Human Artificer
Produces Thopters whenever discounted artifacts are cast
Kappa Cannoneer
5UArtifact Creature — Turtle Warrior
Grows rapidly and becomes unblockable via artifact casts
Poppet Stitcher // Poppet Factory
2UCreature — Human Wizard // Artifact
Spits out Zombie tokens and turns them into 3/3 beaters
Haughty Djinn
1UUCreature — Djinn
Provides additional cost reduction and grows into a massive flyer
Psychosis Crawler
5Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Drains the table as Valeria constantly draws cards
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
5UULegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Duplicates your noncreatures and counters opponents' spells
The Temporal Anchor
3UUULegendary Artifact
Impulse draws noncreature cards on upkeep and provides scry engine
Mechanized Production
2UUEnchantment — Aura
Alternate win condition and value engine with artifact tokens
Aetherflux Reservoir
4Artifact
Laser-beams opponents after chaining multiple discounted spells
Rise from the Tides
5USorcery
Creates a swarm of Zombies from a stocked graveyard
Scourge of Fleets
5UUCreature — Kraken
Clears opposing boards while leaving a large body
Nezahal, Primal Tide
5UULegendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
Hard-to-remove threat that draws cards off opposing noncreatures
Emry, Lurker of the Loch
2ULegendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Recurs key artifacts repeatedly for continuous value
Laboratory Maniac
2UCreature — Human Wizard
Alternate win condition for heavy self-mill or deep draw chains
Utility
8
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Protects Valeria with shroud and zero equip cost
Isochron Scepter
2Artifact
Imprints a cheap instant to trigger Valeria on every turn
Mirrormade
1UUEnchantment
Flexible copy effect for best artifacts or enchantments
Sensei's Divining Top
1Artifact
Cheap artifact that can be recast easily to trigger Valeria
Vedalken Orrery
4Artifact
Allows spells to be cast on each opponent's turn for Valeria draws
Leyline of Anticipation
2UUEnchantment
Enables instant-speed noncreatures to maximize draw triggers each turn
Displacer Kitten
3UCreature — Cat Beast
Blinks mana rocks or value creatures on noncreature cast
