Art by Ryan Pancoast
Saved commander deck
Wasp, Shrinking Savior
Shrink opposing creatures down into negative power with Wasp's attack trigger and transmutation auras, drawing massive bursts of cards to assemble overwhelming board states and draw-step win conditions.
Prompt: Wasp, Shrinking Savior commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Wasp, Shrinking Savior
{2}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Hero
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Ornithopter of Paradise
{2}Artifact Creature — Thopter
Flying mana creature that can carry equipment
Card Draw
10 cards
Rhystic Study
{2}{U}Enchantment
Taxing enchantment that yields huge card advantage
Teferi's Ageless Insight
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Enchantment
Doubles all card draw from Wasp's attack trigger
Reconnaissance Mission
{2}{U}{U}Enchantment
Draws cards whenever flying attackers deal damage
Bident of Thassa
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Enchantment Artifact
Rewards attacking with card draw and forces bad attacks
Removal
12 cards
Pongify
{U}Instant
One-mana creature removal that creates an easy-to-shrink 3/3 token
Rapid Hybridization
{U}Instant
Cheap instant removal leaving a token Wasp can reduce below zero
Resculpt
{1}{U}Instant
Exiles an artifact or creature and leaves an easily shrinkable body
Fierce Guardianship
{2}{U}Instant
Free protection counterspell when Wasp is in play
Swan Song
{U}Instant
One-mana counter creating a 2/2 bird easily reduced to -1 power
Witness Protection
{U}Enchantment — Aura
Turns any creature into a 1/1, guaranteeing negative power via Wasp
Frogify
{1}{U}Enchantment — Aura
Shrinks a commander to a 1/1 so Wasp drops it to -2 power
Kasmina's Transmutation
{1}{U}Enchantment — Aura
Reduces target base power to 1/1 for guaranteed negative power draw
Threats/Wincons
22 cards
Psychosis Crawler
{5}Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Drains opponents rapidly with every card Wasp draws
Nadir Kraken
{1}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken
Creates tentacles and grows larger on every draw trigger
The Watcher in the Water
{3}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Kraken
Creates tentacle army and locks down opposing creatures on draw
Ominous Seas
{1}{U}Enchantment
Quickly generates 8/8 Kraken tokens from card-drawing triggers
Alandra, Sky Dreamer
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Produces Drake tokens and overruns opponents with extra draws
Minn, Wily Illusionist
{1}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Gnome Wizard
Spawns scaling Illusions and cheats permanents into play on draw
Chasm Skulker
{2}{U}Creature — Squid Horror
Grows massive with extra draws and leaves an army of Squid tokens
Talrand, Sky Summoner
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Builds an aerial army from casting your instants and sorceries
Murmuring Mystic
{3}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
Creates 1/1 flying Bird tokens from instant and sorcery spells
Hullbreaker Horror
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken Horror
Uncounterable control finisher that bounces permanents and spells
Consecrated Sphinx
{4}{U}{U}Creature — Sphinx
Substantial flying threat that draws astronomical amounts of cards
Spark Double
{3}{U}Creature — Illusion
Copies Wasp non-legendarily to get multiple shrinking attack triggers
Irenicus's Vile Duplication
{3}{U}Sorcery
Creates a non-legendary flying token copy of Wasp
Auton Soldier
{4}{U}{U}Artifact Creature — Alien Soldier
Copies Wasp with myriad for multiple attack triggers each combat
Thassa, God of the Sea
{2}{U}Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
Provides scrying and makes Wasp unblockable to attack freely
Triskaidekaphile
{1}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
Alternate win condition enabled by drawing huge hands off Wasp
Faerie Mastermind
{1}{U}Creature — Faerie Rogue
Evasive threat that punishes opponents who draw extra cards
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
{5}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Copies your artifacts and counteracts opponents' first spell each turn
Archmage Emeritus
{2}{U}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
Turns every instant and sorcery into further card draw
Mu Yanling, Sky Dancer
{1}{U}{U}Legendary Planeswalker — Yanling
+2 shrinks a target creature by -2/-0 to easily push it into negative power
Sludge Monster
{3}{U}{U}Creature — Horror
Turns enemy threats into 2/2s without abilities for easy sub-zero shrinking
Charix, the Raging Isle
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Leviathan Crab
Massive wall that can lower its own base power to negative values
Utility
8 cards
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Gives Wasp haste and shroud to attack immediately and safely
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Grants hexproof and haste to ensure repeated attack triggers
Strionic Resonator
{2}Artifact
Copies Wasp's attack trigger to shrink another target and draw double
Lithoform Engine
{4}Legendary Artifact
Versatile artifact to copy triggers and key spells
Propaganda
{2}{U}Enchantment
Deters wide attacks against you while you swing with Wasp
Jace, Architect of Thought
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Planeswalker — Jace
+1 shrinks all incoming attackers, helping push power below zero
Venser's Journal
{5}Artifact — Book
Removes hand size limit and gains life off massive hands
Time Warp
{3}{U}{U}Sorcery
Grants an extra turn and an additional attack step for Wasp
