Scion Zellix.

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Scion Zellix is a 100-card Commander deck led by Scion of Halaster and Zellix, Sanity Flayer in the Dimir color identity (blue/black). TableCommander estimates this deck at bracket 4 — optimized / high-power.

The mainboard runs 19 creatures, 15 instants, 7 sorceries, 17 artifacts, 8 enchantments, 2 planeswalkers, and 32 lands, averaging 2.85 mana value across non-land cards. 75% of non-land cards cost 3 mana or less; 16% cost 5 or more.

Notable inclusions: 5 game changers (e.g. Chrome Mox, Fierce Guardianship, and Mox Diamond), 1 fast mana (Mox Opal), 2 alternate win conditions (Jace, Wielder of Mysteries and Laboratory Maniac), 1 cheap tutor (Muddle the Mixture), and 2 tutors (Kaho, Minamo Historian and Perplex). This deck is currently Commander-legal on TableCommander.

COMMANDER

Commander

Partner

PLANESWALKER(2)

CREATURE(18)

Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory

ARTIFACT(17)

ENCHANTMENT(7)

INSTANT(15)

SORCERY(7)

LAND(32)

8×

Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture

6×

Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive

TOKENS(5)

100

Total

Creatures

Spells

Lands

Bracket

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No Games Yet

Why bracket 4? — Optimized

3 early two-card combos: Bruvac the Grandiloquent + Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture, Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter and 1 more

A two-card infinite combo cheap enough to assemble and win in the early game (data from Commander Spellbook). Bracket 3 decks are expected not to run these; any means Bracket 4.

5 Game Changers

Cards on WotC's official Game Changers list. Any puts a deck at Bracket 3 or above; more than three means Bracket 4.

Chrome MoxFierce GuardianshipMox DiamondOpposition AgentPanoptic Mirror

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CURVE

COLORS

4275%

1425%

COMBOS

Combos

Early

2-Card

3+ Card

Game-Ending

Dramatic Reversal+

Isochron Scepterearly

Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite mana nonland permanents you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite untap of nonland permanents you control

Prerequisites

Nonland permanents you control can tap to produce at least 3.

Steps

Activate all mana-producing nonland permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least 3.
Activate Isochron Scepter by paying 2 and tapping it, casting a copy of Dramatic Reversal without paying it's mana cost.
Resolve Dramatic Reversal, untapping all nonland permanents you control.
Repeat.

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Bruvac the Grandiloquent+

Maddening Cacophonyearly

Infinite mill

Steps

Cast Maddening Cacophony with kicker by paying 4UU, causing each opponent to mill their library due to Bruvac.

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Bruvac the Grandiloquent+

Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overtureearly

Infinite mill for target opponent

Steps

Cast Overture by paying its mana cost, causing an opponent to mill a number of cards equal to half their library, rounded down, times two due to Bruvac.

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Bruvac the Grandiloquent+

Cut Your Losses

Infinite mill for up to two target players, Near-infinite self-mill

Prerequisites

Optionally, you control an additional creature with power 2 or greater.

Steps

Cast Cut Your Losses by paying its mana cost, causing an opponent to mill a number of cards equal to half their library, rounded down, times two due to Bruvac.

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Syr Konrad, the Grim+

The Mindskinner

Near-infinite mill

Prerequisites

You have a way to deal damage to an opponent.

Steps

Attempt to deal damage to an opponent.
The damage is replaced by The Mindskinner, instead causing each opponent to mill that many cards.
Syr Konrad triggers for each creature card put into your graveyard.
Resolve the first trigger, attempting to deal 1 damage to each opponent.
Repeat from step 2.

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Grindstone+

Painter's Servant

Infinite self-mill, Infinite mill for target opponent

Prerequisites

Any color chosen with Painter's Servant.

Steps

Activate Grindstone by paying 3 and tapping it, causing target player to mill two cards.
Because both cards will share a color due to Painter's Servant, the process in step 1 repeats until the player has milled their entire library.

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Teferi's Ageless Insight+

Peer into the Abyss

Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers

Prerequisites

Your life total is at least 2.
Your deck size is even.

Steps

Cast Peer into the Abyss by paying 4BBB, causing you to lose half your life total rounded up and draw your library due to Teferi's Ageless Insight.

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Peer into the Abyss+

Psychic Corrosion

Infinite mill

Prerequisites

Number of cards in library greater than or equal to the number of cards in each opponent's library.

Steps

Cast Peer into the Abyss, targeting yourself.
Psychich Corrosion triggers for each card you've drawn, milling each opponent's libary completely.
Pass the turn to your opponent; They will lose when they attempt to draw a card on their turns.

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Phenax, God of Deception+

Consuming Aberration+

Maddening Cacophony

Infinite mill for target opponent, Near-infinite mill

Steps

Cast Maddening Cacophony with kicker by paying 4UU, causing each opponent to mill half their library, rounded up.
Activate Consuming Aberration by tapping it, causing a opponent to mill cards equal to the cards in opponents' graveyards, milling the remainder of their library.

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Phenax, God of Deception+

Consuming Aberration+

Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture

Infinite mill for target opponent

Steps

Cast Overture by paying its mana cost, causing an opponent to mill half their library, rounded down.
Activate Consuming Aberration by tapping it, causing the opponent to mill cards equal to the cards in opponents' graveyards, milling the remainder of their library.

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Combo data from Commander Spellbook. “Early” two-card combos (cheap enough to win in the first few turns) put a deck at Bracket 4; other two-card combos are at home in Bracket 3.

Valid

Legality

This deck currently passes the commander checks.

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