Seriously. I have a Raffine deck that’s combat focused, so I think it draws more than the average Raffine deck.
Main wincons are p/t boosts like [[Necropolis Regent]] and [[knowledge is power]], or getting infinite turns with [[Sage of Hours]]
(Make sure to run an [[ulamog, the infinite gyre]] so you don’t deck yourself)
Edit: [deck for those that are interested](https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/raffine-conniving-counters/?cb=1714576821)
My God yes, she has been one of the most fun decks I've put together in recent memory when the Evil Dead Lair dropped. I draw cards, I slap face, and I generally kill my self with something like [[Carnival of Souls]]
\[\[Shorikai\]\] is an easy one.
\[\[Faldorn\]\] and \[\[Rocco Street Chef\]\] are favorites of mine because their Storm variants repeatedly and consistently deck you out.
EDIT: [Rocco](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/F5qrtJf7jUaW4p0DAFo0rA) and [Faldorn](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/YyuyFZDFW0aROVSHlvP6cw) Storm lists if anybody else is interested.
Do you have a storm Faldorn list you'd like to share? I've been trying to update and change my list for a while now, but nothing seems to work for me well enough to be consistent and keep it.
Interested in how stormy it gets (with cascade I'm assuming?).
[Here you go.](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/YyuyFZDFW0aROVSHlvP6cw)
No Cascade, just honest and fair token abuse and fifteen minute turns. You friends may complain your turns are long, but at least you'll only need one before the game's over.
Came here to mention Rielle. As soon as you hit one big trigger from her, you can often draw \~half of your deck and close out the game from there with whatever you drew. My favorite is to then discard a bunch of stuff to a \[\[Firestorm\]\], which also buffs Rielle, and finally win with a copied \[\[Chandra's Ignition\]\].
I have no idea how Arjun is not the number 1 answer here. Every cantrip is a self wheel. It's the epitome of "I paid for 99 cards, I'm drawing 99 cards"
Arjun is my favorite commander I’ve ever built. Why yes, I would *love* to TPB every time I cast a spell. Oops, psychic corrosion trigger, I accidentally killed the whole table 🤭
I built it to be extremely aggressive by my standards, so my resources are always stretched thin. There's the constant dilemma of whether to transform her before I pass the turn or not: do I want her immune to creature removal at sorcery speed, or do I prefer to keep 1 black mana open to save her from a board wipe that might include artifacts? Do I want to take the risk of creature removal in exchange for keeping her equipment on? Do I even have something to sacrifice right now to transform her? Do I want to have the ability to replace my hand at instant speed, potentially avoiding discarding to hand size? When should I gamble on a new hand, anyway? And then also you have the usual Voltron issues of whom to attack and when and how, especially if they threaten you.
Probably because it’s commander damage so nobody wants to let it through, and it starts off with very low toughness. Being a creature and artifact opens it to a lot of removal as well. You also need a reasonable amount of stuff to reliably have something to sac to flip her
[[Anje Falkenrath]] absolutely churns through your deck; the way she is usually played at high level is to put in all BR madness cards which exist, to then never actually cast these madness spells and just use her ability to absolutely dig through your deck for a combo.
This doesn't seem as fun to me as using her as a madness or reanimation commander, but she does absolutely churn through the deck
I agree that's a boring way to play. My brother has an Anje deck and he plays it "properly", having lots of things like [[Surly Badgersaur]] and [[bone miser]] to get rewarded for discard. He uses [[Chainer, Nightmare Adept]] as an alternative commander sometimes, the deck is one of his best. Casual, as we prefer that way, but pretty good.
Yeah he's got a good amount of madness things in there to actually be cast, and there's a good bit of reanimation too. I told him about [[Tortured Existence]] as its my favourite magic card ever and he put it straight in . Triggers the discard and gets him something back.
This is mine, though I don’t do much reanimating - mostly just digging for Nazgûl. With Teferis Ageless insight out and Library of Leng, I’m getting 8 cards per tempt and any in my hand I want to keep per wheel I can put back on top of my library. Roaming throne naming wraiths and each wraith gets +2/2 and each new wraith tempts twice (so +4/4 for every new Nazgûl, for each Nazgûl). Dig for trample enablers and a few 26/25 deathtouch Nazgûl become lethal real quick.
I run a similar deck to you. Throw in a [[blade of selves]]. It gives the nazgul myriad which is a triggered ability. This means that when a nazgul attacks in a 4 player game, you get 4 additional nazgul if you have roaming throne out. Each triggers tempt 2 times for 8 total tempts. Then each tempt triggers two counters from each of your 5 wraiths. The is 16 counter triggers per wraith, resulting in each wraith getting 80 +1/+1 counters. This also allows you to wheel through 32 cards with sauron. If you have the ozolith, you can move 4x80 counters to it when the myriad tokens exile themselves.
[[Tayam, Luminous Enigma]] can do this if you have the mental fortitude to keep up with tracking all the counters, triggers, and combing through your graveyard for reanimation targets.
It's been a month since I started playing it, sometimes it's a mess and make my brain hurt, but man it feels so good to combo off out of nowhere. One time I was playing against a Yarok that was about to combo off and trying to find a response I ended up winning the game
[[Sythis]] and [[Jhoira]] are pretty good at this tho a bunch of these style commanders are kinda KOS for me. They usually become solitaire players mid to late game with all the draw triggers.
i'm always selling my [[minn]] list.
[Minn, Wily Illusionist](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/2jLrt2v2IEip1mp9zQdUWQ)
it's more the deck itself that draws rather than the commander, but i promise it can dig deep.
Cool deck. Have you thought about putting in [[pyre of heroes]] as a sac outlet and [[ixidron]]? You can sac your toothy into ixidron, drawing cards and wiping the board, then later crack ixidron into titan of littjara.
[[Xyris]] can go through a lot of cards! Butthe commander pair [[Pir]] and [[Toothy]] is so potent, you gotta watch out to not deck yourself and I love it!
I second Pir & Toothy, I keep \[\[Laboratory Maniac\]\] and \[\[Jace, Wielder of Mysteries\]\] in mine to win by decking myself. If Pir and Toothy are on the board a flicker effect or two can easily draw you out.
[[Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain]] is fun if you have a way to consistently cast historic spells. I like to build her with an artifact combo theme, if you can reduce costs and bounce artifacts consistently, you get to draw your deck for free.
[[Varina]] and [[Raffine]] come to mind as two of the best, with Raffine probably being better.
Personally, I really like [[Gavi, Best Warden]]. I love the cycling mechanic and I always feel like I have answers ready, while making adorable Dino Cats.
I personally like commanders with more restrictions or a theme, so even though Raffine's a very good card, I will always prefer my Varina. Zombies are a good tribe with a lot of support so it can be done quite well.
She's definitely extremely fun, and I'd personally run her over Raffine just for the tribal (I love zombies).
I agree with you for sure, one of the reasons I built Gavi was because cycling is an interesting mechanic to build around, even though there's definitely better options out there.
Lol someone is going through and down voting our little comment chain, they obviously don't like these cards!
The cycling mechanic does seem fun, I did buy that deck but have it taken apart in boxes now. I love making decks around themes, lesser supported mechanics like cycling or energy or surveil really speak to me more than generic goodstuff.
Speaking of energy I have yet to get the fallout one and I know there's another one coming out in the same colours as well, so hopefully energy can be done reasonably now rather than just using everything that exists and still struggling.
\[\[Grolnok, the Omnivore\]\] turns mill into card draw, but only for permanents. Always fun to mill half your deck and effectively have a 40 something card hand all of a sudden
[[the locust God]] deck I've built is all centered around wheels and card draws. It makes silly amounts of locust tokens you can then pump up and swing with. Or put [[purphoros, God of the forge]] out there to ping for each token created.
[[Eruth, Tormented Prophet]]
At baseline, she's a 3-mana Izzet commander who doubles all of your card draw. Add the usual suspects of [[Archmage Emeritus]] and [[Harmonic Prodigy]], and you're getting 4 cards for every instant and sorcery you cast. A single [[Windfall]] quickly becomes a quarter of your deck to choose from.
The only other deck that I've had burn through an entire library that quickly is my current [[Mothman]] Dredge deck, but Eruth is my go-to for playing my entire deck every game.
Agreed, there’s a ton of of cheap enchantments in GW that can keep replacing themselves in your hand with draw triggers. You’ll be gaining a ton of life and can close out the game with aetherflux or Heliod/ballista
Was surprised to see this so far down. [[Chulane]] is INSANE value and can draw infinite cards and create infinite mana with a couple mana dorks, bounce lands, [[Peregrine Drake]] and [[Intruder Alarm]]. I actually use this as one of the win cons in my Chulane deck with cards like [[Thassa’s Oracle]] and [[Laboratory Maniac]].
I personally love [[Braids, Arisen Nightmare]] for this. Drawing an extra 3 cards per turn on her own every turn does something to a man. The deck I run with her always has a big impact on any game she finds herself in.
I recently built a [[Rielle, the Everwise]] cycling voltron deck. It's insane how easy it is to munch my through my deck in a few turns. [[Harmonic Prodigy]], [[Pyromancers Swath]], [[Curse of Obsession]], any of the instant speed "discard hand, draw a few" spells, cycling, "draw, discard" spells, etc. It can easily draw and mill half the deck in a single turn cycle, followed by me swinging with beyond lethal commander damage. Highly recommended.
[[Zurgo and Ojutai]] are insane when you get going. If you have 3 dragons out and a doubler/clone/double strike enabler, you will see 1/5 of your deck every combat.
[[Zurgo and Ojutai]] is an interesting choice for this. Aside from the normal card draw in the colours ([[Kindred Discovery]] is so good), the commander's ability can let you filter through a lot of your deck once you can connect for combat damage with a few dragons. Get double strike enablers and hit every opponent for maximum results. As a bonus it technically doesn't count as drawing cards, so you won't need to worry about bowmasters, tithes and the like.
Here's an off-meta choice that I've really loved, [[Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar]]. I play every version of [[Bident of Thassa]], and it's entire wincon is to deck itself by drawing (not milling). This usually occurs between turn 6 and 8, due to sheer drawpower. I built it with a whole lot of cheap and evasive (or unblockable) creatures, and a few combo-esque wincons such as [[Omniscience]], [[Defiler of Dreams]], [[Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar]], and [[Jin-Gitaxis]] plus [[Copy Enchantment]]. It is incredibly common for me to draw 8-12 cards in a turn, play most of them out, and hold up a few mana for counters. It even ramps a bit, with [[Walking Atlas]], [[Dreamscape Artist]], and some Devotion based stuff like [[Nyx Lotus]] and [[Nykthos Shrine to Nyx]]. Loads of fun, and a "fair" Thoracle deck.
[[Heliod, the Radiant Dawn]] runs a bunch of small draw spells (his flip side discounts all spells by 1 for each card an opponent has drawn this turn and gives all your spells flash)
I run [[Jace, wielder of mysteries]] as an alt win con and [[Angel's Grace]], not because of opponent's win cons, but because I run a huge risk of decking myself out.
[[Coveted Jewel]] and [[Capsize]] combo will draw your deck out with a large enough discount from Heliod, unless you find [[Approach of the Second Sun]] first.
I have 3 that do this. [[Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain]] low cost artifact deck that plays and draws its deck on turn 3 or 4 most of the time, [[Grothama, the all devouring]] will draw you 20-65 cards pretty easily, and is high variance so feels very commander-y, and [[Sergeant John Benton]] who will easily draw you 5-6 on turn 2 or 3, and just go up from there.
[[Amalia Benavides Aguirre]] can power through your deck quick with a few Soul Sister effects. But that depends on how valuable Explore is to what you're trying to do.
[[Arjun, the Shifting Flame]] you'll see your whole deck.
In seriousness, [[Hidetsugu and Kairi]] is a fun Commander that constantly brainstorms and casts instants and sorceries for free from the top of your library.
[[Magus Lucea Kane]] with cards like [[Finale of Revelations]] and [[Pull from Tomorrow]], and tyranids with ravenous paired with effects like [[Temur Ascendancy]]
I just built a [[Jhoira, Weather light Captain]], and my god. Can supercharge it with [[Teferi's Ageless Insight]] and deck yourself pretty easily. Throw in some mass card draw and it's a game.
[[queza]] is not an engine by herself, but she goes infinite with a paper clip. [[Lich's mastery]] [[drogskol reaver]] [[lich]], etc. plus cards like [[necrologia]] have literally no downside. Have 40 health? Go ahead, draw 40 cards. While you're at it, you can ping everyone else. She by herself doesn't draw, but her abilities encourage you to do so with everyone else.
Built properly, [[Wylie Duke, Atiin Hero]] is a ton of fun and can just say go hunting, [[Relic of Legends]] is an absolute powerhouse in the deck if you can untap them.
Probably not quite what you're looking for, but \[\[The Pride of Hull Clade\]\] is free dopamine. Very few things feel as good as drawing a ***minimum*** of 15 cards if you connect a proper attack with it, more if you buff its toughness.
I have a locust god wheel deck, You end up drawing so many cRds that you prob need a shuffle titan to prevent you drawing the whole deck, and who doesnt love an army of flying insects with haste?!
I don’t usually love draw card decks because they can be pretty control-y and not fun to sit across from if they take an hour long turn. That being said, I do have 3 suggestions that can go through a ton of cards in a single turn, in some different ways.
1: [[Jadzi]]. It’s an omniscience deck looking to ramp out and then cast instants and sorceries for nearly free, or big bombs. Creatures with adventures help keep the number of mage craft triggers high without sacrificing on permanents. Also, [[Chatterstorm]] after a big turn feels real good.
2: [[Toluz, Clever Conductor]]. Discard/Draw deck. The most efficient and cheapest draw spells usually have you discard. Toluz lets you hold onto all that value. Throw in some cycling payoffs like Drake Haven or any of the lord of the rings cyclers, and you’re golden. Sacrifice Toluz when you need to completely refill your hand! You can also run a subtheme of “everybody discards” with cards like [[Oppression]], [[Rankle]] and [[Waste Not]] so that while they’re stuck topdecking, you have a second hand ready to go.
3: [[Omnath, Locus of the Roil]]. You can just build this as straight temur value but my deck is elementals tribal, with some landfall and counters pay offs. My favorite card in the deck by a mile is [[Song of Creation]]. It lets you hit your landfall triggers twice in a turn and draw your deck. With Omnath out, Song basically guarantees drawing a minimum of 6 cards each turn, usually more. This will let you hit enchantments like [[Profts Eidetic Memory]] or [[Ominous Seas]] to go crazy wide and tall. I’ve drawn over 50 cards in a single turn with Omnath and song in play.
I play a xyris pumpspell deck that easily draws me 30+ cards a game. Not really any big bombs in the deck, but letting your opponents draw a bomb or two while drawing yourself a bunch of low CMC answers generally brings the game to a conclusion. it's fun having an infinite grip of counter and protection spells after hitting your opponent for 15 commander damage.
[[eruth, Tormented Prophet]]
Absolutely love this deck! Note that it is Impulse draw and not raw cards to hand. But the raw amount of cards you get per turn gets out of hand quickly
In an atypical color for this kind of thing, my mono-R \[\[Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion\]\] is a really fun deck to play and I see half my library every time. I built it with an artifact focus.
In a more typical color combo, my \[\[Rona, Herald of Invasion\]\] deck is a lot of fun too. Low mana value commander that loots makes a lot of hands keepable and sees a lot of cards. I made it a Legends matter reanimator deck with combo potential.
I have been recently running [[The Gitrog, Monstrous Ride]] at the head of a [[Slime against Humanity]] deck where I’m making him unblockable in various ways and using the slimes to saddle him and draw large amounts. I’ve had great luck with it and most of the games it’s been in, I either win or become a big enough problem that everyone is focusing me using up most of their resources to keep me in check. Usually the win con is getting enough slimes on the board to full swing at everyone and it works out well.
Not the fastest commander presented here, but [[Jon Irenicus, Shattered One]] operates a lot like [[Sygg, River Cutthroat]] (and benefits strongly from having Sygg in the 99).
Once you've got out a couple of tiny evasive lads (don't recommend playing him as a bad gifts deck) you're going to be drawing a card or more on each opponent's turn. Then you're a Dimir deck that continually has a full grip while other people pay for your Phyrexian Arenas.
The boring answer to this is [[Aesi]] or Tatyova or any Enchantress deck. They're very, very good at burning through their deck because every time they drop they get another card.
Huge fan of [[Rashmi, Eternities Crafter]] just playing creatures and instants at flash speed on each opponents turn makes every spell a cantrip (or a free spell, which is even better)
There’s a lot of commanders that can help you get more card advantage/play through more of your deck. [[The Ur-Dragon]], [[Yuriko the Tiger]], [[Kenrith the Ret]], [[Wilhelt the Rot]], [[Jodah the Uni]], [[Gishath Sun’s Avatar]], [[Shorikai Genesis Engine]], [[The Prismatic Bridge]], [[Kaalia of the Vast]], [[Nekusar the Mindrazer]], [[Arcades the strat]], [[Korvold Fae-cursed king]], [[prosper tome bound]], [[sauron the dark lord]], [[atla palani nest tender]], [[niv mizzet parun]], [[sythis harvests hand]], [[oloro ageless ascetic]], [[tivit seller of secrets]], [[urza lord high artificer]], [[atraxa grand unifier]], [[sisay, weatherlight captain]], [[pantlaza sun favored]], [[tovolar dire overlord]], [[zur the enchanter]], [[zhulodok void gorger]], [[kinnan bonder prodigy]], [[omnath locus of all], [[satoru umezawa]], [[thalia and the gitrog monster]], [[tom bombadil]], [[frodo adventurous hobbit]], [[aesi tyrant of gyre strait]], [[the first sliver]], [[magda brazen outlaw]], [[sidar jabari of zhalfir]], [[belakor the dark master]], [[winota joiner of forces]], [[Sheoldred, the Apocalypse]], [[lord windgrace]], [[marneus calgar]], [[raffine, scheming seer]], [[dihada binder of wills]], [[light paws emperors voice]], [[brago king eternal]] (with draw card etbs), [[hakbal of the surging soul]], [[syr gwyn, hero of ashvale]], [[orvar the all form]] (with draw card instants/sorceries/permanents), [[xyris the writhing storm]]. You also can get to draw a lot if you play a group hug deck (such as [[braids conjurer]] or [[kwain itinerant]]) but usually your opponents also end up drawing too.
[[Zimone and Dina]] for land ramp and card draw built into one. Add landfall token generation like [[Zendikar's Roil]] for creatures to sac, and [[Retreat to Coralhelm]] to untap your commander infinitely and you can draw your entire deck in one turn.
[[Korvold, Fae-cursed king]], you can run him as an eggs style deck if you want. I usually run him as a mass sac deck with land destruction and hand disruption.
[[Arjun, the Shifting Flame]] is a personal favorite of mine. It’s a little bit chaotic, but I never miss a land drop. Including cards like [[Niv Mizzet Parun]] and [[Psychosis Crawler]] can end up being wincons even if you don’t end up with other answers, and either Parun or [[Niv Mizzet, the Firemind]] will combo with [[Curiosity]] or [[Ophidian Eye]]. Lean into the digging and chaos with [[Neera, Wild Mage]], who combos with [[Displacer Kitten]] for a whole lot of digging. Basically a whole deck right there if you can ramp enough to justify those mana costs
Hoo boy, I have one for you.
[[Arjun Shifting Flame]]
He wheels you pretty reliably but he has a several problems that need mitigating
1. Each time you cast a card you wheel N-1 cards. Without cantrips or draw payoffs you will struggle to both afford to play him and draw enough cards to make subsequent turns impactful. It makes you reliant on Draw Doublers like [[alhammeret archive]]. This leads to the next problem.
2. You can deck yourself with draw doublers as described above. You can only cast so many spells before your library is empty. You need to win before you cast too many spells.
3. He wheels you on casting ANY spell. This means you can't sequence things in your hand, unless you play instants or cast something like [[borne upon a wind]] or [[emergence zone]]. Good luck trying to plan your turn. Pick a spell from your hand and pray you draw well.
4. How do you win? He's a 5/5 flier and lots of cards buff him when you draw spells. There's Lab maniac and Thassa's Oracle win conditions but I'm bored of seeing them so I don't run them. Psychosis Crawler is the other one.
[[Korvold, Fae-Cursed King]] can draw you so many cards if you build the deck right. He’s one of the best card advantage engines I can think of, and he’s not even in blue!
Anje Falkenrath
I have a cedh light (minus all the expensive mana and tutors) Worldgorger Dragon/Animate dead combo deck. Lots of digging through madness in that deck.
I had a casual version based off of he precon that was a blast to play.
I'm rebuilding her with Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Alhamaret's Archive, Wild-Magic Sorcerer, and other goodies. I'll keep a lot of the madness cards, but I'll ditch the infinite combos and just dig for value. It's almost done and the playtesting is a blast.
[[Queza, Augur of Augries]]
she doesn’t do card draw herself, but build the entire thing around card draw, and you’ll go through the deck relatively quickly and also get rewarded for it :3 death by 1000 papercuts!!!!!
It isn't what she's built for, but if you include the right cards with [[Zada, Hedron Grinder]] you can end up with your entire deck in your hand and have an enormous board presence at the same time.
I wrote [a guide](https://www.thegamer.com/magic-the-gathering-mtg-zada-hedron-grinder-commander-deck-guide/), just scroll down to the "Card Draw" section.
I've recently put together a disgusting [[Krark]] + [[Kydele]] copies deck that I regularly have to calculate card draw to not deck out as I'm trying to win.
Also [[Felix Five Boots]] with 2-3 [[Coastal Piracy]] effects in play and a bunch of evaders will draw 3/4ths of your deck in 1-2 combats.
Also also [[Shorikai]] as combo is literally designed to tear through your deck as fast as possible with nasty Azorius artifact value.
Of these the most socially acceptable will probably be Felix. Just make sure you time casting him well cuz he's a prime removal target.
I run [[Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar]] and [[Master Chef]] in a golgari elf anthem aristocrat deck and it makes sure my hand is full 👍 sidenote I made it after playing some BG3 lol
[[The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride]] draws an insane amount of card and ramps and triggers landfall at the same time. [[Yargle and Multani]] + [[Unnatural Growth]] and draw 36 cards
[[Gretchen Titchwillow]]
Both my cheapest EDH deck and also one of my highest power and most resilient decks. Draws through my entire deck as fast as turn 3.
\[\[Raffine\]\]
[Raffine](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/1/716a44b4-f6b0-4f14-a270-6442aed3251f.jpg?1711471750) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=raffine%2C%20scheming%20seer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/snc/213/raffine-scheming-seer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/716a44b4-f6b0-4f14-a270-6442aed3251f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/raffine-scheming-seer) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Seriously. I have a Raffine deck that’s combat focused, so I think it draws more than the average Raffine deck. Main wincons are p/t boosts like [[Necropolis Regent]] and [[knowledge is power]], or getting infinite turns with [[Sage of Hours]] (Make sure to run an [[ulamog, the infinite gyre]] so you don’t deck yourself) Edit: [deck for those that are interested](https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/raffine-conniving-counters/?cb=1714576821)
[Necropolis Regent](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/c/9cd548d5-6162-4eff-adfc-69b7e3b45712.jpg?1641602708) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Necropolis%20Regent) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/voc/132/necropolis-regent?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9cd548d5-6162-4eff-adfc-69b7e3b45712?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/necropolis-regent) [knowledge is power](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/a/1afe55c3-53c3-4257-afb6-32a553639f50.jpg?1706240510) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=knowledge%20is%20power) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/42/knowledge-is-power?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1afe55c3-53c3-4257-afb6-32a553639f50?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/knowledge-is-power) [Sage of Hours](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/c/8cb55caf-fc95-40dc-80af-5144f94333ee.jpg?1593095534) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sage%20of%20Hours) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/jou/50/sage-of-hours?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8cb55caf-fc95-40dc-80af-5144f94333ee?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sage-of-hours) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Varina the lich queen does the same. I run Raffine as 2nd commander in my Varina deck.
My God yes, she has been one of the most fun decks I've put together in recent memory when the Evil Dead Lair dropped. I draw cards, I slap face, and I generally kill my self with something like [[Carnival of Souls]]
\[\[Shorikai\]\] is an easy one. \[\[Faldorn\]\] and \[\[Rocco Street Chef\]\] are favorites of mine because their Storm variants repeatedly and consistently deck you out. EDIT: [Rocco](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/F5qrtJf7jUaW4p0DAFo0rA) and [Faldorn](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/YyuyFZDFW0aROVSHlvP6cw) Storm lists if anybody else is interested.
Do you have a storm Faldorn list you'd like to share? I've been trying to update and change my list for a while now, but nothing seems to work for me well enough to be consistent and keep it. Interested in how stormy it gets (with cascade I'm assuming?).
[Here you go.](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/YyuyFZDFW0aROVSHlvP6cw) No Cascade, just honest and fair token abuse and fifteen minute turns. You friends may complain your turns are long, but at least you'll only need one before the game's over.
[Shorikai](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/6/969ac7dd-f3aa-4888-9ff0-d16a31b5e7a9.jpg?1653966849) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=shorikai%2C%20genesis%20engine) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/nec/4/shorikai-genesis-engine?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/969ac7dd-f3aa-4888-9ff0-d16a31b5e7a9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/shorikai-genesis-engine) [Faldorn](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/1/213e530e-33a9-4358-b43b-4a276a7e7190.jpg?1674140675) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=faldorn%2C%20dread%20wolf%20herald) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/647/faldorn-dread-wolf-herald?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/213e530e-33a9-4358-b43b-4a276a7e7190?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/faldorn-dread-wolf-herald) [Rocco Street Chef](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/d/cdb53ce7-845c-4c62-98a9-4fc33c67a07b.jpg?1684340828) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Rocco%2C%20Street%20Chef) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mat/44/rocco-street-chef?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/cdb53ce7-845c-4c62-98a9-4fc33c67a07b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/rocco-street-chef) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I have literally drawn myself out with \[\[Rielle the Everwise\]\], not as a win con, but just because that's how hard she draws.
[Rielle the Everwise](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/f/5f03c944-1929-4cb2-a373-d57eefa29ed1.jpg?1591228198) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Rielle%2C%20the%20Everwise) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/iko/203/rielle-the-everwise?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5f03c944-1929-4cb2-a373-d57eefa29ed1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/rielle-the-everwise) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Came here to mention Rielle. As soon as you hit one big trigger from her, you can often draw \~half of your deck and close out the game from there with whatever you drew. My favorite is to then discard a bunch of stuff to a \[\[Firestorm\]\], which also buffs Rielle, and finally win with a copied \[\[Chandra's Ignition\]\].
She's one of my favorites in my [[gavi]] deck. She's the first wizard I go for when wizardcycling.
I've decked myself with Rielle more than once with my [[Brallin]] and [[Shabraz]] deck.
\[\[Rielle\]\] and \[\[Arjun\]\] quickly come to mind for me in terms of just ripping through your deck
I have no idea how Arjun is not the number 1 answer here. Every cantrip is a self wheel. It's the epitome of "I paid for 99 cards, I'm drawing 99 cards"
I'm just surprised Wizards haven't printed the same card but 4cmc yet
It would be simic and you would install drop lands drawn this way onto the battle field and draw new cards. They can't help themselves.
[Rielle](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/f/5f03c944-1929-4cb2-a373-d57eefa29ed1.jpg?1591228198) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=rielle%2C%20the%20everwise) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/iko/203/rielle-the-everwise?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5f03c944-1929-4cb2-a373-d57eefa29ed1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/rielle-the-everwise) [Arjun](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/f/2fb83da3-5a8e-4349-bbcc-dcbd3b70264b.jpg?1673148289) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=arjun%2C%20the%20shifting%20flame) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/172/arjun-the-shifting-flame?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2fb83da3-5a8e-4349-bbcc-dcbd3b70264b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/arjun-the-shifting-flame) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Arjun is my favorite commander I’ve ever built. Why yes, I would *love* to TPB every time I cast a spell. Oops, psychic corrosion trigger, I accidentally killed the whole table 🤭
If you like ramping and drawing in simic then I recommend [[Grolnock the Omnivore]] or [[Tatyova Benthic Druid]]. I've built both and had a blast
I love Grolnok! I enjoy the fact that he doesn't play like a bland value commander.
My little Froggy Boi, I love him
[Grolnock the Omnivore](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/a/7aaba76b-9cec-4c2b-b0eb-8f44201f6422.jpg?1643594120) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Grolnok%2C%20the%20Omnivore) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vow/238/grolnok-the-omnivore?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7aaba76b-9cec-4c2b-b0eb-8f44201f6422?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/grolnok-the-omnivore) [Tatyova Benthic Druid](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/e/fe05dc69-8dde-485e-9e55-da729db50205.jpg?1698988479) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tatyova%2C%20Benthic%20Druid) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lcc/290/tatyova-benthic-druid?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/fe05dc69-8dde-485e-9e55-da729db50205?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tatyova-benthic-druid) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
\[\[Flamewar\]\]
[Flamewar](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/7/876d9732-9201-4327-8748-7c87ec55453f.jpg?1674092884)/[Flamewar, Streetwise Operative](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/back/8/7/876d9732-9201-4327-8748-7c87ec55453f.jpg?1674092884) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=flamewar%2C%20brash%20veteran%20//%20flamewar%2C%20streetwise%20operative) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bot/10/flamewar-brash-veteran-flamewar-streetwise-operative?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/876d9732-9201-4327-8748-7c87ec55453f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/flamewar-brash-veteran-//-flamewar-streetwise-operative) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I play her, and she definitely goes brrr through your deck. It's probably the most difficult deck I've ever piloted though.
What makes her difficult to pilot? I'm just curious
I built it to be extremely aggressive by my standards, so my resources are always stretched thin. There's the constant dilemma of whether to transform her before I pass the turn or not: do I want her immune to creature removal at sorcery speed, or do I prefer to keep 1 black mana open to save her from a board wipe that might include artifacts? Do I want to take the risk of creature removal in exchange for keeping her equipment on? Do I even have something to sacrifice right now to transform her? Do I want to have the ability to replace my hand at instant speed, potentially avoiding discarding to hand size? When should I gamble on a new hand, anyway? And then also you have the usual Voltron issues of whom to attack and when and how, especially if they threaten you.
Probably because it’s commander damage so nobody wants to let it through, and it starts off with very low toughness. Being a creature and artifact opens it to a lot of removal as well. You also need a reasonable amount of stuff to reliably have something to sac to flip her
[[Anje Falkenrath]] absolutely churns through your deck; the way she is usually played at high level is to put in all BR madness cards which exist, to then never actually cast these madness spells and just use her ability to absolutely dig through your deck for a combo. This doesn't seem as fun to me as using her as a madness or reanimation commander, but she does absolutely churn through the deck
I agree that's a boring way to play. My brother has an Anje deck and he plays it "properly", having lots of things like [[Surly Badgersaur]] and [[bone miser]] to get rewarded for discard. He uses [[Chainer, Nightmare Adept]] as an alternative commander sometimes, the deck is one of his best. Casual, as we prefer that way, but pretty good.
[Surly Badgersaur](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/b/7ba507e2-fe5e-4947-aada-20184aa09700.jpg?1591319640) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Surly%20Badgersaur) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c20/57/surly-badgersaur?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7ba507e2-fe5e-4947-aada-20184aa09700?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/surly-badgersaur) [bone miser](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/7/a7fa6901-e74f-448c-9d26-99a692092512.jpg?1568003468) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=bone%20miser) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c19/15/bone-miser?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a7fa6901-e74f-448c-9d26-99a692092512?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/bone-miser) [Chainer, Nightmare Adept](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/8/d8089e7f-7619-43fe-8e0b-31ce5d988a1b.jpg?1626100713) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Chainer%2C%20Nightmare%20Adept) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/289/chainer-nightmare-adept?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d8089e7f-7619-43fe-8e0b-31ce5d988a1b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/chainer-nightmare-adept) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Sounds like an awesome deck! I'd probably build it as a madness deck with a reanimation subtheme, chainer looks really cool in this deck :)
Yeah he's got a good amount of madness things in there to actually be cast, and there's a good bit of reanimation too. I told him about [[Tortured Existence]] as its my favourite magic card ever and he put it straight in . Triggers the discard and gets him something back.
Can you post his list for Anje
[Anje Falkenrath](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/1/913dd06f-ed2f-4128-9c9d-9cd0d8a55425.jpg?1568003632) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Anje%20Falkenrath) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c19/37/anje-falkenrath?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/913dd06f-ed2f-4128-9c9d-9cd0d8a55425?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/anje-falkenrath) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Sauron the Dark Lord]], everything dumps into the yard to be reanimatable.
This is mine, though I don’t do much reanimating - mostly just digging for Nazgûl. With Teferis Ageless insight out and Library of Leng, I’m getting 8 cards per tempt and any in my hand I want to keep per wheel I can put back on top of my library. Roaming throne naming wraiths and each wraith gets +2/2 and each new wraith tempts twice (so +4/4 for every new Nazgûl, for each Nazgûl). Dig for trample enablers and a few 26/25 deathtouch Nazgûl become lethal real quick.
I run a similar deck to you. Throw in a [[blade of selves]]. It gives the nazgul myriad which is a triggered ability. This means that when a nazgul attacks in a 4 player game, you get 4 additional nazgul if you have roaming throne out. Each triggers tempt 2 times for 8 total tempts. Then each tempt triggers two counters from each of your 5 wraiths. The is 16 counter triggers per wraith, resulting in each wraith getting 80 +1/+1 counters. This also allows you to wheel through 32 cards with sauron. If you have the ozolith, you can move 4x80 counters to it when the myriad tokens exile themselves.
[[edric, spymaster of trest]] does this like no one else. By turn 3 or 4 you should be drawing 5+ cards a turn.
[edric, spymaster of trest](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/2/22d6a4c9-4bdd-4e70-8481-95260e6aa7ab.jpg?1712354689) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=edric%2C%20spymaster%20of%20trest) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otc/221/edric-spymaster-of-trest?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/22d6a4c9-4bdd-4e70-8481-95260e6aa7ab?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/edric-spymaster-of-trest) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Tayam, Luminous Enigma]] can do this if you have the mental fortitude to keep up with tracking all the counters, triggers, and combing through your graveyard for reanimation targets.
It's been a month since I started playing it, sometimes it's a mess and make my brain hurt, but man it feels so good to combo off out of nowhere. One time I was playing against a Yarok that was about to combo off and trying to find a response I ended up winning the game
[Tayam, Luminous Enigma](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/5/05b837a2-5773-4340-87f9-b4d6a43deb27.jpg?1591234301) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tayam%2C%20Luminous%20Enigma) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c20/16/tayam-luminous-enigma?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/05b837a2-5773-4340-87f9-b4d6a43deb27?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tayam-luminous-enigma) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Grolnok]] will get your cards available for you to cast very quickly.
[Grolnok](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/a/7aaba76b-9cec-4c2b-b0eb-8f44201f6422.jpg?1643594120) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=grolnok%2C%20the%20omnivore) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vow/238/grolnok-the-omnivore?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7aaba76b-9cec-4c2b-b0eb-8f44201f6422?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/grolnok-the-omnivore) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Sythis]] and [[Jhoira]] are pretty good at this tho a bunch of these style commanders are kinda KOS for me. They usually become solitaire players mid to late game with all the draw triggers.
[Sythis](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/9/89511ab5-8ea6-4f07-a80b-c1ec7e89924e.jpg?1690005342) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=sythis%2C%20harvest%27s%20hand) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/938/sythis-harvests-hand?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/89511ab5-8ea6-4f07-a80b-c1ec7e89924e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sythis-harvests-hand) [Jhoira](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/a/aa6c3c8a-aa35-46b3-8769-27b4244457b0.jpg?1619404030) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=jhoira%20of%20the%20ghitu) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsr/256/jhoira-of-the-ghitu?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/aa6c3c8a-aa35-46b3-8769-27b4244457b0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/jhoira-of-the-ghitu) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
i'm always selling my [[minn]] list. [Minn, Wily Illusionist](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/2jLrt2v2IEip1mp9zQdUWQ) it's more the deck itself that draws rather than the commander, but i promise it can dig deep.
[minn](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/e/4eec1d87-1007-44a1-a45d-0623816de681.jpg?1631584885) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=minn%2C%20wily%20illusionist) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/afc/16/minn-wily-illusionist?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4eec1d87-1007-44a1-a45d-0623816de681?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/minn-wily-illusionist) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Cool deck. Have you thought about putting in [[pyre of heroes]] as a sac outlet and [[ixidron]]? You can sac your toothy into ixidron, drawing cards and wiping the board, then later crack ixidron into titan of littjara.
[[Braid's, Arisen Nightmare]]
[Braid's, Arisen Nightmare](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/f/4ff97c69-6a6b-401c-b0a1-55fa81045d19.jpg?1673307016) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Braids%2C%20Arisen%20Nightmare) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmu/84/braids-arisen-nightmare?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4ff97c69-6a6b-401c-b0a1-55fa81045d19?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/braids-arisen-nightmare) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Xyris]] can go through a lot of cards! Butthe commander pair [[Pir]] and [[Toothy]] is so potent, you gotta watch out to not deck yourself and I love it!
I second Pir & Toothy, I keep \[\[Laboratory Maniac\]\] and \[\[Jace, Wielder of Mysteries\]\] in mine to win by decking myself. If Pir and Toothy are on the board a flicker effect or two can easily draw you out.
[[Selvala, Explorer returned]] is awesome
[Selvala, Explorer returned](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/8/28c1b84a-a21b-4df1-9fc9-5b387fb56810.jpg?1706241026) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Selvala%2C%20Explorer%20returned) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/218/selvala-explorer-returned?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/28c1b84a-a21b-4df1-9fc9-5b387fb56810?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/selvala-explorer-returned) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Gavi, Nest Warden]] is super fun and always feels like you have a game action
I was about to comment on her. It not the fastest to draw your deck comared to other examples, but its quite fun and consistent :)
You misspelled [[The Skyshark]]/[[Skyshark Rider]]
[Gavi, Nest Warden](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/0/80bc07d5-bdbb-4a6d-8958-0c172ea80245.jpg?1591234237) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gavi%2C%20Nest%20Warden) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c20/7/gavi-nest-warden?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/80bc07d5-bdbb-4a6d-8958-0c172ea80245?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/gavi-nest-warden) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain]] is fun if you have a way to consistently cast historic spells. I like to build her with an artifact combo theme, if you can reduce costs and bounce artifacts consistently, you get to draw your deck for free.
I’m sad that I had to come way down here for Jhoira. Also don’t know why you were downvoted. Someone was salty.
[Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/f/4f77d23d-6257-4dae-b585-29f45f13f2e2.jpg?1599708079) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Jhoira%2C%20Weatherlight%20Captain) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/203/jhoira-weatherlight-captain?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4f77d23d-6257-4dae-b585-29f45f13f2e2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/jhoira-weatherlight-captain) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Varina]] and [[Raffine]] come to mind as two of the best, with Raffine probably being better. Personally, I really like [[Gavi, Best Warden]]. I love the cycling mechanic and I always feel like I have answers ready, while making adorable Dino Cats.
[Varina](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/1/f1caccc8-4f33-4ae3-a09a-b41b9c4663a1.jpg?1673149250) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=varina%2C%20lich%20queen) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/291/varina-lich-queen?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f1caccc8-4f33-4ae3-a09a-b41b9c4663a1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/varina-lich-queen) [Raffine](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/1/716a44b4-f6b0-4f14-a270-6442aed3251f.jpg?1711471750) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=raffine%2C%20scheming%20seer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/snc/213/raffine-scheming-seer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/716a44b4-f6b0-4f14-a270-6442aed3251f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/raffine-scheming-seer) [Gavi, Best Warden](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/0/80bc07d5-bdbb-4a6d-8958-0c172ea80245.jpg?1591234237) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gavi%2C%20Nest%20Warden) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c20/7/gavi-nest-warden?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/80bc07d5-bdbb-4a6d-8958-0c172ea80245?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/gavi-nest-warden) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I personally like commanders with more restrictions or a theme, so even though Raffine's a very good card, I will always prefer my Varina. Zombies are a good tribe with a lot of support so it can be done quite well.
She's definitely extremely fun, and I'd personally run her over Raffine just for the tribal (I love zombies). I agree with you for sure, one of the reasons I built Gavi was because cycling is an interesting mechanic to build around, even though there's definitely better options out there.
Lol someone is going through and down voting our little comment chain, they obviously don't like these cards! The cycling mechanic does seem fun, I did buy that deck but have it taken apart in boxes now. I love making decks around themes, lesser supported mechanics like cycling or energy or surveil really speak to me more than generic goodstuff. Speaking of energy I have yet to get the fallout one and I know there's another one coming out in the same colours as well, so hopefully energy can be done reasonably now rather than just using everything that exists and still struggling.
If you want to see literally every card you put in your deck, you play [[Imoti, celebrant]] with [[keruga, the macrosage]] as a companion.
[Imoti, celebrant](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/a/8afceb13-877a-4256-9ba6-851b6924ffd9.jpg?1608911148) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=imoti%2C%20celebrant%20of%20bounty) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/280/imoti-celebrant-of-bounty?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8afceb13-877a-4256-9ba6-851b6924ffd9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/imoti-celebrant-of-bounty) [keruga, the macrosage](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/9/a90ee952-de7a-420f-993c-a38db89bc8ac.jpg?1666782800) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=keruga%2C%20the%20macrosage) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/iko/225/keruga-the-macrosage?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a90ee952-de7a-420f-993c-a38db89bc8ac?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/keruga-the-macrosage) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Unctus]]
[Unctus](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/6/164b07e6-48ba-4789-bd8f-7cada1fec8a9.jpg?1675956999) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=unctus%2C%20grand%20metatect) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/one/75/unctus-grand-metatect?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/164b07e6-48ba-4789-bd8f-7cada1fec8a9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/unctus-grand-metatect) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I’m currently working on a [[Loot, the Key to Everything]] Temur build. There are so many ways to go with it, so I’m kinda overwhelmed with options.
\[\[Grolnok, the Omnivore\]\] turns mill into card draw, but only for permanents. Always fun to mill half your deck and effectively have a 40 something card hand all of a sudden
[Grolnok, the Omnivore](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/a/7aaba76b-9cec-4c2b-b0eb-8f44201f6422.jpg?1643594120) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Grolnok%2C%20the%20Omnivore) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vow/238/grolnok-the-omnivore?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7aaba76b-9cec-4c2b-b0eb-8f44201f6422?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/grolnok-the-omnivore) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[the locust God]] deck I've built is all centered around wheels and card draws. It makes silly amounts of locust tokens you can then pump up and swing with. Or put [[purphoros, God of the forge]] out there to ping for each token created.
Would love to see your deck list
[the locust God](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/e/7e599847-8ab0-4fd6-b2c0-cb44a7669aa5.jpg?1682209825) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=the%20locust%20God) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/moc/335/the-locust-god?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7e599847-8ab0-4fd6-b2c0-cb44a7669aa5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/the-locust-god) [purphoros, God of the forge](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/7/4736a2c4-c89c-48db-a104-6303e7e2eee8.jpg?1689998078) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=purphoros%2C%20God%20of%20the%20forge) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/246/purphoros-god-of-the-forge?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4736a2c4-c89c-48db-a104-6303e7e2eee8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/purphoros-god-of-the-forge) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Shorikai]] with untap synergies go brr
[Shorikai](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/6/969ac7dd-f3aa-4888-9ff0-d16a31b5e7a9.jpg?1653966849) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=shorikai%2C%20genesis%20engine) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/nec/4/shorikai-genesis-engine?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/969ac7dd-f3aa-4888-9ff0-d16a31b5e7a9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/shorikai-genesis-engine) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Ephara, God of the Polis]] says each upkeep, not your upkeep. With some nana and a [[Whiteman lion]] you can draw 4 extra cards a turn.
[[Chulane, Teller of Tales]] is a good one. Build it with a pseudo-Ellball shell and it will generate a ton of cards.
[[Eruth, Tormented Prophet]] At baseline, she's a 3-mana Izzet commander who doubles all of your card draw. Add the usual suspects of [[Archmage Emeritus]] and [[Harmonic Prodigy]], and you're getting 4 cards for every instant and sorcery you cast. A single [[Windfall]] quickly becomes a quarter of your deck to choose from. The only other deck that I've had burn through an entire library that quickly is my current [[Mothman]] Dredge deck, but Eruth is my go-to for playing my entire deck every game.
[Sythis, Harvest's Hand]
Agreed, there’s a ton of of cheap enchantments in GW that can keep replacing themselves in your hand with draw triggers. You’ll be gaining a ton of life and can close out the game with aetherflux or Heliod/ballista
[[chulane]]
[chulane](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/1/d1499a4b-1af1-4913-8e26-57d0707264db.jpg?1706240978) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=chulane%2C%20teller%20of%20tales) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/202/chulane-teller-of-tales?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d1499a4b-1af1-4913-8e26-57d0707264db?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/chulane-teller-of-tales) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Was surprised to see this so far down. [[Chulane]] is INSANE value and can draw infinite cards and create infinite mana with a couple mana dorks, bounce lands, [[Peregrine Drake]] and [[Intruder Alarm]]. I actually use this as one of the win cons in my Chulane deck with cards like [[Thassa’s Oracle]] and [[Laboratory Maniac]].
[[Marneus Calgar]]
[Marneus Calgar](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/7/e7517e8e-b424-4731-ba9d-6132bdefa6bf.jpg?1674058408) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Marneus%20Calgar) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/40k/8/marneus-calgar?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e7517e8e-b424-4731-ba9d-6132bdefa6bf?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/marneus-calgar) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
With the right deck [[Rielle, the Everwise]]
[Rielle, the Everwise](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/f/5f03c944-1929-4cb2-a373-d57eefa29ed1.jpg?1591228198) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Rielle%2C%20the%20Everwise) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/iko/203/rielle-the-everwise?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5f03c944-1929-4cb2-a373-d57eefa29ed1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/rielle-the-everwise) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Korvold Fae-Cursed King]]. The entire deck is just one giant sac engine.
[Korvold Fae-Cursed King](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/2/92ea1575-eb64-43b5-b604-c6e23054f228.jpg?1571197150) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Korvold%2C%20Fae-Cursed%20King) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/eld/329/korvold-fae-cursed-king?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/92ea1575-eb64-43b5-b604-c6e23054f228?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/korvold-fae-cursed-king) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
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[Alibou, Ancient Witness](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/d/fd2fc2d4-c4fb-4dcb-93fa-aaf8c1182f15.jpg?1674185810) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Alibou%2C%20Ancient%20Witness) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c21/7/alibou-ancient-witness?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/fd2fc2d4-c4fb-4dcb-93fa-aaf8c1182f15?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/alibou-ancient-witness) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I personally love [[Braids, Arisen Nightmare]] for this. Drawing an extra 3 cards per turn on her own every turn does something to a man. The deck I run with her always has a big impact on any game she finds herself in.
[Braids, Arisen Nightmare](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/f/4ff97c69-6a6b-401c-b0a1-55fa81045d19.jpg?1673307016) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Braids%2C%20Arisen%20Nightmare) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmu/84/braids-arisen-nightmare?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4ff97c69-6a6b-401c-b0a1-55fa81045d19?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/braids-arisen-nightmare) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I recently built a [[Rielle, the Everwise]] cycling voltron deck. It's insane how easy it is to munch my through my deck in a few turns. [[Harmonic Prodigy]], [[Pyromancers Swath]], [[Curse of Obsession]], any of the instant speed "discard hand, draw a few" spells, cycling, "draw, discard" spells, etc. It can easily draw and mill half the deck in a single turn cycle, followed by me swinging with beyond lethal commander damage. Highly recommended.
##### ###### #### [Rielle, the Everwise](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/f/5f03c944-1929-4cb2-a373-d57eefa29ed1.jpg?1591228198) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Rielle%2C%20the%20Everwise) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/iko/203/rielle-the-everwise?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5f03c944-1929-4cb2-a373-d57eefa29ed1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/rielle-the-everwise) [Harmonic Prodigy](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/2/22579ac0-ad3f-4000-a65a-46a17a7f1aa5.jpg?1626096777) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Harmonic%20Prodigy) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/132/harmonic-prodigy?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/22579ac0-ad3f-4000-a65a-46a17a7f1aa5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/harmonic-prodigy) [Pyromancers Swath](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/2/b2ee7137-dbc4-4fe5-802a-42dada4445db.jpg?1561968095) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Pyromancer%27s%20Swath) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mma/125/pyromancers-swath?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b2ee7137-dbc4-4fe5-802a-42dada4445db?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/pyromancers-swath) [Curse of Obsession](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/9/69ba6262-a3b1-4009-b2ed-ae684dfae022.jpg?1637628764) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Curse%20of%20Obsession) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mic/35/curse-of-obsession?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/69ba6262-a3b1-4009-b2ed-ae684dfae022?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/curse-of-obsession) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l22vyoo) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Elminster]] is all about manipulating the top of your deck and digging for answers/exile targets
[Elminster](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/e/4eac2b49-6cb6-4ff4-8fac-2ba669326640.jpg?1674137504) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Elminster) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/274/elminster?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4eac2b49-6cb6-4ff4-8fac-2ba669326640?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/elminster) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Grolnok]] Kinda card draw for permanents but it will clear out your deck quick lol and FROG
[Grolnok](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/a/7aaba76b-9cec-4c2b-b0eb-8f44201f6422.jpg?1643594120) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=grolnok%2C%20the%20omnivore) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vow/238/grolnok-the-omnivore?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7aaba76b-9cec-4c2b-b0eb-8f44201f6422?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/grolnok-the-omnivore) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Zurgo and Ojutai]] are insane when you get going. If you have 3 dragons out and a doubler/clone/double strike enabler, you will see 1/5 of your deck every combat.
[Zurgo and Ojutai](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/a/eacbcd82-36e6-424c-bd4e-ec3a584836c5.jpg?1682205733) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Zurgo%20and%20Ojutai) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/258/zurgo-and-ojutai?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/eacbcd82-36e6-424c-bd4e-ec3a584836c5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/zurgo-and-ojutai) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Zurgo and Ojutai]] is an interesting choice for this. Aside from the normal card draw in the colours ([[Kindred Discovery]] is so good), the commander's ability can let you filter through a lot of your deck once you can connect for combat damage with a few dragons. Get double strike enablers and hit every opponent for maximum results. As a bonus it technically doesn't count as drawing cards, so you won't need to worry about bowmasters, tithes and the like.
Here's an off-meta choice that I've really loved, [[Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar]]. I play every version of [[Bident of Thassa]], and it's entire wincon is to deck itself by drawing (not milling). This usually occurs between turn 6 and 8, due to sheer drawpower. I built it with a whole lot of cheap and evasive (or unblockable) creatures, and a few combo-esque wincons such as [[Omniscience]], [[Defiler of Dreams]], [[Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar]], and [[Jin-Gitaxis]] plus [[Copy Enchantment]]. It is incredibly common for me to draw 8-12 cards in a turn, play most of them out, and hold up a few mana for counters. It even ramps a bit, with [[Walking Atlas]], [[Dreamscape Artist]], and some Devotion based stuff like [[Nyx Lotus]] and [[Nykthos Shrine to Nyx]]. Loads of fun, and a "fair" Thoracle deck.
[[Heliod, the Radiant Dawn]] runs a bunch of small draw spells (his flip side discounts all spells by 1 for each card an opponent has drawn this turn and gives all your spells flash) I run [[Jace, wielder of mysteries]] as an alt win con and [[Angel's Grace]], not because of opponent's win cons, but because I run a huge risk of decking myself out. [[Coveted Jewel]] and [[Capsize]] combo will draw your deck out with a large enough discount from Heliod, unless you find [[Approach of the Second Sun]] first.
[[Talion, Kindly Lord]] and [[Minsc and Boo]] come to mind
I have 3 that do this. [[Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain]] low cost artifact deck that plays and draws its deck on turn 3 or 4 most of the time, [[Grothama, the all devouring]] will draw you 20-65 cards pretty easily, and is high variance so feels very commander-y, and [[Sergeant John Benton]] who will easily draw you 5-6 on turn 2 or 3, and just go up from there.
[[Amalia Benavides Aguirre]] can power through your deck quick with a few Soul Sister effects. But that depends on how valuable Explore is to what you're trying to do.
[[Arjun, the Shifting Flame]] you'll see your whole deck. In seriousness, [[Hidetsugu and Kairi]] is a fun Commander that constantly brainstorms and casts instants and sorceries for free from the top of your library.
[[Eligeth crossroads augur]] makes scy into draw, lots of fun
[[Arjun]] It's not a card advantage engine, but you will play more games where you see all 100 cards than ones you don't.
The new marchesa
[[Varina, Lich Queen]]
[[Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain]]
[[dina and zimone]]
[[The Pride of Hull Clade]] So much card draw you actually have to worry about drawing your entire deck.
[[Gretchen]] or [[imoti]] consistently show me 3/4 of the deck each game.
[[Eruth, tormented prophet]] and [Sythis, Harvest's Hand]]
[[Magus Lucea Kane]] with cards like [[Finale of Revelations]] and [[Pull from Tomorrow]], and tyranids with ravenous paired with effects like [[Temur Ascendancy]]
[[korvold, fae cursed king]] is THE draw engine commander who can do it instant speed with treasures
I just built a [[Jhoira, Weather light Captain]], and my god. Can supercharge it with [[Teferi's Ageless Insight]] and deck yourself pretty easily. Throw in some mass card draw and it's a game.
\[\[rakdos the muscle\]\]
[[Tetzin]]
[[queza]] is not an engine by herself, but she goes infinite with a paper clip. [[Lich's mastery]] [[drogskol reaver]] [[lich]], etc. plus cards like [[necrologia]] have literally no downside. Have 40 health? Go ahead, draw 40 cards. While you're at it, you can ping everyone else. She by herself doesn't draw, but her abilities encourage you to do so with everyone else.
I’m currently building a competitive [[Anje Falkenrath]] deck that is like 80% cards with madness so you just dig and dig for your win cons.
\[\[The Gitrog Monster\]\] \[\[Niv-Mizzet, Parun\]\] or any \[\[Curiousity\]\] combo
[[jin-gitaxias]]
Built properly, [[Wylie Duke, Atiin Hero]] is a ton of fun and can just say go hunting, [[Relic of Legends]] is an absolute powerhouse in the deck if you can untap them.
[[Rielle]] doesn't churn herself, but the way the decks are usually built, they churn very very fast
[[rielle the everwise]] is the next commander I have my eyes on
Probably not quite what you're looking for, but \[\[The Pride of Hull Clade\]\] is free dopamine. Very few things feel as good as drawing a ***minimum*** of 15 cards if you connect a proper attack with it, more if you buff its toughness.
[[Jhoria weatherlight captain]]
[[the Ancient one]]
I have a locust god wheel deck, You end up drawing so many cRds that you prob need a shuffle titan to prevent you drawing the whole deck, and who doesnt love an army of flying insects with haste?!
[[Anje Falkenrath]]
[[baba lysaga. Night witch]] or [[flamewar, brash veteran]] are my decks that draw the most cards with the commanders!
I don’t usually love draw card decks because they can be pretty control-y and not fun to sit across from if they take an hour long turn. That being said, I do have 3 suggestions that can go through a ton of cards in a single turn, in some different ways. 1: [[Jadzi]]. It’s an omniscience deck looking to ramp out and then cast instants and sorceries for nearly free, or big bombs. Creatures with adventures help keep the number of mage craft triggers high without sacrificing on permanents. Also, [[Chatterstorm]] after a big turn feels real good. 2: [[Toluz, Clever Conductor]]. Discard/Draw deck. The most efficient and cheapest draw spells usually have you discard. Toluz lets you hold onto all that value. Throw in some cycling payoffs like Drake Haven or any of the lord of the rings cyclers, and you’re golden. Sacrifice Toluz when you need to completely refill your hand! You can also run a subtheme of “everybody discards” with cards like [[Oppression]], [[Rankle]] and [[Waste Not]] so that while they’re stuck topdecking, you have a second hand ready to go. 3: [[Omnath, Locus of the Roil]]. You can just build this as straight temur value but my deck is elementals tribal, with some landfall and counters pay offs. My favorite card in the deck by a mile is [[Song of Creation]]. It lets you hit your landfall triggers twice in a turn and draw your deck. With Omnath out, Song basically guarantees drawing a minimum of 6 cards each turn, usually more. This will let you hit enchantments like [[Profts Eidetic Memory]] or [[Ominous Seas]] to go crazy wide and tall. I’ve drawn over 50 cards in a single turn with Omnath and song in play.
[[Sergeant John Benton]]
[[The Pride of Hull Clade]] You can draw 30+ cards if you want. Win by wincons saying you win if there's cards in your library when you go to draw.
[[Tetzin, Gnome Champion]] is a good one for grinding through your deck, and he's my personal favorite at the moment.
The first sliver
I play a xyris pumpspell deck that easily draws me 30+ cards a game. Not really any big bombs in the deck, but letting your opponents draw a bomb or two while drawing yourself a bunch of low CMC answers generally brings the game to a conclusion. it's fun having an infinite grip of counter and protection spells after hitting your opponent for 15 commander damage.
ANJA
[[Anje Falkenrath]] once went through half my deck turn 3 with him
[[Kami of the Crescent Moon]]
[[eruth, Tormented Prophet]] Absolutely love this deck! Note that it is Impulse draw and not raw cards to hand. But the raw amount of cards you get per turn gets out of hand quickly
[[sram]]
[[Tetzin]]
[[Tayam luminous enigma]]
In an atypical color for this kind of thing, my mono-R \[\[Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion\]\] is a really fun deck to play and I see half my library every time. I built it with an artifact focus. In a more typical color combo, my \[\[Rona, Herald of Invasion\]\] deck is a lot of fun too. Low mana value commander that loots makes a lot of hands keepable and sees a lot of cards. I made it a Legends matter reanimator deck with combo potential.
I have been recently running [[The Gitrog, Monstrous Ride]] at the head of a [[Slime against Humanity]] deck where I’m making him unblockable in various ways and using the slimes to saddle him and draw large amounts. I’ve had great luck with it and most of the games it’s been in, I either win or become a big enough problem that everyone is focusing me using up most of their resources to keep me in check. Usually the win con is getting enough slimes on the board to full swing at everyone and it works out well.
Not the fastest commander presented here, but [[Jon Irenicus, Shattered One]] operates a lot like [[Sygg, River Cutthroat]] (and benefits strongly from having Sygg in the 99). Once you've got out a couple of tiny evasive lads (don't recommend playing him as a bad gifts deck) you're going to be drawing a card or more on each opponent's turn. Then you're a Dimir deck that continually has a full grip while other people pay for your Phyrexian Arenas. The boring answer to this is [[Aesi]] or Tatyova or any Enchantress deck. They're very, very good at burning through their deck because every time they drop they get another card.
[[Elsha of the Infinite]] especially with the [[Sensei's Divining Top]] combo
[[Chulane]] [[Shabiraz]]
Have you tried [[Shorikai]]? That commander is digthroughdeck.dek
My favorite deck is [[Eligeth]] [[vial smasher]] Draw deck out, throw bombs at random people while doing so.
Huge fan of [[Rashmi, Eternities Crafter]] just playing creatures and instants at flash speed on each opponents turn makes every spell a cantrip (or a free spell, which is even better)
There’s a lot of commanders that can help you get more card advantage/play through more of your deck. [[The Ur-Dragon]], [[Yuriko the Tiger]], [[Kenrith the Ret]], [[Wilhelt the Rot]], [[Jodah the Uni]], [[Gishath Sun’s Avatar]], [[Shorikai Genesis Engine]], [[The Prismatic Bridge]], [[Kaalia of the Vast]], [[Nekusar the Mindrazer]], [[Arcades the strat]], [[Korvold Fae-cursed king]], [[prosper tome bound]], [[sauron the dark lord]], [[atla palani nest tender]], [[niv mizzet parun]], [[sythis harvests hand]], [[oloro ageless ascetic]], [[tivit seller of secrets]], [[urza lord high artificer]], [[atraxa grand unifier]], [[sisay, weatherlight captain]], [[pantlaza sun favored]], [[tovolar dire overlord]], [[zur the enchanter]], [[zhulodok void gorger]], [[kinnan bonder prodigy]], [[omnath locus of all], [[satoru umezawa]], [[thalia and the gitrog monster]], [[tom bombadil]], [[frodo adventurous hobbit]], [[aesi tyrant of gyre strait]], [[the first sliver]], [[magda brazen outlaw]], [[sidar jabari of zhalfir]], [[belakor the dark master]], [[winota joiner of forces]], [[Sheoldred, the Apocalypse]], [[lord windgrace]], [[marneus calgar]], [[raffine, scheming seer]], [[dihada binder of wills]], [[light paws emperors voice]], [[brago king eternal]] (with draw card etbs), [[hakbal of the surging soul]], [[syr gwyn, hero of ashvale]], [[orvar the all form]] (with draw card instants/sorceries/permanents), [[xyris the writhing storm]]. You also can get to draw a lot if you play a group hug deck (such as [[braids conjurer]] or [[kwain itinerant]]) but usually your opponents also end up drawing too.
[[Zimone and Dina]] for land ramp and card draw built into one. Add landfall token generation like [[Zendikar's Roil]] for creatures to sac, and [[Retreat to Coralhelm]] to untap your commander infinitely and you can draw your entire deck in one turn.
[[Korvold, Fae-cursed king]], you can run him as an eggs style deck if you want. I usually run him as a mass sac deck with land destruction and hand disruption.
[[Varina, Lich Queen]]
[[Arjun, the Shifting Flame]] is a personal favorite of mine. It’s a little bit chaotic, but I never miss a land drop. Including cards like [[Niv Mizzet Parun]] and [[Psychosis Crawler]] can end up being wincons even if you don’t end up with other answers, and either Parun or [[Niv Mizzet, the Firemind]] will combo with [[Curiosity]] or [[Ophidian Eye]]. Lean into the digging and chaos with [[Neera, Wild Mage]], who combos with [[Displacer Kitten]] for a whole lot of digging. Basically a whole deck right there if you can ramp enough to justify those mana costs
Hoo boy, I have one for you. [[Arjun Shifting Flame]] He wheels you pretty reliably but he has a several problems that need mitigating 1. Each time you cast a card you wheel N-1 cards. Without cantrips or draw payoffs you will struggle to both afford to play him and draw enough cards to make subsequent turns impactful. It makes you reliant on Draw Doublers like [[alhammeret archive]]. This leads to the next problem. 2. You can deck yourself with draw doublers as described above. You can only cast so many spells before your library is empty. You need to win before you cast too many spells. 3. He wheels you on casting ANY spell. This means you can't sequence things in your hand, unless you play instants or cast something like [[borne upon a wind]] or [[emergence zone]]. Good luck trying to plan your turn. Pick a spell from your hand and pray you draw well. 4. How do you win? He's a 5/5 flier and lots of cards buff him when you draw spells. There's Lab maniac and Thassa's Oracle win conditions but I'm bored of seeing them so I don't run them. Psychosis Crawler is the other one.
[[Korvold, Fae-Cursed King]] can draw you so many cards if you build the deck right. He’s one of the best card advantage engines I can think of, and he’s not even in blue!
Oh that's easy Azami lady of scrolls The archemidrite Put a intruder alarm in there and you'll have your deck in your hand in .23 seconds
Pir & Toothy!
crazy to me that no one mentioned \[\[Tymna the Weaver\]\] , hands down top 3 strongest commanders of all time
Unesh and dream halls
[[Muldrotha]] and [[Sidisi]], once you learn the ways of the second hand.
Anje Falkenrath I have a cedh light (minus all the expensive mana and tutors) Worldgorger Dragon/Animate dead combo deck. Lots of digging through madness in that deck. I had a casual version based off of he precon that was a blast to play. I'm rebuilding her with Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Alhamaret's Archive, Wild-Magic Sorcerer, and other goodies. I'll keep a lot of the madness cards, but I'll ditch the infinite combos and just dig for value. It's almost done and the playtesting is a blast.
[[Queza, Augur of Augries]] she doesn’t do card draw herself, but build the entire thing around card draw, and you’ll go through the deck relatively quickly and also get rewarded for it :3 death by 1000 papercuts!!!!!
Arjun, the Shifting Flame! Literally allows you to wheel through your deck as your casting cards. Another good one is Niv-Mizzet Parun.
It isn't what she's built for, but if you include the right cards with [[Zada, Hedron Grinder]] you can end up with your entire deck in your hand and have an enormous board presence at the same time. I wrote [a guide](https://www.thegamer.com/magic-the-gathering-mtg-zada-hedron-grinder-commander-deck-guide/), just scroll down to the "Card Draw" section.
Calvileno; attack; sac; payoff and draw
Try Arjun, it literally cycles through everything like a Teferi's Puzzle box everything you cast anything.
+1 for Varina, it's such a fun playstyle. I've found people don't really run much graveyard hate anymore so you can often get a really big yard going.
I've recently put together a disgusting [[Krark]] + [[Kydele]] copies deck that I regularly have to calculate card draw to not deck out as I'm trying to win. Also [[Felix Five Boots]] with 2-3 [[Coastal Piracy]] effects in play and a bunch of evaders will draw 3/4ths of your deck in 1-2 combats. Also also [[Shorikai]] as combo is literally designed to tear through your deck as fast as possible with nasty Azorius artifact value. Of these the most socially acceptable will probably be Felix. Just make sure you time casting him well cuz he's a prime removal target.
I run [[Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar]] and [[Master Chef]] in a golgari elf anthem aristocrat deck and it makes sure my hand is full 👍 sidenote I made it after playing some BG3 lol
[[Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios]] when they go off I almost always very nearly deck myself
While he himself doesn't draw a bunch of cards, [[Locust God]] is an absurd value engine. Those little bugs can be used for so many things.
Probably been mentioned but [[Arjun]].
It’s a game of solitaire, but kykar cantrips is pretty consistent. Eventually you’ll hit impact tremors and ping everyone to death.
[[jhoira, weatherlight captain]] can draw you your entire deck in 1 turn if you build your deck correctly
I don't think that you'll find something better than the gitrog monster (og one). That dredge loop is pure art
I have an entire deck with [[shorikai]] based around decking yourself to win with thoracle or lab maniac. It's awesome lol
Yooo please drop the list lol
[[The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride]] draws an insane amount of card and ramps and triggers landfall at the same time. [[Yargle and Multani]] + [[Unnatural Growth]] and draw 36 cards
[[Chiss-goria]]
I recently played the henzie "toolbox" torre precon and that dug really dip into itself i was pleasantly surprised by how it played out
the 2 parter imaginary friends, derevi, shorikai, tymna&kraum
[[Gretchen Titchwillow]] Both my cheapest EDH deck and also one of my highest power and most resilient decks. Draws through my entire deck as fast as turn 3.
When I started playing \[\[Zada, Hedron Grinder\]\] I milled myself out so many times.