Iroh, Grand Lotus — Commander art

Iroh, Grand Lotus

Iroh, Grand Lotus Commander Deck

by Ashenur100 cards

This is a Lessons spellslinger deck. It fills the graveyard with cheap Lesson instants and sorceries, then uses Iroh, Grand Lotus to recast each of them for {1} on its own turn, while other instants and sorceries come back for their normal mana cost. Every spell cast, including each flashback, triggers a dense set of magecraft and cast-trigger creatures and enchantments that draw cards, make mana, deal damage or make tokens. Lessons in the graveyard also power threshold-style bonuses, so the deck chains many spells per turn from both hand and graveyard. How it wins: It chains Lessons and flashback casts in one big turn, letting repeated cast triggers burn each opponent out, flood the board with Dragons, or copy spells many times over with a storm-style payoff. Key roles: - Lesson recursion engine: Iroh, Grand Lotus turns the graveyard into a second hand of {1} Lessons, and other cards cut graveyard costs further or reward casting from it with cards and value. (Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius, Secrets of the Dead, Toph, Hardheaded Teacher) - Graveyard Lesson count: Several cards get stronger with three or more Lessons in the graveyard, becoming cheaper, drawing more or hitting harder, so looting and self-discard that stock the yard feed both the bonuses and Iroh's flashback. (Gran-Gran, Accumulate Wisdom, Chakra Meditation) - Cost reduction and spell mana: Reducers and mana-on-cast effects make each spell nearly free or net positive, so long chains don't run dry. (Storm-Kiln Artist, Electro, Assaulting Battery, Uncle Iroh) - Cast-trigger card flow: Draw-on-cast pieces refill the hand faster than spells are spent and dig toward payoffs. (Archmage of Runes, Archmage Emeritus, Case of the Ransacked Lab) - Damage and token payoffs: Each instant, sorcery or noncreature spell pings every opponent, grows a dragon, or makes a 5/5 flier, turning a long chain into lethal damage. (Guttersnipe, Longshot, Rebel Bowman, Rite of the Dragoncaller) - Spell copying and free-cast finishers: Copy and free-cast effects multiply a late-chain spell or cast a pile of spells at no cost, which closes out a big turn. (Thousand-Year Storm, Improvisation Capstone, Ashling, Flame Dancer)

Iroh, Grand Lotus decklist

  • Arcane Signet
  • Sol Ring
  • Swiftfoot Boots
  • Bountiful Landscape
  • Cinder Glade
  • Command Tower
  • Dreamroot Cascade
  • Evolving Wilds
  • Exotic Orchard
  • 5× Forest
  • Game Trail
  • Hinterland Harbor
  • 6× Island
  • Karplusan Forest
  • 7× Mountain
  • Path of Ancestry
  • Rockfall Vale
  • Rootbound Crag
  • Shivan Reef
  • Stormcarved Coast
  • Sulfur Falls
  • Yavimaya Coast
  • Archmage Emeritus
  • Archmage of Runes
  • Ashling, Flame Dancer
  • Caldera Pyremaw
  • Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
  • Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • Exhibition Tidecaller
  • Goblin Electromancer
  • Gran-Gran
  • Guru Pathik
  • Guttersnipe
  • Hermitic Herbalist
  • Longshot, Rebel Bowman
  • Sokka, Bold Boomeranger
  • Storm-Kiln Artist
  • Stormcatch Mentor
  • Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
  • Uncle Iroh
  • Case of the Ransacked Lab
  • Chakra Meditation
  • Fiery Inscription
  • Rite of the Dragoncaller
  • Secrets of the Dead
  • Thousand-Year Storm
  • Abandon Attachments
  • Accumulate Wisdom
  • Combustion Technique
  • Counterspell
  • Cycle of Renewal
  • Elemental Teachings
  • Energybending
  • Frantic Search
  • How to Start a Riot
  • It'll Quench Ya!
  • Lost Days
  • Octopus Form
  • Origin of Metalbending
  • Overwhelming Victory
  • Redirect Lightning
  • Sokka's Haiku
  • Solstice Revelations
  • Whirlwind Technique
  • Zuko's Exile
  • Jace, Memory Adept
  • Aang's Journey
  • Boomerang Basics
  • Containment Breach
  • Faithless Looting
  • Farseek
  • Germination Practicum
  • Illuminate History
  • Improvisation Capstone
  • Introduction to Annihilation
  • Introduction to Prophecy
  • Iroh's Demonstration
  • Price of Freedom
  • Seismic Sense
  • Shared Roots
  • Strike It Rich
  • Forest
  • Mountain
  • Island

Iroh, Grand Lotus

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Iroh, Grand Lotus