Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV Commander Deck
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV anchors a tax and control strategy that makes every spell opponents cast more expensive while reducing costs for the pilot, backed by a dense suite of counterspells, board wipes, and stax pieces that slow the game to a crawl. Enchantments and artifacts that force opponents to enter tapped, restrict them to one spell per turn, and tax activated abilities compound the commander's cost increase into a suffocating lock. The primary win condition is casting Approach of the Second Sun twice, enabled by tutor effects and Narset's Reversal to copy and return the spell to hand, closing out a game where opponents have been too throttled to respond.
Decklist
- Cursed Totem
- Index
- Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor
- Cyber Conversion
- Brainstorm
- Counterspell
- Negate
- Anticipate
- Rhystic Study
- Ephemerate
- Unbreakable Formation
- Paladin Class
- Cataclysm
- Strict Proctor
- Settle the Wreckage
- Hushbringer
- Swords to Plowshares
- Fell the Mighty
- Mangara, the Diplomat
- Port Town
- Temple of Enlightenment
- Glacial Fortress
- Prairie Stream
- Reliquary Tower
- Adarkar Wastes
- Thought Vessel
- Command Tower
- Temple of the False God
- Exotic Orchard
- Austere Command
- Kefnet's Monument
- Omen Machine
- Armageddon
- Supreme Verdict
- Dovin, Grand Arbiter
- Geist of Saint Traft
- Dovin, Hand of Control
- Dovin's Veto
- Render Silent
- Spell Pierce
- Threads of Disloyalty
- Dovin Baan
- Wrath of God
- Gift of Estates
- Monologue Tax
- Arcane Denial
- Ghostly Prison
- Approach of the Second Sun
- Promise of Loyalty
- Darksteel Mutation
- Hallowed Fountain
- Terminus
- Cleansing Nova
- Seachrome Coast
- Jace Beleren
- Azorius Locket
- Hindering Light
- Gideon Blackblade
- Deserted Beach
- Azorius Chancery
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion
- Imprisoned in the Moon
- Farewell
- Narset's Reversal
- Solve the Equation
- Opposition
- Chart a Course
- Dig Through Time
- Knowledge Pool
- Land Tax
- Mind Stone
- Commander's Sphere
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Sol Ring
- Arcane Signet
- Azorius Signet
- Talisman of Progress
- God-Pharaoh's Statue
- Citadel Siege
- Spirit of the Labyrinth
- Dawn Charm
- Collective Effort
- Silent Arbiter
- Absorb
- Lapse of Certainty
- Blind Obedience
- Suppression Field
- Authority of the Consuls
- Runed Halo
- Stony Silence
- Deafening Silence
- Oketra's Monument
- Scepter of Dominance
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Temporal Mastery
- Mystical Tutor
- Gifts Ungiven
- To Arms!
- Thalia, Heretic Cathar
- Path to Exile
- Rule of Law
- Isperia, Supreme Judge
- Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
- Time Wipe
- Consider
- Devastation Tide
- Teferi, Time Raveler
- 12× Plains
- 12× Island