Mono-white tax and stax control built around Elesh Norn. The commander punishes opponents for every source that damages its controller or their permanents. Spell taxes, attack taxes, one-spell-per-turn locks and cheap removal slow the table, while token makers and incubation build a board. Elesh Norn eventually sacrifices three creatures to flip into The Argent Etchings, which makes a wave of Phyrexian bodies, swings with a double-strike pump, then wipes every non-Phyrexian, nonartifact, nonland permanent and returns the commander front face up. How it wins: It locks opponents under taxes and spell restrictions, builds a wide token or Phyrexian army, flips the Saga for a double-strike alpha strike and one-sided wipe, and finishes with anthem-boosted swarms or Halo Fountain. Key roles: - Tax and lock pieces: Taxes on spells and attacks, one-spell-per-turn limits and creatures that make opposing creatures enter tapped. Together with Elesh Norn's damage tax, these keep opponents too mana-starved and slow to build or race. (Archon of Emeria, Ghostly Prison, Chancellor of the Annex) - Token production and doubling: Wide token generators supply the three sacrifices Elesh Norn needs to transform and form the attacking army. A token doubler multiplies the Saga's incubators and every other token maker. (Mondrak, Glory Dominus, Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Secure the Wastes) - Phyrexian and artifact survivors: Phyrexians, artifact creatures and Incubator-transformed tokens survive the Saga's third chapter and one-sided sweepers, so the board stays intact while opponents' boards are destroyed. (Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, Phyrexian Censor, Thousand Moons Smithy) - Sacrifice and token value: Small creatures die to Skullclamp or to the transform cost for cards. Token creation feeds draw engines, and proliferate grows the Saga's lore counters to speed it to its wipe. (Skullclamp, Staff of the Storyteller, Throne of Geth) - Mass pump finishers: Anthems, set-base-power effects and double strike turn a wide board of chaff into lethal damage, alongside the Saga's second chapter. Halo Fountain offers an alternate win with a huge tapped army. (Mirror Entity, Paladin Class, Halo Fountain) - Removal and resets: Cheap exile and destroy spells plus sweepers handle threats. Self-made tokens can be rebuilt after wipes that spare the deck's own key pieces. (Swords to Plowshares, White Sun's Twilight, Martial Coup)

Alabaster Chains decklist

• 19× Plains
• Arcane Signet
• Castle Ardenvale
• Ancient Den
• Aura of Silence
• Chancellor of the Annex
• Darksteel Citadel
• Darksteel Mutation
• Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• Evolving Wilds
• Mana Tithe
• Mind Stone
• Mirror Entity
• Path to Exile
• Skullclamp
• Sol Ring
• Swords to Plowshares
• Mangara, the Diplomat
• Phyrexia's Core
• Wayfarer's Bauble
• Ghostly Prison
• Idol of Oblivion
• Myriad Landscape
• Aven Mindcensor
• Lapse of Certainty
• Martial Coup
• Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• Authority of the Consuls
• Ethersworn Canonist
• Dispatch
• Throne of Geth
• Karn's Bastion
• Generous Gift
• Winds of Abandon
• Austere Command
• Norn's Annex
• Suture Priest
• Soul-Guide Lantern
• Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• Secure the Wastes
• Rebuff the Wicked
• Keeper of the Accord
• Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
• Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave
• Archon of Emeria
• Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau
• Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins
• Felidar Retreat
• War Room
• Archaeomancer's Map
• Paladin Class
• Halo Fountain
• Grand Crescendo
• Cut a Deal
• Loran of the Third Path
• The Eternal Wanderer
• Mirrex
• White Sun's Twilight
• Staff of Compleation
• Annex Sentry
• Staff of the Storyteller
• Phyrexian Vindicator
• Crawling Chorus
• Reprieve
• Phyrexian Censor
• Excise the Imperfect
• Stroke of Midnight
• Throne of Eldraine
• Get Lost
• Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand
• Illustrious Wanderglyph
• Flare of Fortitude
• Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
• Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
• Monumental Henge
• Restoration Magic
• Knight of the White Orchid
• Welcoming Vampire
• Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• Abandoned Air Temple