
Party Time
Nalia de'Arnise Commander Precon
This is a party creature deck that uses Nalia de'Arnise as a card-advantage engine. It plays Clerics, Rogues, Warriors and Wizards (plus changelings) off the top of the library to assemble a full party quickly. Once the party is complete, Nalia and the other party payoffs turn each combat into a team-wide pump of +1/+1 counters, deathtouch and indestructibility. Death triggers, recursion and drain effects back up the board when it gets wiped or traded off. How it wins: It swarms the board with party creatures, then attacks with a counter-pumped, deathtouching, often indestructible team, finishing through overwhelming combat damage alongside drain and per-attack life loss. Key roles: - Top-of-library chaining: Nalia de'Arnise lets the deck cast party-typed creatures straight off the top, and scry, explore and type-based card selection keep the top stocked with castable creatures. (Harper Recruiter, Rumor Gatherer, Path of Ancestry) - Full party enablers: Changelings and type-granting effects fill every party slot at once, keeping Nalia de'Arnise's combat trigger and other full-party conditions online. (Maskwood Nexus, Irregular Cohort, Changeling Outcast) - Full party payoffs: These cards scale with party size or reward a complete party with extra counters, evasion, indestructibility, tokens and life drain. (Squad Commander, Archpriest of Iona, Burakos, Party Leader) - Combat amplification: Mass pumps, counter spreading and team-wide keywords stack with Nalia de'Arnise's +1/+1 counters and deathtouch to make wide attacks lethal and safe. (Jazal Goldmane, Mirror Entity, Mikaeus, the Lunarch) - Aristocrats value: Creature deaths turn into cards, drains, opponent sacrifices and flying tokens from countered creatures, which makes trades and wipes profitable. (Skullclamp, Zulaport Cutthroat, Felisa, Fang of Silverquill) - Recursion and reset: Graveyard returns rebuild the party after board wipes, and one-sided wipes such as party-sacrifice effects punish wider opposing boards. (Solemn Doomguide, Thwart the Grave, Stick Together)
Party Time decklist
- Archpriest of Iona
- Bygone Bishop
- Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
- Frontline Medic
- Galepowder Mage
- Glorious Protector
- Jazal Goldmane
- Magus of the Balance
- Mikaeus, the Lunarch
- Mirror Entity
- Order of Whiteclay
- Selfless Spirit
- Solemn Recruit
- Squad Commander
- Bloodsoaked Champion
- Butcher of Malakir
- Calculating Lich
- Dire Fleet Ravager
- Gonti, Lord of Luxury
- Grim Haruspex
- Grim Hireling
- Mardu Strike Leader
- Mindblade Render
- Nighthawk Scavenger
- Pontiff of Blight
- Puppeteer Clique
- Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
- High Priest of Penance
- Aven Mindcensor
- Irregular Cohort
- Mage's Attendant
- Mother of Runes
- Priest of Ancient Lore
- Rumor Gatherer
- Valiant Changeling
- Changeling Outcast
- Corpse Augur
- Malakir Blood-Priest
- Zulaport Cutthroat
- Austere Command
- Dusk // Dawn
- Sevinne's Reclamation
- Thwart the Grave
- Unbreakable Formation
- Despark
- Maskwood Nexus
- Arcane Signet
- Orzhov Signet
- Skullclamp
- Sol Ring
- Talisman of Hierarchy
- Firja's Retribution
- Castle Locthwain
- Mutavault
- Shambling Vent
- Temple of Silence
- Vault of the Archangel
- War Room
- Windbrisk Heights
- Command Tower
- Ash Barrens
- Bojuka Bog
- Mortuary Mire
- Myriad Landscape
- Orzhov Basilica
- Path of Ancestry
- Snowfield Sinkhole
- Starlit Sanctum
- Tainted Field
- 3× Plains
- 3× Plains
- 2× Plains
- 2× Plains
- 3× Swamp
- 3× Swamp
- 2× Swamp
- 2× Swamp
- Burakos, Party Leader
- Folk Hero
- Deep Gnome Terramancer
- Harper Recruiter
- Seasoned Dungeoneer
- Stick Together
- Black Market Connections
- Solemn Doomguide
- Multiclass Baldric
- Crib Swap