Death and Taxes 


- Player
- tensai
- Finish
- #1 of 35, 6-0
- Archetype
- Death and Taxes
- Format
- Legacy
- MTGO price
- 168.45 TIX (GoatBots, 4 Nov)
- Paper price
- €980.04 / $1728.35 (non-foil: the prints chosen, otherwise the cheapest, 4 Nov 2026)
- Source
- Melee.gg
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Main deck (60)
Sideboard (15)
Main deck (60)
Creatures (19)
- 4 Cephalid Illusionist
- 3 Daru Spiritualist
- 3 Narcomoeba
- 3 Nomads en-Kor
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
- 1 Shaman en-Kor
- 2 Stoneforge Mystic
- 1 Thassa's Oracle
Planeswalkers (1)
Instants (9)
- 4 Brainstorm
- 1 Daze
- 4 Force of Will
Sorceries (7)
- 2 Cabal Therapy
- 1 Dread Return
- 4 Ponder
Artifacts (5)
- 3 Aether Vial
- 1 Batterskull
- 1 Shuko
Lands (19)
- 2 Cavern of Souls
- 4 Flooded Strand
- 2 Island
- 1 Plains
- 4 Polluted Delta
- 2 Starlit Sanctum
- 2 Tundra
- 2 Underground Sea
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Death and Taxes list
Average of 51 decks in the last 7 days.
Main deck
More than usual
- +4 Cephalid Illusionist (4 vs 0.0)
- +4 Ponder (4 vs 0.0)
- +4 Brainstorm (4 vs 0.1)
- +4 Force of Will (4 vs 0.1)
- +4 Polluted Delta (4 vs 0.1)
- +3 Daru Spiritualist (3 vs 0.0)
- +3 Narcomoeba (3 vs 0.0)
- +3 Nomads en-Kor (3 vs 0.0)
Fewer than usual
- -4 Plains (1 vs 5.2)
- -4 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd (0 vs 4.0)
- -4 Swords to Plowshares (0 vs 4.0)
- -4 Wasteland (0 vs 4.0)
- -4 Karakas (0 vs 3.9)
- -4 Solitude (0 vs 3.9)
- -4 White Orchid Phantom (0 vs 3.6)
- -4 Marsh Flats (0 vs 3.5)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +3 Swords to Plowshares (3 vs 0.0)
- +2 True-Name Nemesis (2 vs 0.0)
- +2 Skyclave Apparition (2 vs 0.0)
- +1 Leyline of the Void (3 vs 1.9)
- +1 Ethersworn Canonist (1 vs 0.0)
- +1 Grand Abolisher (1 vs 0.0)
- +1 Thassa's Oracle (1 vs 0.0)
- +1 Umezawa's Jitte (1 vs 0.0)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Wrath of the Skies (0 vs 3.0)
- -2 Disruptor Flute (0 vs 2.5)
- -2 Erode (0 vs 1.7)
- -1 Deafening Silence (0 vs 1.2)
- -1 Damping Sphere (0 vs 1.0)
Most unusual list in this period: suture in North American Eternal Weekend - Legacy Championship (30 cards away from the average)
Combos in this deck
7 combos from Commander Spellbook with every card in this list, the most popular first.
- Infinite self-mill: Cephalid Illusionist + Shuko
- Infinite self-mill: Cephalid Illusionist + Nomads en-Kor
- Infinite self-mill, Win the game: Cephalid Illusionist + Dread Return + Narcomoeba + Nomads en-Kor + Thassa's Oracle
- Infinite lifegain: Daru Spiritualist + Shaman en-Kor + Starlit Sanctum
- Infinite lifegain: Daru Spiritualist + Nomads en-Kor + Starlit Sanctum
- Infinite self-mill: Cephalid Illusionist + Shaman en-Kor
- Infinite lifegain: Daru Spiritualist + Shuko + Starlit Sanctum

































