Painter 


- Player
- tensai
- Finish
- #9 of 17, 2-2
- Archetype
- Painter
- Format
- Legacy
- MTGO
- 261 TIX
- Paper
- €1217.43 / $2002.11
- Source
- Melee.gg
Main deck (60)
Creatures (14)
Instants (11)
- 4 Brainstorm
- 3 Daze
- 4 Force of Will
Sorceries (7)
- 2 Cabal Therapy
- 1 Dread Return
- 4 Ponder
Artifacts (7)
- 3 Aether Vial
- 1 Batterskull
- 1 Kaldra Compleat
- 1 Pithing Needle
- 1 Shuko
Lands (21)
- 2 Cavern of Souls
- 4 Flooded Strand
- 2 Island
- 1 Plains
- 4 Polluted Delta
- 2 Tundra
- 2 Underground Sea
- 4 Urza's Saga
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Painter list
Average of 54 decks in the 30 days up to Jan. 22, 2022, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +4 Cephalid Illusionist (4 vs 0.1)
- +4 Stoneforge Mystic (4 vs 0.1)
- +4 Ponder (4 vs 0.3)
- +4 Polluted Delta (4 vs 0.3)
- +3 Flooded Strand (4 vs 0.5)
- +3 Brainstorm (4 vs 0.8)
- +3 Daze (3 vs 0.1)
- +3 Narcomoeba (3 vs 0.1)
Fewer than usual
- -4 Mountain (0 vs 3.8)
- -4 Painter's Servant (0 vs 3.7)
- -3 Ancient Tomb (0 vs 3.0)
- -3 Pyroblast (0 vs 2.6)
- -3 Lotus Petal (0 vs 2.6)
- -3 Grindstone (0 vs 2.5)
- -2 Goblin Welder (0 vs 2.1)
- -2 Goblin Engineer (0 vs 2.1)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +4 Painter's Servant (4 vs 0.3)
- +2 Swords to Plowshares (3 vs 0.5)
- +2 Soul-Guide Lantern (2 vs 0.1)
- +2 Blue Elemental Blast (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Prismatic Ending (2 vs 0.4)
- +1 Grindstone (2 vs 0.7)
Fewer than usual
- -1 Surgical Extraction (0 vs 1.4)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 44 cards away from the average.
Combos in this deck
4 combos from Commander Spellbook with every card in this list, the most popular first.
- Infinite self-mill, Infinite mill for target opponent: Grindstone + Painter's Servant
- 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





























