Painter 


- Player
- tensai
- Finish
- #1 of 16, 4-0
- Archetype
- Painter
- Format
- Legacy
- MTGO price
- 261.28 TIX (GoatBots, 3 Nov)
- Paper price
- €1210.96 / $2000.78 (non-foil: the prints chosen, otherwise the cheapest, 3 Nov 2026)
- Source
- Melee.gg
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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 26 decks in the last 90 days.
Main deck
More than usual
- +4 Cephalid Illusionist (4 vs 0.0)
- +4 Flooded Strand (4 vs 0.0)
- +4 Stoneforge Mystic (4 vs 0.0)
- +4 Polluted Delta (4 vs 0.3)
- +3 Brainstorm (4 vs 0.8)
- +3 Ponder (4 vs 0.8)
- +3 Force of Will (4 vs 0.9)
- +3 Aether Vial (3 vs 0.0)
Fewer than usual
- -4 Mountain (0 vs 4.3)
- -4 Ancient Tomb (0 vs 3.8)
- -3 Painter's Servant (0 vs 3.4)
- -2 Lotus Petal (0 vs 2.3)
- -2 Pyroblast (0 vs 2.2)
- -2 Karn, the Great Creator (0 vs 2.0)
- -2 Grindstone (0 vs 1.8)
- -2 Goblin Engineer (0 vs 1.6)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +3 Painter's Servant (4 vs 0.6)
- +3 Swords to Plowshares (3 vs 0.0)
- +2 Prismatic Ending (2 vs 0.0)
- +2 Soul-Guide Lantern (2 vs 0.0)
- +2 Blue Elemental Blast (2 vs 0.2)
- +1 Grindstone (2 vs 0.8)
Fewer than usual
- -2 Disruptor Flute (0 vs 1.6)
- -1 Fury (0 vs 1.1)
Most unusual list in this period: Mark Wood in Buffalo Chicken Dip Legacy Open 5 Main Event (45 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





























