Death and Taxes 


- Player
- tensai
- Finish
- #1 of 46, 5-1
- Archetype
- Death and Taxes
- Format
- Legacy
- MTGO price
- 176.57 TIX (GoatBots, 4 Nov)
- Paper price
- €1059.55 / $1845.42 (non-foil: the prints chosen, otherwise the cheapest, 4 Nov 2026)
- Source
- Melee.gg
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Main deck (60)
Creatures (19)
- 1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
- 4 Cephalid Illusionist
- 1 Grand Abolisher
- 3 Narcomoeba
- 3 Nomads en-Kor
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
- 1 Thassa's Oracle
Instants (10)
- 4 Brainstorm
- 2 Daze
- 4 Force of Will
Sorceries (7)
- 2 Cabal Therapy
- 1 Dread Return
- 4 Ponder
Artifacts (6)
- 3 Aether Vial
- 1 Batterskull
- 1 Shuko
- 1 Umezawa's Jitte
Lands (18)
- 2 Cavern of Souls
- 4 Flooded Strand
- 2 Island
- 1 Plains
- 4 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 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 Narcomoeba (3 vs 0.0)
- +3 Nomads en-Kor (3 vs 0.0)
- +2 Flooded Strand (4 vs 1.8)
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)
- +3 True-Name Nemesis (3 vs 0.0)
- +2 Angel's Grace (2 vs 0.0)
- +1 Leyline of the Void (3 vs 1.9)
- +1 Grand Abolisher (1 vs 0.0)
- +1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade (1 vs 0.0)
- +1 Sword of Fire and Ice (1 vs 0.0)
- +1 Thassa's Oracle (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
3 combos from Commander Spellbook with every card in this list, the most popular first.































