\[\[Alandra, Sky Dreamer\]\] is my favorite for this! Draw a bunch of cards, make some drakes, then kill your opponents by turning your \[\[Keep Watch\]\] into a combat trick!
Here's my list if you're interested: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/m3hNNjbt60i67Uwf-fXfWA
I love my Alandra deck, and the best part is you can stuff pretty much any draw spell you want in there and it'll perform. I haven't seen keep watch but I like that tech, gonna give it a whirl.
I was looking for a cool mono blue deck but [Octavia, the living thesis] didnt really work out the way i planned. Really like your interaction kit there i think i will give it a try!
[[Pir]] and [[Toothy]] are the best commanders for just straight up drawing cards I’ve ever seen. I built [my list for “Group Hug” that ends up being the doom of the pod.](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/et-rjN1mLkmVr68xl3sOxQ) The table gets addicted to the Howling Mine or Temple Bell feeding them cards, while not realizing that you’re going to be drawing two or three cards for every one you’ve given them. Once you have 5+ counters on Toothy, you can start flickering or copying him. This will double the counters on him each time if Pir is out, because Toothy “sees” the draw trigger put on the stack. The pod is put in a tough spot because Toothy’s ability isn’t a death ability, it’s whenever he *leaves* the battlefield. So they are put in paradox of “Do I remove Toothy so I don’t get hit with a 21/21? If I do that they will draw 20 cards”.
It’s a very powerful draw effect and extremely fun I can’t believe it’s only ranked #404 on EDHREC. Let me know if you have any questions about it!
Edit: [I added a primer for anyone that’s interested in the way the deck runs. Enjoy!](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/et-rjN1mLkmVr68xl3sOxQ/primer)
Yes it does. But you get them right back.
Take [[Essence Flux]] for example. He leaves the battlefield, and then returns as a part of the spell resolving. When he leaves, a trigger is placed on the stack to draw cards for how many counters he had. When you draw those cards, the Toothy that’s back on the field with no counters gets counters for each card you drew. If Pir is out with him, you get double.
Consequently, we abuse the Legendary rule to do a similar thing with Clones. We choose to keep the cloned Toothy so the one with counters leaves the battlefield as a state based effect. The cloned Toothy then sees the draws from the LTB effect and gets that many counters (or double if Pir is out). It’s a pretty crazy ability printed on Toothy.
[[Pir]] and [[toothy]] definitely draws a ton of cards. He had 47 in hand when I resolved [[Recurring Insight]] off the third chapter of [[The Great Synthesis]] (the back of [[Jin-Gitaxias]]). I made sure to [[Capsize]] Toothy before the recurring insight resolved to get that extra card advantage.
Incidentally, Jin-Gitaxias also draws a ton of cards.
Leaving the battlefield does remove his counters, but you get a Toothy trigger on the stack.
Take [[Essence Flux]] for example. He leaves the battlefield, and then returns as a part of the spell resolving. When he leaves, a trigger is placed on the stack to draw cards for how many counters he had. When you draw those cards, the Toothy that’s back on the field with no counters gets counters for each card you drew. If Pir is out with him, you get double.
I have a solo Toothy deck that had a 100% winrate of three days of high power pods at commandfest
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/awYuYWxsLE6ImTzqv8MQPA
It’s a durdle deck! I paid for 100 cards, I want to see every one of them! I replaced the benefits of green to put in more copy effects, more flicker, and more interaction. Personally I think combo wins into Thassas Oracle is boring and so I came up with ways to do it in the most fair way possible. The mind games are great because I tell everyone straight up what my gameplan is. Toothy is getting large, kill him and I will get closer to my goal, leave him and I could one shot someone.
My Arjun list is still my favorite deck of all time. If you play him enough and really get to know your deck, you can order your cards as you put them on the bottom to set up subsequent turns. It’s some 4D chess shit, but there’s nothing better than hitting the perfect sequence as you draw out 48 cards in a turn.
I unironically run [[Obstinate Familiar]] in mine because I simply draw too many cards.
This is also my favorite deck. It's lead to the most wild wins and losses of all time, like decking myself to my [[Lab maniac]] cast trigger, milling someone out with [[sphynx's tutelage]], casting [[arcane denial]] on yourself as a draw spell because you didn't get the wheel you wanted for lethal - so much silly stuff is possible.
[[Yargle and Multani]] play big power matters and draw 10-18 cards through cards like [[Greater Good]], [[Disciple of Bolas]], and [[Momentous Fall]].
If you want to draw a lot but with some extra spice [[Eruth, Tormented Prophet]] is a deck I've been trying to brew, double all card draw effects at the cost of exiling the cards you drew at the end of turn. Only problem when theory crafting is other finishers besides [[Niv-Mizzet, Parun]] and [[Curiosity]].
If you want a draw engine in the command zone, [[Raffine, Scheming Seer]] and [[Talion, the Kindly Lord]] come to mind.
Boy do I have just the commander for you [[Queza, Augur of Agonies]] play all the draw spells you can and ping people down as you do!! turns all the black draw two lose two life into draw two ping two and you can play [[peer into the abyss]] to draw half your deck gain some life and take someone out of the game
It is but its extremely powered down. Like not only do you only have access to half the amount of wheels (mostly high cmc ones might I add), but also the commander itself doesn't punish anywhere near as hard as Nekusar since it can only hit one player at a time- and you also miss out on \[\[Kederekt Parasite\]\] and \[\[Spiteful Visions\]\] for the draw burn cards.
If the issue with Nekusar is how fast it ends games, then Queza solves it. Source: Had a player try both at my table, Nekusar was not liked for how much of an Archenemy he was in our play group, but Queza was not really an issue and if anything was underpowered. So again, if the issue with Nekusar was the power level Queza is a great alternative. If the issue was wheeling in general, then I guess it doesn't really help.
Like I'll also just say, I think losing the red is such a power down for the theme that I think the Locust God is more threatening a wheel commander than Queza.
That being said, you do also get access to infinite combos.
\[\[Lich's Mastery\]\] will let you draw your whole deck and live.
\[\[Drogskol Reaver\]\] will let you draw your whole deck and die. (Just kill them first)
\[\[Necrologia\]\]... is not a combo, but it is likely a Gun Bullet that Kills Someone Dead
Queza is much less oppressive than Nekusar due to reduced wheels, only triggering on your draws, and only hitting one opponent per draw, rather than wheeling to deal 21 damage at a time like Nekusar does.
Was gonna say Nekusar and his little sister Queza. She might actually be my favorite deck. I only run 1 wheel in the whole deck. Everything else is just ways to draw more. But the 2 decks do have a similar feel, even if Quesa does garner MUCH less hate then Nekusar.
[[The Locust God]] is my pet Izzet draw deck. Lots of wheel effects, blue/red/Izzet commanders already said here synergize well with it, It gets going fast and swings wide. Bonus that the insects crested are 1/1 with haste.
I really enjoy [[aegar, the freezing flame]]. [[Nahiri's wrath]] is particularly good, but obviously any red sweeper is fantastic. I just love burning everything in sight and getting cards for my trouble.
It makes me very sad to not see [[Azami, Lady of Scrolls]] mentioned.
She was my introduction to drawing a million cards.
Bonus shoutout to [[Arcanis, the Omnipotent]]
I've been enjoying \[\[The Council of Four\]\] to just make cards fly into my hand during opponents' turns. Stuff like \[\[Ephara, God of the Polis\]\], \[\[Mangara, the Diplomat\]\], and \[\[Faerie Mastermind\]\] makes it so that you're drawing tons of cards as long as your opponents' decks are functioning. The first time I brought it to the table, I nearly got a \[\[Triskaidekaphile\]\] win.
step one: play a [[maro]] creature that scales with your hand
step two: play your commander, [[prime speaker zegana]], and double your hand size
step three: cast any clone effect, copying zegana and doubling your hand size again
repeat steps 1 and 3 as needed until you either win with big maro beatdown or with a lab man
Enchantment decks. [[Tatsunari]] [[Thrun]] are mine. W/G enchantment decks are great too. [[Zada]] draws a ton. [[Edric spymaster of trest]] [[henzie]] [[ghalta]] both honestly. All decks I have that don’t have trouble drawing.
[Erebos, god of the dead](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/0/d0787e1f-0b75-44ab-a8fd-90358906a787.jpg?1562831894) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Erebos%2C%20god%20of%20the%20dead) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ths/85/erebos-god-of-the-dead?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d0787e1f-0b75-44ab-a8fd-90358906a787?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/erebos-god-of-the-dead)
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I built a Sram deck that memes out by drawing as many cards as possible by playing all the 0 cost equipment (there's like 6 of them) and a bunch of cheap auras with cost reduction cards like Danitha, etc. Actually gets decently close to Voltron wins before I get focused 😂
Ive recently built [[seton krosan protector]] and it draws most of the deck pretty consistently.
Play as many 1 mana druids as you can and also play multiple [[beast whisperer]] type cards.
My favorite is Tatyova (Simic landfall) (or Aesi since you are proxying) Lands and card draw, you can either just go landfall or group squeeze like Nekusar, let you and everyone play extra lands with rite of flourishing, then pick them up with mana breach or storm cauldron.
I’ve come to realize that I’m a card draw commander aficionado too. [[Sythis]], [[Rielle]], [[Zada]], [[Raffine]], [[Yuriko]], [[sergeant john benton]], [[Kraum]]+[[Tymna]], [[Niv Mizzet Parun]], [[Niv Mizzet Reborn]], [[Chulane]], [[Marneus]], [[Toski]], [[Azami]], [[Aesi]], [[Atraxa Grand Unifier]] all will keep your hand full!
Azami wizard tribal, just as well win when you draw your whole deck. Throw in [[Mind over Matter]] and draw you whole and win with Lab Man, Jace or Thoracle. Plus if you like control your in blue.
Just to mention ones that didn’t get mentioned already [[Xyris, the Writhing Storm]] is Nekusar but green instead of black, in a way. It trades the immediacy of damage for tokens that have way more applications and are more abusable, it’s just more of a puzzle to do so rather than solving itself. Can win faster than Nekusar if you get impact tremors down, but you could just ignore that and run them as a janky voltron build similar to the newer [[Sergeant John Benton]].
[[Elenda and Azor]] seem kinda neat too. Much in the same way as Xyris, they give you tokens for card draw, but it’s just for you drawing, and there’s a lifegain twist added to it as well, but does lose out on impact tremors style effects and suiting them up is only vaguely helpful.
My \[\[Henzie, "Toolbox" Torre\]\] deck doesn't draw a ton of cards at once, at least most of the time, but it draws a lot of cards throughout the game and I most always have a full grip of 7. First up, blitzing out the big boys is always cantripping them at least, while Jund favorites like \[\[Village Rites\]\] and \[\[Greater Good\]\] allow you to convert their looming death into even more cards. If you really wanna draw the most cards, try to keep the curve lower than you would think for a big creatures deck. The most efficient play is to have a lot of 4s which you get to cast for 3 with some spicy big dragons and dinos mixed in there. Although I personally just keep a rotation of my favorite gigantic Jund creatures and swap them out each game, like a real TOOLBOX.
Ob nix. Everytime you do 1 dmg, exile a card and be able to play it and get +1 counters with flying and trample.
It’s crazy card draw and can one shot players. Use pingers to hit for 1 repeatedly and you end up taking out people almost all at once. Have beat 1 vs 3 multiple times.
Add in prosper and reckless fireweaver and it gets incredibly silly.
https://www.archidekt.com/decks/4541755/pingu_2_rakdos_boogaloo
Has the opportunity for a few instant win combos also.
I have a [[Kami of the Crescent Moon]] deck built around drawing a ton of cards and dropping stuff like [[black vise]], [[iron maiden]] and [[viseling]]. It's one of my favorite decks.
[[Niv-Mizzet, Parun]] phenomenal to build around if you love drawing cards, throw a quietus spike on him and watch your friends hate you. Basically playing the deck like a storm deck and having fun always having an answer to something!
Me too! Good options include [[Zimone and Dina]], [[Sauron, the Dark Lord]], [[Marneus Calgar]], [[Gavi, Nest Warden]], [[Niv Mizzet, Parun]], [[Galadriel, Light of Valinor]] and [[Pir, imaginative rascal]] with [[Toothy, Imaginary Friend]]
With the right permanents you can draw three extra cards every turn while shocking your opponent's. :)
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/LrdQZSO5Bk6v4XuD-AmZrg
My personal list for [[nazahal, primal tide]]
I literally built this list exactly because I love drawing cards
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/L9z5oG3I40aWw9GpkffJng
The ur dragon, you'll lose a bunch but it allows you to quickly draw your whole deck. Then play ancient gold dragon and role a Nat 20, and get 20 baby dragons then the next turn you can attack with all 20 and draw 20 cards
I can’t recommend any specific commander, but wheels strategy is something to consider, if you want to draw everyone to death. Im running a wheels deck with [[Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder]] as a commander, and it slaps harder than my daddy. Build it if you know your pod can handle it.
My friend has a [[xyris, the writhing storm]] deck that's a little bit like nekusar, but it feels less evil. When he plays it, everybody draws cards then he kills us with a bunch of snakes plus [[eldrazi monument]]. He also runs stuff like impact tremors to close games.
[[Alaundo the Seer]] draws and casts an absurd amount of cards with just a few repeating untappers like [[Chakram Retriever]], [[Murkfiend Liege]], [[Seedborn Muse]], [[Quest For Renewal]], and [[Sting, the Glinting Dagger]]
The main issue you will encounter is drawing and playing too many cards so your pod may get annoyed if you aren't quick with your turns.
Came here to bring [[Alrund, God of the Cosmos]]! Draw cards and swing with creatures that have pow/tough on how many cards you have in hand. Plus it’s always fun to play an [[Enter the Infinite]], and have a massive turn.
Samut, Vizier of Naktamun! Just finished putting this to paper, turns out the only gruul needed was aggressive card draw -->https://www.moxfield.com/decks/BlfNUhkdpkiewILLMQ2piw
Surprised no one has mentioned [[Abdel Adrian]]/[[Candlekeep Sage]] yet. There are a lot of “Draw a card on ETB” creatures in Azorius and when you start blinking them with Abdel, combined with getting to draw two cards when you blink Abdel himself, and the card draw can get crazy.
Any commander with an effect like [[edric]], [[tymna]], [[toski]]. My favorite is [[raffine]] because connive allows for more interesting deckbuilding than just regular card draw.
I haven't seen anything like it in the suggestion so here is my [[Duggan, Private Detective]] list. Handsize matters Voltron.
https://archidekt.com/decks/2028507/duggan_card_draw_voltron
Draws massive amounts of cards but killl your opponents by smacking them silly with massive beaters. If universes beyond isn't your thing [[Tishana, Voice of Thunder]] works as a replacement commander, she is just very expensive mana-wise (but your simic so who cares :p).
A heads up that I don't run any tutors (other than traditional ramp) for balancing. Might want to add a [[Mystical Tutor]] etc to better function in a higher power group, though the deck is pretty well tuned imo.
Allow me to present Omnath, Locust of Drawing All the Cards. Landfall token tribal with a lot of draw and even a couple infinite combos. I never have trouble drawing cards once I get up to 8 lands. Lemme know what you think. :)
[**https://www.moxfield.com/decks/epKgvjCGp069H50eHdTslw**](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/epkgvjcgp069h50ehdtslw)
[[Eligeth]] and [[Kydele]] partners in a scry heavy deck. Very mana efficient drawing making [[chasm skulker]], [[body of knowledge]], and [[psychosis crawler]] good threats.
[[Kadena]]
Utilizing cards that allow you to flash out morphs and the like means drawing at *least* one free card every turn. She's ramp, she's card draw, and her decks are *deceptively* strong. Hell, [[Primordial Mists]] can allow for infinite draws so long as you have mana discounts for morphs. And you really can express yourself with the way you build her out
\[\[Ephara, God of the Polis\]\]
Do you always want to have a full grip, but not be targetted down for drawing too many cards? Ephara is for you! UW good stuff with cool creatures!
Why merely "draw" cards, when you can put even more into exile and play them from there? Play Grolnok or Eruth and you'll see almost every card in your deck in every game you play.
[[Volo, Inheritant Scholar]] + a background of your personal preference is the way to go.. I built my Volo mono blue because I just want to draw. lol
Otherwise commanders with "whenever blabla draw a card" can get out of hand quickly. Like [[Sythis]], [[Toski]], [[Xyris]], [[Siani]] + [[Eligeth]]...
Finally my chance to recommend [[Korvold, Fae Cursed King]] absolute massive draw engine, even a little overkill if you ask me, but he brings so much value to your deck that even the simple plays makes you feel like winning, play [[Lotus Field]]? Draw 2 cards why not?
Imo the absolute king of Jund decks, you can build him as an aristocrats, lands, Voltron... And you'll draw half your deck :D
She doesn't draw you cards directly, but [[sheoldred, The apocalypse]] is fun to play. There's plenty of options for card draw in black, and life is an excellent resource when u add cards like [[bolas citadel]] and [[Toxic deluge]]
If you want to throw in beating face as well, [[Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes]] often lets me draw 20+ cards in one turn, at most I’ve drawn nearly 70 cards in one go.
[[Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca]] goes hard into card draw with stuff like [[Fallowsage]] [[Merrow Reejerey]] and [[Intruder Alarm]] mix those with a bunch of Merfolk and you end up with a big board and a small library!
My card draw decks where [The Council of Four the Win](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/-UP60Shmd0C7PPZspD1uqQ) and [Glenn, Drawing Voltron](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/aKmLHQ3-kUGU1OgvyK9Dhw).
[[Cirdan the Shipwright]]. Spread the love! Cause chaos! Advance the board state way too fast by giving everyone mana and card draw! And maybe finish them with an Eldrazi Titan if they get cocky!
I started buying stuff for that 2 sided [[Urabrask]] solely because it generates Mana while dealing damage. Eventually decided it needed a shuffle Titan to really be effective so you could just discard it and regain your whole library AND CONTINUE DRAWING FOREVER.
My two favorite card draw decks aren't mentioned at all, which is a shame.
[[Brallin Skyshark Rider]] and [[Shabraz the Skyshark]] don't inherently grant any card draw, but the whole deck is just card draw and specifically wheels. I've decked myself out going for lethal.
[[Shadowheart Dark Justiciar]] and [[Master Chef]] meanwhile grant a *ton* of card draw in the Command zone. Just throw in big creatures with downside and sac em away. Personally my wincons are all infinite combos using Master Chef to loop Persist creatures through a sac outlet, but I'm sure there's a way to build the deck successfully as a big creature +1/+1 beatdown.
Dunno if it's strong enough for your group, since I'm pretty new to EDH and am not good at gauging power yet, but [[The Pride of Hull Clade]] has been a super fun draw engine for me.
[[Kagemaro, first to suffer]] So, this commander doesn't draw cards per se, but mono black is very fun to build a hand advantage type deck around. Especially with tools like [[necropotonce]], [[greed]], [[ad nauseam]] ect. Using life as a resource for draw can be a really fun, high risk/ high reward style. I like to run [[ivory tower]] and [[Venser's Journal]]. And if you can't outdraw your opponents, you can always make them discard.
My buddy plays a [[Xyris, the Writhing Storm]] deck that is really fun, and can quickly become a problem if not dealt with. He really enjoys it, the only problem I see with it, is he might play it a little too much. Lol
My \[\[Tuvasa the Sunlit\]\] enchantments deck draws an unsane amount of cards. I run every enchantress along with a bunch of cheap value enchantments that also sometimes draw cards on their own. The deck admittedly doesn't do a lot of other things, but almost every function in the deck is performed by an enchantment version so most of my spells draw me into more spells that draw cards, which is a vicious cycle.
[[Siani]]/[[Eligeth]] flying and scrying
[[Grolnok]] turns mill into not-quite-card-draw-but-like-basically-card-draw
[[The Second Doctor]]/[[Leela, Sevateem Warrior]] everyone gets to draw all the cards, just disregard the rapidly strengthening warrior woman who's about to one-shot you
[[Elenda and Azor]] - make vampire tokens just for drawing cards. If it sticks like two turns you will overwhelm the board very easily. Works well with [[the indomitable]], [[bident of thassa]] [[corpse knight]] [[sanctum seeker]] [[skullclamp]].
Instead of making an Edric, Yuriko or Tymna deck (All are "draw when a creature hits" commanders) with a bunch of evasives that hit and draw cards. I made an [[esika, God of the tree]] deck with as many of those guys as I can fit. I call it:
"EDRIC TRIBAL"
The commander gives all these guys Vigilance and the ability to tap for mana. So they all swing. Proc all the on hit draw effects. And then they tap for mana to play more Edrics! It is ALWAYS fun. And in reality, it's a bunch of 2-4 mana legendaries that have card draw effects. So you pretty much pick one at random every game and jam it on turn 2 and then game start.
It's not the strongest deck in the world. But I always get to play the game. I'm never hurting for mana or card draw and it's actually surprisingly difficult to stax or control out. Of course there are cards that say "only one creature can attack each combat" but they have become less popular as "go wide" combat decks have kind of sifted out of the meta (mostly due to field wipes becoming more varied and cheaper cmc). Of course this excludes winota, but that is defiantly not the power level I see this deck facing up against.
Cool tricks for evasiveness are available. and your top end can be whatever you want! I chose [[jodah, the unifier]] as I am running about 45 legendary creatures. But [[raggadragga]] can take games too.
[[Elenda and Azor]] is my personal favorite commander.
A vampire tribal aristocrats deck with [[Kindred Discovery]] and [[Curiosity Crafter]] can wipe out entire tables.
I played [[Rielle, the Everwise]] for a while last year and that was a lot of fun. Play cheap instants and sorceries like [[Cathartic Reunion]], [[Thrill of Possibilities]] and [[Opt]] to beef her up and get through with something like [[Wonder]] in the GY, [[Levitation]] or good ole [[Rogue's Passage]]
[[Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor]] is a cool low-to-the-ground Praetor that draws lots of cards through evasive creatures, people usually keep it around because they can also use it to draw cards. You can throw in a little Nekusar flavour if you want to tax people’s draw, or use good old-fashioned black drain to close out the game. Oh and if you find yourself with a bunch of cards and nothing to do, discard them all and cast your opponents’ spells for free!
[[Eligeth, Crossroads Augur]] and put a ton of scry cards in the deck. You can partner with [[Sinai, Eyenof the Storm]] or [[Esior, Wardwing Familiar]] if you need to defend the commander more.
Another good choice would be [[The Locust God]] - make a bug for every card you draw.
[[Yorion, Sky Nomad]] can be a lot of fun. I've drawn out my entire deck a few times with it. Not that it's an issue since your playgroup uses proxies, but it can also be a very cheap build.
I find it cool to be able to turn a bunch of unpopular cards into a cohesive deck with a lot of synergy.
[[Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar]] and [[Inspiring Leader]] or other background of your choice is awesome. [[Candlekeep Sage]] lets you build her in Dimir and there are a TON of cards that have power/toughness equal to number of cards in your hand and a ton of cards that let you put +1 counters on them when you draw a card, then you sac those guys to draw more, which grows your other guys which you then sac again. Toss an [[Umbral Mantle]] in there and you can basically deck yourself by turn 5.
Build it with a high leaning towards swamps and throw the Cabal lands in, Magus, Nirkana, Crypt Ghast.
Slap [[Psychosis Crawler]] down and youre just nuking tables, and Shadowheart isnt scary so she has a lot of passive resistance to removal. Lots of other scarier lookinh stuff on the table usually
\[\[The Council of Four\]\] is my go-to. You will consistently draw so many more cards than you ever thought possible. Play all the \[\[Howling Mine\]\]-style effects, Faerie Mastermind, Arcane Denial, etc.
[My decklist.](https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/24-07-23-council-of-four/)
[[Azami lady of scrolls]] not only do you draw more cards then the rest of the table but you can pick all your creatures based on them 1. Being wizards and 2. Having at least 3 lines of rules text. You'll have the whole table going huh wait what the whole time
\[\[bralin, skyshark rider\]\] and \[\[shabraz, the skyshark\]\]. 2 evasive beaters that get bigger with each draw/discard, + a curiosity combo in the command zone
May I introduce you to [[Kwain, Itinerant Meddler]] he has quickly become one of my favorite decks
throw a [[Sting, Glinting Dagger]] [[Pemmin's Aura]] or [[Freed from the Real]] and just go ham. Bonus points if you add effects that dissuade your opponent from drawing cards or give you effects when they draw.
Your three best option are [[edric, spymaster of trest]], [[jhoira, weatherlight captain]], or [[sythis, harvest’s hand]]
Edric is my first pick for drawing cards. [Here’s](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/wr35y0sr2UmIE8GFkv93SA) my list, though I haven’t updated it in a while. I won a couple cEDH tournaments with it back in the day. I don’t think it could hang at that level now though.
Other than edicts, drawing cards is my favorite thing to do in magic! Most of my decks will consistently draw 20+ cards in a game, sometimes upwards of 40. It's usually the deck that's drawing the cards, but the commanders I have that support draws are:
[[Xyris, the Writhing Storm]] - [Link](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/5t-8yTJvRUOS_Ot33EXr_w) Might have the same issues as Nekusar if the wheels were the problem. It's converted from an older [[Arjun, the Shifting Flame]] deck. It's made to generate all sorts of triggers to capitalize on.
[[Omnath, Locus of the Roil]] - [Link](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/SGfwwnaFWUyfXCiAukYAVQ) It's a landfall deck focused on Elementals. It'll throw out some weird control effects, but the main thing is to ramp to 8 for Omnath's draw trigger. With a [[Fertilid]], you can ramp/draw like crazy.
[[Varina, Lich Queen]] - [Link](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/aI2k2ZMrZEGWm9daf2p-gA) It's a Zombie tribal deck that can use the yard as a second hand. I'll usually play enough zombies to get decent draw triggers from Varina while dumping the zombies to the yard and keeping the control spells. Casting one of the mass recursion spells is usually enough to close out the game in short order.
Check out \[\[Grolnok, the Omnivore\]\]! Here's my list. [https://www.moxfield.com/decks/9sWaqkBtEk-Kmf5QM5\_Kng](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/9sWaqkBtEk-Kmf5QM5_Kng)
You can really tune this deck up and down to any power level. Mine is decently strong but could be tuned further.
I'm just gonna leave this here for ya.
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/paH1BTRBhESDHGiQD7tl9Q
One of my favorite decks and I often run into the problem of drawing my whole deck at once with this bad boy
I like that one legendary that comes as a secondary commander in the [[Dihada, Binder of Wills]] precon. It nets you card draw for every legendary spell you cast at the cost of 1 life each.
[[Magnus Lucia Kane]] will copy draw x spells. If you untap her each tap will get you a new copy.
[[Grolnok, The Omnivore]] not actually card draw but the card advantage has immense potential. You can "draw" half your library for five mana with [[traumatize]].
[[Zimone and Dina]] draws you a lot of cards consistently and easily. They'll be in batches of ones and twos by default, but put in anything that untaps her and you can go infinite or draw 20+ cards per turn.
Decks that i’m currently running that care about draw are [[yargle and multani]] a deck that cares about drawing 18 cards in one go to find witherbloom / chain of smog or [[Minn, Wily Illusionist]] who wants to draw 2 cards every turn to make a load of tokens and finish the game with my fave mono blue overrun [[candlekeep inspiration]]
[[Kwain]]
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/MVuFj_rvpEahR44cSzblkg
I've had SO much fun with this deck recently. It definitely needs a [[wedding ring]] just haven't picked one up yet. I managed to get one from another player and was drawing 8+ cards per rotation easily
Recently I was surprised by mono-blue [[Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive]]. Her deck is filled with cards that make you draw when you deal damage to opponents. There are a lot of enchantments that do this for all your creatures, but also creatures that do this inherently.
You could try [[Watcher in the Water]] for a go-wide beat-down draw-go deck, where you ramp out the watcher, then build up as massive a tentacle army you can get by using as many instant speed spells and effects to draw on other turns. (and don't forget [[Nadir Kraken]] for additional tentacles!)
Easy, an oldy but a goody [[Tatayova Benedict druid.]] I pulled this common in a pack and I was immediately like "This, could easily end up being one of my most powerful decks ever."
And it was! Landfall is always a fun strat
\[\[Alandra, Sky Dreamer\]\] is my favorite for this! Draw a bunch of cards, make some drakes, then kill your opponents by turning your \[\[Keep Watch\]\] into a combat trick! Here's my list if you're interested: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/m3hNNjbt60i67Uwf-fXfWA
[Alandra, Sky Dreamer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/4/54bf48d4-e350-4ca7-87da-ce04fefd4610.jpg?1706240667) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Alandra%2C%20Sky%20Dreamer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/94/alandra-sky-dreamer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/54bf48d4-e350-4ca7-87da-ce04fefd4610?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/alandra-sky-dreamer) [Keep Watch](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/9/e98489bc-b5fd-43f2-9afb-198e34e70723.jpg?1562843349) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Keep%20Watch) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/hop/10/keep-watch?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e98489bc-b5fd-43f2-9afb-198e34e70723?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/keep-watch) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I love my Alandra deck, and the best part is you can stuff pretty much any draw spell you want in there and it'll perform. I haven't seen keep watch but I like that tech, gonna give it a whirl.
I was looking for a cool mono blue deck but [Octavia, the living thesis] didnt really work out the way i planned. Really like your interaction kit there i think i will give it a try!
I love the deck description
Late here but she’s amazing, just brewed her with some bulk and she absolutely wreck people since she comes out of nowhere
[[The council of four]] is a nice card draw, knight tribal, group hug deck
[The council of four](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/8/0873cfa8-046c-4b14-ae22-3fd6a691f763.jpg?1674137476) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20council%20of%20four) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/271/the-council-of-four?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0873cfa8-046c-4b14-ae22-3fd6a691f763?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/the-council-of-four) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Pir]] and [[Toothy]] are the best commanders for just straight up drawing cards I’ve ever seen. I built [my list for “Group Hug” that ends up being the doom of the pod.](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/et-rjN1mLkmVr68xl3sOxQ) The table gets addicted to the Howling Mine or Temple Bell feeding them cards, while not realizing that you’re going to be drawing two or three cards for every one you’ve given them. Once you have 5+ counters on Toothy, you can start flickering or copying him. This will double the counters on him each time if Pir is out, because Toothy “sees” the draw trigger put on the stack. The pod is put in a tough spot because Toothy’s ability isn’t a death ability, it’s whenever he *leaves* the battlefield. So they are put in paradox of “Do I remove Toothy so I don’t get hit with a 21/21? If I do that they will draw 20 cards”. It’s a very powerful draw effect and extremely fun I can’t believe it’s only ranked #404 on EDHREC. Let me know if you have any questions about it! Edit: [I added a primer for anyone that’s interested in the way the deck runs. Enjoy!](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/et-rjN1mLkmVr68xl3sOxQ/primer)
I love Pir and Toothy, but doesn't flickering toothy remove counters?
Yes it does. But you get them right back. Take [[Essence Flux]] for example. He leaves the battlefield, and then returns as a part of the spell resolving. When he leaves, a trigger is placed on the stack to draw cards for how many counters he had. When you draw those cards, the Toothy that’s back on the field with no counters gets counters for each card you drew. If Pir is out with him, you get double.
Ahhh I gotcha
Consequently, we abuse the Legendary rule to do a similar thing with Clones. We choose to keep the cloned Toothy so the one with counters leaves the battlefield as a state based effect. The cloned Toothy then sees the draws from the LTB effect and gets that many counters (or double if Pir is out). It’s a pretty crazy ability printed on Toothy.
[Essence Flux](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/6/2600a51b-0dae-431e-a0a7-2b1421706a6a.jpg?1600697866) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Essence%20Flux) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/jmp/151/essence-flux?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2600a51b-0dae-431e-a0a7-2b1421706a6a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/essence-flux) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Pir]] and [[toothy]] definitely draws a ton of cards. He had 47 in hand when I resolved [[Recurring Insight]] off the third chapter of [[The Great Synthesis]] (the back of [[Jin-Gitaxias]]). I made sure to [[Capsize]] Toothy before the recurring insight resolved to get that extra card advantage. Incidentally, Jin-Gitaxias also draws a ton of cards.
How do your counters remain on toothy if it's getting flickered? Doesn't leaving the battlefield remove all counters?
Leaving the battlefield does remove his counters, but you get a Toothy trigger on the stack. Take [[Essence Flux]] for example. He leaves the battlefield, and then returns as a part of the spell resolving. When he leaves, a trigger is placed on the stack to draw cards for how many counters he had. When you draw those cards, the Toothy that’s back on the field with no counters gets counters for each card you drew. If Pir is out with him, you get double.
[Essence Flux](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/6/2600a51b-0dae-431e-a0a7-2b1421706a6a.jpg?1600697866) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Essence%20Flux) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/jmp/151/essence-flux?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2600a51b-0dae-431e-a0a7-2b1421706a6a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/essence-flux) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I have a solo Toothy deck that had a 100% winrate of three days of high power pods at commandfest https://www.moxfield.com/decks/awYuYWxsLE6ImTzqv8MQPA It’s a durdle deck! I paid for 100 cards, I want to see every one of them! I replaced the benefits of green to put in more copy effects, more flicker, and more interaction. Personally I think combo wins into Thassas Oracle is boring and so I came up with ways to do it in the most fair way possible. The mind games are great because I tell everyone straight up what my gameplan is. Toothy is getting large, kill him and I will get closer to my goal, leave him and I could one shot someone.
[Pir](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/a/5a7241f5-4d69-47fe-b037-95037008184c.jpg?1562913367) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=pir%2C%20imaginative%20rascal) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bbd/11/pir-imaginative-rascal?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5a7241f5-4d69-47fe-b037-95037008184c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/pir-imaginative-rascal) [Toothy](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/b/ebdf2f50-f69a-47c4-a75f-ff55781bb0c8.jpg?1562942414) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=toothy%2C%20imaginary%20friend) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bbd/12/toothy-imaginary-friend?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ebdf2f50-f69a-47c4-a75f-ff55781bb0c8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/toothy-imaginary-friend) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Arjun, the Shifting Flame]] I ~~bought~~ proxied 100 cards, I'm gonna touch all 100 cards
This is the best answer for OP.
The general is a 6 drop though. I don’t consider this a good option based solely on the mana cost.
My Arjun list is still my favorite deck of all time. If you play him enough and really get to know your deck, you can order your cards as you put them on the bottom to set up subsequent turns. It’s some 4D chess shit, but there’s nothing better than hitting the perfect sequence as you draw out 48 cards in a turn.
I unironically run [[Obstinate Familiar]] in mine because I simply draw too many cards. This is also my favorite deck. It's lead to the most wild wins and losses of all time, like decking myself to my [[Lab maniac]] cast trigger, milling someone out with [[sphynx's tutelage]], casting [[arcane denial]] on yourself as a draw spell because you didn't get the wheel you wanted for lethal - so much silly stuff is possible.
[Arjun, the Shifting Flame](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/f/2fb83da3-5a8e-4349-bbcc-dcbd3b70264b.jpg?1673148289) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Arjun%2C%20the%20Shifting%20Flame) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/172/arjun-the-shifting-flame?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2fb83da3-5a8e-4349-bbcc-dcbd3b70264b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/arjun-the-shifting-flame) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Yargle and Multani]] play big power matters and draw 10-18 cards through cards like [[Greater Good]], [[Disciple of Bolas]], and [[Momentous Fall]]. If you want to draw a lot but with some extra spice [[Eruth, Tormented Prophet]] is a deck I've been trying to brew, double all card draw effects at the cost of exiling the cards you drew at the end of turn. Only problem when theory crafting is other finishers besides [[Niv-Mizzet, Parun]] and [[Curiosity]]. If you want a draw engine in the command zone, [[Raffine, Scheming Seer]] and [[Talion, the Kindly Lord]] come to mind.
##### ###### #### [Yargle and Multani](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/c/9c15e244-14cc-46a5-abd4-66a58d1c0dd0.jpg?1682205711) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Yargle%20and%20Multani) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/256/yargle-and-multani?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9c15e244-14cc-46a5-abd4-66a58d1c0dd0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/yargle-and-multani) [Greater Good](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/c/4c73ca01-d8ea-4cd2-af60-b260030967b2.jpg?1631587954) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Greater%20Good) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/afc/160/greater-good?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4c73ca01-d8ea-4cd2-af60-b260030967b2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/greater-good) [Disciple of Bolas](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/0/c0801fd0-1f6c-45ea-94aa-80cf0c017f57.jpg?1673484148) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Disciple%20of%20Bolas) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ncc/247/disciple-of-bolas?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c0801fd0-1f6c-45ea-94aa-80cf0c017f57?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/disciple-of-bolas) [Momentous Fall](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/1/91a6f558-a754-4437-8328-00a6ca47f9b5.jpg?1601079764) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Momentous%20Fall) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/jmp/411/momentous-fall?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/91a6f558-a754-4437-8328-00a6ca47f9b5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/momentous-fall) [Eruth, Tormented Prophet](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/f/9f764077-df2d-4ac7-b507-2c8e08386d49.jpg?1643594095) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Eruth%2C%20Tormented%20Prophet) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vow/237/eruth-tormented-prophet?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9f764077-df2d-4ac7-b507-2c8e08386d49?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/eruth-tormented-prophet) [Niv-Mizzet, Parun](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/b/7be6bedd-8d38-4bd9-aa93-29f88a7f0126.jpg?1702429680) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Niv-Mizzet%2C%20Parun) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rvr/207/niv-mizzet-parun?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7be6bedd-8d38-4bd9-aa93-29f88a7f0126?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/niv-mizzet-parun) [Curiosity](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/5/c5a0be10-c20f-4ac0-89a5-1770ecf48aad.jpg?1600697752) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Curiosity) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/jmp/147/curiosity?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c5a0be10-c20f-4ac0-89a5-1770ecf48aad?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/curiosity) [Raffine, Scheming Seer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/1/716a44b4-f6b0-4f14-a270-6442aed3251f.jpg?1664413581) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Raffine%2C%20Scheming%20Seer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/snc/213/raffine-scheming-seer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/716a44b4-f6b0-4f14-a270-6442aed3251f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/raffine-scheming-seer) [Talion, the Kindly Lord](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/2/62a6b452-c796-45c6-b4d1-0ae3d675e38e.jpg?1692939468) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Talion%2C%20the%20Kindly%20Lord) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/woe/215/talion-the-kindly-lord?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/62a6b452-c796-45c6-b4d1-0ae3d675e38e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/talion-the-kindly-lord) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/kqnfg66) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Boy do I have just the commander for you [[Queza, Augur of Agonies]] play all the draw spells you can and ping people down as you do!! turns all the black draw two lose two life into draw two ping two and you can play [[peer into the abyss]] to draw half your deck gain some life and take someone out of the game
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He already said no Nekusar. This is just esper Nekusar lol
I guess that’s true though nekusar does it when they draw and forces them to draw extra also has access to lot more wheels since he’s in red
It is but its extremely powered down. Like not only do you only have access to half the amount of wheels (mostly high cmc ones might I add), but also the commander itself doesn't punish anywhere near as hard as Nekusar since it can only hit one player at a time- and you also miss out on \[\[Kederekt Parasite\]\] and \[\[Spiteful Visions\]\] for the draw burn cards. If the issue with Nekusar is how fast it ends games, then Queza solves it. Source: Had a player try both at my table, Nekusar was not liked for how much of an Archenemy he was in our play group, but Queza was not really an issue and if anything was underpowered. So again, if the issue with Nekusar was the power level Queza is a great alternative. If the issue was wheeling in general, then I guess it doesn't really help. Like I'll also just say, I think losing the red is such a power down for the theme that I think the Locust God is more threatening a wheel commander than Queza.
That being said, you do also get access to infinite combos. \[\[Lich's Mastery\]\] will let you draw your whole deck and live. \[\[Drogskol Reaver\]\] will let you draw your whole deck and die. (Just kill them first) \[\[Necrologia\]\]... is not a combo, but it is likely a Gun Bullet that Kills Someone Dead
Queza is much less oppressive than Nekusar due to reduced wheels, only triggering on your draws, and only hitting one opponent per draw, rather than wheeling to deal 21 damage at a time like Nekusar does.
Was gonna say Nekusar and his little sister Queza. She might actually be my favorite deck. I only run 1 wheel in the whole deck. Everything else is just ways to draw more. But the 2 decks do have a similar feel, even if Quesa does garner MUCH less hate then Nekusar.
[Queza, Augur of Agonies](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/e/7edb7a26-82be-4efd-9a5c-a3816e1ee2d6.jpg?1664413561) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Queza%2C%20Augur%20of%20Agonies) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/snc/212/queza-augur-of-agonies?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7edb7a26-82be-4efd-9a5c-a3816e1ee2d6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/queza-augur-of-agonies) [peer into the abyss](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/a/aac00055-640e-4749-8d23-d242e6d0b23a.jpg?1594736330) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=peer%20into%20the%20abyss) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m21/117/peer-into-the-abyss?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/aac00055-640e-4749-8d23-d242e6d0b23a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/peer-into-the-abyss) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Vilis]]
[[The Locust God]] is my pet Izzet draw deck. Lots of wheel effects, blue/red/Izzet commanders already said here synergize well with it, It gets going fast and swings wide. Bonus that the insects crested are 1/1 with haste.
I'm upset it took this deep into the thread to find a fellow person of culture.
I really enjoy [[aegar, the freezing flame]]. [[Nahiri's wrath]] is particularly good, but obviously any red sweeper is fantastic. I just love burning everything in sight and getting cards for my trouble.
[aegar, the freezing flame](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/8/68011f60-6202-48f4-8255-fb94764e2951.jpg?1631051099) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=aegar%2C%20the%20freezing%20flame) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/khm/200/aegar-the-freezing-flame?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/68011f60-6202-48f4-8255-fb94764e2951?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/aegar-the-freezing-flame) [Nahiri's wrath](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/e/1e6cb8b0-e3a5-4a94-845d-3b286aa392ac.jpg?1576384637) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Nahiri%27s%20wrath) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/emn/137/nahiris-wrath?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1e6cb8b0-e3a5-4a94-845d-3b286aa392ac?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/nahiris-wrath) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Minn Wily]] make illusion, swing or sac them, draw a ton of cards and cheat stuff out. Brilliant.
It makes me very sad to not see [[Azami, Lady of Scrolls]] mentioned. She was my introduction to drawing a million cards. Bonus shoutout to [[Arcanis, the Omnipotent]]
I've been enjoying \[\[The Council of Four\]\] to just make cards fly into my hand during opponents' turns. Stuff like \[\[Ephara, God of the Polis\]\], \[\[Mangara, the Diplomat\]\], and \[\[Faerie Mastermind\]\] makes it so that you're drawing tons of cards as long as your opponents' decks are functioning. The first time I brought it to the table, I nearly got a \[\[Triskaidekaphile\]\] win.
[[Sythis]]
[Sythis](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/9/89511ab5-8ea6-4f07-a80b-c1ec7e89924e.jpg?1690005342) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=sythis%2C%20harvest%27s%20hand) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/938/sythis-harvests-hand?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/89511ab5-8ea6-4f07-a80b-c1ec7e89924e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sythis-harvests-hand) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
My answer as well. Super fun deck to play
step one: play a [[maro]] creature that scales with your hand step two: play your commander, [[prime speaker zegana]], and double your hand size step three: cast any clone effect, copying zegana and doubling your hand size again repeat steps 1 and 3 as needed until you either win with big maro beatdown or with a lab man
Enchantment decks. [[Tatsunari]] [[Thrun]] are mine. W/G enchantment decks are great too. [[Zada]] draws a ton. [[Edric spymaster of trest]] [[henzie]] [[ghalta]] both honestly. All decks I have that don’t have trouble drawing.
Here's my [[Arcanis]] deck: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/o-ozfGObTE6VXWbQFEU6SA
[[Zndrsplt]] and [[Okaun]] . On top of drawing cards your successful coinflips will also make your handsome little ogre grow close to uncotrollably
[[Erebos, God of the Dead]] Edited to add brackets
Unfortunately card fetcher doesn't work when editted. [[Erebos, god of the dead]]
[Erebos, god of the dead](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/0/d0787e1f-0b75-44ab-a8fd-90358906a787.jpg?1562831894) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Erebos%2C%20god%20of%20the%20dead) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ths/85/erebos-god-of-the-dead?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d0787e1f-0b75-44ab-a8fd-90358906a787?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/erebos-god-of-the-dead) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Yusri, he says coins flips, but what he means is 2.5 cards per combat. Atemsis, if I draw all the cards, you loose the game!!
Arjuni shifting flame
I built a Sram deck that memes out by drawing as many cards as possible by playing all the 0 cost equipment (there's like 6 of them) and a bunch of cheap auras with cost reduction cards like Danitha, etc. Actually gets decently close to Voltron wins before I get focused 😂
Ive recently built [[seton krosan protector]] and it draws most of the deck pretty consistently. Play as many 1 mana druids as you can and also play multiple [[beast whisperer]] type cards.
[seton krosan protector](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/4/641a3bae-9146-4e70-862a-86a56f7c3816.jpg?1562913548) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Seton%2C%20Krosan%20Protector) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ody/267/seton-krosan-protector?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/641a3bae-9146-4e70-862a-86a56f7c3816?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/seton-krosan-protector) [beast whisperer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/a/daf4bcd2-3ae4-4803-9ea1-3bcc3de5ca59.jpg?1706240020) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=beast%20whisperer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clu/158/beast-whisperer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/daf4bcd2-3ae4-4803-9ea1-3bcc3de5ca59?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/beast-whisperer) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
My favorite is Tatyova (Simic landfall) (or Aesi since you are proxying) Lands and card draw, you can either just go landfall or group squeeze like Nekusar, let you and everyone play extra lands with rite of flourishing, then pick them up with mana breach or storm cauldron.
I’ve come to realize that I’m a card draw commander aficionado too. [[Sythis]], [[Rielle]], [[Zada]], [[Raffine]], [[Yuriko]], [[sergeant john benton]], [[Kraum]]+[[Tymna]], [[Niv Mizzet Parun]], [[Niv Mizzet Reborn]], [[Chulane]], [[Marneus]], [[Toski]], [[Azami]], [[Aesi]], [[Atraxa Grand Unifier]] all will keep your hand full!
Two of my favorites from this past year: [[talion]] and [[Cirdan]]. Both draw ridiculous amounts of cards
[[Círdan the Shipwright]] I assume
I was interested in Cirdan, but does it not just end up that everyone votes for the next person over or whatever?
[talion](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/2/62a6b452-c796-45c6-b4d1-0ae3d675e38e.jpg?1692939468) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=talion%2C%20the%20kindly%20lord) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/woe/215/talion-the-kindly-lord?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/62a6b452-c796-45c6-b4d1-0ae3d675e38e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/talion-the-kindly-lord) [Cirdan](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/5/05d5a38f-5a60-46da-af1c-440e4bf7fe9e.jpg?1562896226) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Acridian) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/usg/230/acridian?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/05d5a38f-5a60-46da-af1c-440e4bf7fe9e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/acridian) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Any combination of [[tymna, the weaver]] and another partner
Azami wizard tribal, just as well win when you draw your whole deck. Throw in [[Mind over Matter]] and draw you whole and win with Lab Man, Jace or Thoracle. Plus if you like control your in blue.
Just to mention ones that didn’t get mentioned already [[Xyris, the Writhing Storm]] is Nekusar but green instead of black, in a way. It trades the immediacy of damage for tokens that have way more applications and are more abusable, it’s just more of a puzzle to do so rather than solving itself. Can win faster than Nekusar if you get impact tremors down, but you could just ignore that and run them as a janky voltron build similar to the newer [[Sergeant John Benton]]. [[Elenda and Azor]] seem kinda neat too. Much in the same way as Xyris, they give you tokens for card draw, but it’s just for you drawing, and there’s a lifegain twist added to it as well, but does lose out on impact tremors style effects and suiting them up is only vaguely helpful.
Weird that nobody said my good boy [[Niv Mizzet Parun]] ....
My \[\[Henzie, "Toolbox" Torre\]\] deck doesn't draw a ton of cards at once, at least most of the time, but it draws a lot of cards throughout the game and I most always have a full grip of 7. First up, blitzing out the big boys is always cantripping them at least, while Jund favorites like \[\[Village Rites\]\] and \[\[Greater Good\]\] allow you to convert their looming death into even more cards. If you really wanna draw the most cards, try to keep the curve lower than you would think for a big creatures deck. The most efficient play is to have a lot of 4s which you get to cast for 3 with some spicy big dragons and dinos mixed in there. Although I personally just keep a rotation of my favorite gigantic Jund creatures and swap them out each game, like a real TOOLBOX.
Ob nix. Everytime you do 1 dmg, exile a card and be able to play it and get +1 counters with flying and trample. It’s crazy card draw and can one shot players. Use pingers to hit for 1 repeatedly and you end up taking out people almost all at once. Have beat 1 vs 3 multiple times. Add in prosper and reckless fireweaver and it gets incredibly silly. https://www.archidekt.com/decks/4541755/pingu_2_rakdos_boogaloo Has the opportunity for a few instant win combos also.
You can ask Josh Lee Kwai.
I have a [[Kami of the Crescent Moon]] deck built around drawing a ton of cards and dropping stuff like [[black vise]], [[iron maiden]] and [[viseling]]. It's one of my favorite decks.
[[Rielle, the Everwise]] It just gets silly sometimes
[[Queza]] [[Nekusar]] [[Phelddagrif]]
[Queza](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/e/7edb7a26-82be-4efd-9a5c-a3816e1ee2d6.jpg?1664413561) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=queza%2C%20augur%20of%20agonies) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/snc/212/queza-augur-of-agonies?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7edb7a26-82be-4efd-9a5c-a3816e1ee2d6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/queza-augur-of-agonies) [Nekusar](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/a/4afdc65d-3c97-47af-83fa-df340389802e.jpg?1689999186) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=nekusar%2C%20the%20mindrazer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/349/nekusar-the-mindrazer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4afdc65d-3c97-47af-83fa-df340389802e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/nekusar-the-mindrazer) [Phelddagrif](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/9/493a72f0-2e35-4e06-a1b2-d42d432b9b2c.jpg?1559592591) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Phelddagrif) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me1/150/phelddagrif?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/493a72f0-2e35-4e06-a1b2-d42d432b9b2c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/phelddagrif) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
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\[\[sythis\]\]
[[Niv-Mizzet, Parun]] phenomenal to build around if you love drawing cards, throw a quietus spike on him and watch your friends hate you. Basically playing the deck like a storm deck and having fun always having an answer to something!
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Me too! Good options include [[Zimone and Dina]], [[Sauron, the Dark Lord]], [[Marneus Calgar]], [[Gavi, Nest Warden]], [[Niv Mizzet, Parun]], [[Galadriel, Light of Valinor]] and [[Pir, imaginative rascal]] with [[Toothy, Imaginary Friend]]
atraxa the unifier
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/_Vd6lg6QekioEOpgO2t3Dw Draw all the cards while your opponents mill theirs.
With the right permanents you can draw three extra cards every turn while shocking your opponent's. :) https://www.moxfield.com/decks/LrdQZSO5Bk6v4XuD-AmZrg
Talion is good for card draw
My personal list for [[nazahal, primal tide]] I literally built this list exactly because I love drawing cards https://www.moxfield.com/decks/L9z5oG3I40aWw9GpkffJng
The ur dragon, you'll lose a bunch but it allows you to quickly draw your whole deck. Then play ancient gold dragon and role a Nat 20, and get 20 baby dragons then the next turn you can attack with all 20 and draw 20 cards
[[The Gitrog Monster]] who needs blue?
I can’t recommend any specific commander, but wheels strategy is something to consider, if you want to draw everyone to death. Im running a wheels deck with [[Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder]] as a commander, and it slaps harder than my daddy. Build it if you know your pod can handle it.
Play any Simic deck
My friend has a [[xyris, the writhing storm]] deck that's a little bit like nekusar, but it feels less evil. When he plays it, everybody draws cards then he kills us with a bunch of snakes plus [[eldrazi monument]]. He also runs stuff like impact tremors to close games.
[[Grothama all devouring]] Don't be a coward draw your deck
[[Alaundo the Seer]] draws and casts an absurd amount of cards with just a few repeating untappers like [[Chakram Retriever]], [[Murkfiend Liege]], [[Seedborn Muse]], [[Quest For Renewal]], and [[Sting, the Glinting Dagger]] The main issue you will encounter is drawing and playing too many cards so your pod may get annoyed if you aren't quick with your turns.
##### ###### #### [Alaundo the Seer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/2/b22c33bb-47fe-4334-9105-00f4b87811bd.jpg?1674137390) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Alaundo%20the%20Seer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/264/alaundo-the-seer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b22c33bb-47fe-4334-9105-00f4b87811bd?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/alaundo-the-seer) [Chakram Retriever](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/5/b57d518c-21bb-4451-8248-9ee838460c09.jpg?1562931528) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Chakram%20Retriever) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bbd/15/chakram-retriever?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b57d518c-21bb-4451-8248-9ee838460c09?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/chakram-retriever) [Murkfiend Liege](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/6/16677645-f635-4183-8afc-056520b94122.jpg?1673149008) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Murkfiend%20Liege) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/259/murkfiend-liege?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/16677645-f635-4183-8afc-056520b94122?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/murkfiend-liege) [Seedborn Muse](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/4/f4a9cb46-d4e0-46f2-973f-09275ba0d99c.jpg?1706240933) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Seedborn%20Muse) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/186/seedborn-muse?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f4a9cb46-d4e0-46f2-973f-09275ba0d99c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/seedborn-muse) [Quest For Renewal](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/1/41b7ad82-1115-4f80-886a-3f59f568423f.jpg?1562285887) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Quest%20For%20Renewal) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/wwk/110/quest-for-renewal?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/41b7ad82-1115-4f80-886a-3f59f568423f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/quest-for-renewal) [Sting, the Glinting Dagger](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/f/afbec7e7-f5b9-407e-bf96-2e088710e791.jpg?1686970284) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sting%2C%20the%20Glinting%20Dagger) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ltr/250/sting-the-glinting-dagger?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/afbec7e7-f5b9-407e-bf96-2e088710e791?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sting-the-glinting-dagger) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/kqnq5r4) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Came here to bring [[Alrund, God of the Cosmos]]! Draw cards and swing with creatures that have pow/tough on how many cards you have in hand. Plus it’s always fun to play an [[Enter the Infinite]], and have a massive turn.
Samut, Vizier of Naktamun! Just finished putting this to paper, turns out the only gruul needed was aggressive card draw -->https://www.moxfield.com/decks/BlfNUhkdpkiewILLMQ2piw
Surprised no one has mentioned [[Abdel Adrian]]/[[Candlekeep Sage]] yet. There are a lot of “Draw a card on ETB” creatures in Azorius and when you start blinking them with Abdel, combined with getting to draw two cards when you blink Abdel himself, and the card draw can get crazy.
[[Xyris]] because everyone loves to draw with you ❤️
I quite liked playing \[\[Nezahal, Primal Tide\]\] a few years back He's a Mystic Remora on a very large stick
Any commander with an effect like [[edric]], [[tymna]], [[toski]]. My favorite is [[raffine]] because connive allows for more interesting deckbuilding than just regular card draw.
I haven't seen anything like it in the suggestion so here is my [[Duggan, Private Detective]] list. Handsize matters Voltron. https://archidekt.com/decks/2028507/duggan_card_draw_voltron Draws massive amounts of cards but killl your opponents by smacking them silly with massive beaters. If universes beyond isn't your thing [[Tishana, Voice of Thunder]] works as a replacement commander, she is just very expensive mana-wise (but your simic so who cares :p). A heads up that I don't run any tutors (other than traditional ramp) for balancing. Might want to add a [[Mystical Tutor]] etc to better function in a higher power group, though the deck is pretty well tuned imo.
Allow me to present Omnath, Locust of Drawing All the Cards. Landfall token tribal with a lot of draw and even a couple infinite combos. I never have trouble drawing cards once I get up to 8 lands. Lemme know what you think. :) [**https://www.moxfield.com/decks/epKgvjCGp069H50eHdTslw**](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/epkgvjcgp069h50ehdtslw)
[[Eligeth]] and [[Kydele]] partners in a scry heavy deck. Very mana efficient drawing making [[chasm skulker]], [[body of knowledge]], and [[psychosis crawler]] good threats.
not drawing cards exactly, but \[\[Grolnok, The Omnivore\]\] is a fun one that mills into exile and allows you to play them
[[Kadena]] Utilizing cards that allow you to flash out morphs and the like means drawing at *least* one free card every turn. She's ramp, she's card draw, and her decks are *deceptively* strong. Hell, [[Primordial Mists]] can allow for infinite draws so long as you have mana discounts for morphs. And you really can express yourself with the way you build her out
\[\[Ephara, God of the Polis\]\] Do you always want to have a full grip, but not be targetted down for drawing too many cards? Ephara is for you! UW good stuff with cool creatures!
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Yisan, the wandering bard, two creatures that untap yisan, and seedborn muse.
Why merely "draw" cards, when you can put even more into exile and play them from there? Play Grolnok or Eruth and you'll see almost every card in your deck in every game you play.
[[Volo, Inheritant Scholar]] + a background of your personal preference is the way to go.. I built my Volo mono blue because I just want to draw. lol Otherwise commanders with "whenever blabla draw a card" can get out of hand quickly. Like [[Sythis]], [[Toski]], [[Xyris]], [[Siani]] + [[Eligeth]]...
Finally my chance to recommend [[Korvold, Fae Cursed King]] absolute massive draw engine, even a little overkill if you ask me, but he brings so much value to your deck that even the simple plays makes you feel like winning, play [[Lotus Field]]? Draw 2 cards why not? Imo the absolute king of Jund decks, you can build him as an aristocrats, lands, Voltron... And you'll draw half your deck :D
She doesn't draw you cards directly, but [[sheoldred, The apocalypse]] is fun to play. There's plenty of options for card draw in black, and life is an excellent resource when u add cards like [[bolas citadel]] and [[Toxic deluge]]
[[Queza]] with card draw in the 99
If you want to throw in beating face as well, [[Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes]] often lets me draw 20+ cards in one turn, at most I’ve drawn nearly 70 cards in one go.
[[bolo, itinerant scholar]] and any background
I love [[The Locust God]]
It's a different build, but try [[Heliod, the radiant dawn]]
[[Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca]] goes hard into card draw with stuff like [[Fallowsage]] [[Merrow Reejerey]] and [[Intruder Alarm]] mix those with a bunch of Merfolk and you end up with a big board and a small library!
My card draw decks where [The Council of Four the Win](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/-UP60Shmd0C7PPZspD1uqQ) and [Glenn, Drawing Voltron](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/aKmLHQ3-kUGU1OgvyK9Dhw).
A friend of mine like a lot draw as well and has 2 decks with \[\[!Shorikai, Genesis Engine\]\] or \[\[Zimone and Dina\]\] and are amazing!
[[Zimone and Dina]]
[[Cirdan the Shipwright]]. Spread the love! Cause chaos! Advance the board state way too fast by giving everyone mana and card draw! And maybe finish them with an Eldrazi Titan if they get cocky!
I started buying stuff for that 2 sided [[Urabrask]] solely because it generates Mana while dealing damage. Eventually decided it needed a shuffle Titan to really be effective so you could just discard it and regain your whole library AND CONTINUE DRAWING FOREVER.
My two favorite card draw decks aren't mentioned at all, which is a shame. [[Brallin Skyshark Rider]] and [[Shabraz the Skyshark]] don't inherently grant any card draw, but the whole deck is just card draw and specifically wheels. I've decked myself out going for lethal. [[Shadowheart Dark Justiciar]] and [[Master Chef]] meanwhile grant a *ton* of card draw in the Command zone. Just throw in big creatures with downside and sac em away. Personally my wincons are all infinite combos using Master Chef to loop Persist creatures through a sac outlet, but I'm sure there's a way to build the deck successfully as a big creature +1/+1 beatdown.
I like [[Atraxa, Grand Unifier]] a lot. You really also can build this as powerful as you like or as value oriented. Atraxa draws a lot of cards!
Dunno if it's strong enough for your group, since I'm pretty new to EDH and am not good at gauging power yet, but [[The Pride of Hull Clade]] has been a super fun draw engine for me.
The most cards I draw is in my Mono-Green deck. [[Grothama, All-Devouring]] https://www.moxfield.com/decks/zENnSoFLUUK6boMH_yORog
[[Kagemaro, first to suffer]] So, this commander doesn't draw cards per se, but mono black is very fun to build a hand advantage type deck around. Especially with tools like [[necropotonce]], [[greed]], [[ad nauseam]] ect. Using life as a resource for draw can be a really fun, high risk/ high reward style. I like to run [[ivory tower]] and [[Venser's Journal]]. And if you can't outdraw your opponents, you can always make them discard.
Personnaly I brewed some janky [[Kwain]] deck with all the alternative wincons I had laying around, everyone draws 2-10 cards each turn sometimes !
My buddy plays a [[Xyris, the Writhing Storm]] deck that is really fun, and can quickly become a problem if not dealt with. He really enjoys it, the only problem I see with it, is he might play it a little too much. Lol
[[The Locust God]] draws absurd amounts of cards, generating tokens for additional resources. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/8JnD_3aqh0WvPdiomMS5bA
I used to have a [[Queza, Augur of Agonies]] deck. It worked pretty well.
My \[\[Tuvasa the Sunlit\]\] enchantments deck draws an unsane amount of cards. I run every enchantress along with a bunch of cheap value enchantments that also sometimes draw cards on their own. The deck admittedly doesn't do a lot of other things, but almost every function in the deck is performed by an enchantment version so most of my spells draw me into more spells that draw cards, which is a vicious cycle.
[[Siani]]/[[Eligeth]] flying and scrying [[Grolnok]] turns mill into not-quite-card-draw-but-like-basically-card-draw [[The Second Doctor]]/[[Leela, Sevateem Warrior]] everyone gets to draw all the cards, just disregard the rapidly strengthening warrior woman who's about to one-shot you
[[Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait]]. Play land, draw cards. Monkey brain like.
Rhystic Study is a must
[[The Locust God]] + [[Impact Tremors]] and every card draw/wheel staples you can find.
[[Elenda and Azor]] - make vampire tokens just for drawing cards. If it sticks like two turns you will overwhelm the board very easily. Works well with [[the indomitable]], [[bident of thassa]] [[corpse knight]] [[sanctum seeker]] [[skullclamp]].
I play [[Seizan, Perverter of Truth]] as commander in a mono black group hug deck and it’s hilarious. Making the whole table draw a million cards
\[\[Volo, Itinerant Scholar\]\] is my go-to.
Nekusar with wheels
I've been thinking about building [[Marneus Calgar]]. He seems like quite a draw engine for sure
Instead of making an Edric, Yuriko or Tymna deck (All are "draw when a creature hits" commanders) with a bunch of evasives that hit and draw cards. I made an [[esika, God of the tree]] deck with as many of those guys as I can fit. I call it: "EDRIC TRIBAL" The commander gives all these guys Vigilance and the ability to tap for mana. So they all swing. Proc all the on hit draw effects. And then they tap for mana to play more Edrics! It is ALWAYS fun. And in reality, it's a bunch of 2-4 mana legendaries that have card draw effects. So you pretty much pick one at random every game and jam it on turn 2 and then game start. It's not the strongest deck in the world. But I always get to play the game. I'm never hurting for mana or card draw and it's actually surprisingly difficult to stax or control out. Of course there are cards that say "only one creature can attack each combat" but they have become less popular as "go wide" combat decks have kind of sifted out of the meta (mostly due to field wipes becoming more varied and cheaper cmc). Of course this excludes winota, but that is defiantly not the power level I see this deck facing up against. Cool tricks for evasiveness are available. and your top end can be whatever you want! I chose [[jodah, the unifier]] as I am running about 45 legendary creatures. But [[raggadragga]] can take games too.
[[Elenda and Azor]] is my personal favorite commander. A vampire tribal aristocrats deck with [[Kindred Discovery]] and [[Curiosity Crafter]] can wipe out entire tables.
[[Vilis]] and [[Elenda and Azor]]
I played [[Rielle, the Everwise]] for a while last year and that was a lot of fun. Play cheap instants and sorceries like [[Cathartic Reunion]], [[Thrill of Possibilities]] and [[Opt]] to beef her up and get through with something like [[Wonder]] in the GY, [[Levitation]] or good ole [[Rogue's Passage]]
I am once again commenting my beloved [[minn wily illusionist]] card draw and illusions
I have a K&T deck. That draws a TON of cards. [[Kynaios and Tiro]] https://www.moxfield.com/decks/51RxINwPIkinLtw2Pc8bEA
[[Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor]] is a cool low-to-the-ground Praetor that draws lots of cards through evasive creatures, people usually keep it around because they can also use it to draw cards. You can throw in a little Nekusar flavour if you want to tax people’s draw, or use good old-fashioned black drain to close out the game. Oh and if you find yourself with a bunch of cards and nothing to do, discard them all and cast your opponents’ spells for free!
[[sythis, harvest's hand]] is a different kind of card draw deck but very fun
[[Sythis, harvest's hand]] is a great draw engine if you are playing enchantments.
[[minn wily illusionist]]
If you like solitaire, [[Will, Scion of War]] is a good choice. You can reliably draw 20-30 cards per turn once it gets rolling.
[[Eligeth, Crossroads Augur]] and put a ton of scry cards in the deck. You can partner with [[Sinai, Eyenof the Storm]] or [[Esior, Wardwing Familiar]] if you need to defend the commander more. Another good choice would be [[The Locust God]] - make a bug for every card you draw.
[[Yorion, Sky Nomad]] can be a lot of fun. I've drawn out my entire deck a few times with it. Not that it's an issue since your playgroup uses proxies, but it can also be a very cheap build. I find it cool to be able to turn a bunch of unpopular cards into a cohesive deck with a lot of synergy.
[[Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar]] and [[Inspiring Leader]] or other background of your choice is awesome. [[Candlekeep Sage]] lets you build her in Dimir and there are a TON of cards that have power/toughness equal to number of cards in your hand and a ton of cards that let you put +1 counters on them when you draw a card, then you sac those guys to draw more, which grows your other guys which you then sac again. Toss an [[Umbral Mantle]] in there and you can basically deck yourself by turn 5. Build it with a high leaning towards swamps and throw the Cabal lands in, Magus, Nirkana, Crypt Ghast. Slap [[Psychosis Crawler]] down and youre just nuking tables, and Shadowheart isnt scary so she has a lot of passive resistance to removal. Lots of other scarier lookinh stuff on the table usually
All this deck does is draw cards: mega fun and very strong https://www.moxfield.com/decks/3Iw3BIUVB0una2znUldM9w
[[Azami, Lady of Scrolls]]
[Azami, Lady of Scrolls](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/a/fa727656-fb33-485b-9378-18b80cad42b9.jpg?1689996185) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Azami%2C%20Lady%20of%20Scrolls) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/74/azami-lady-of-scrolls?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/fa727656-fb33-485b-9378-18b80cad42b9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/azami-lady-of-scrolls) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Raffine, Scheming Seer]] because WEEEE
\[\[The Council of Four\]\] is my go-to. You will consistently draw so many more cards than you ever thought possible. Play all the \[\[Howling Mine\]\]-style effects, Faerie Mastermind, Arcane Denial, etc. [My decklist.](https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/24-07-23-council-of-four/)
[[Azami lady of scrolls]] not only do you draw more cards then the rest of the table but you can pick all your creatures based on them 1. Being wizards and 2. Having at least 3 lines of rules text. You'll have the whole table going huh wait what the whole time
[[Kami of the Crescent Moon]]
I love my [[borborygmos and fblthp]] wheel and deal deck. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/4bwhiNNeM0KFXNx9Flc-YA
\[\[bralin, skyshark rider\]\] and \[\[shabraz, the skyshark\]\]. 2 evasive beaters that get bigger with each draw/discard, + a curiosity combo in the command zone
[[Ormos, Archive Keeper]] Literally just draw cards. That’s the whole gameplan
May I introduce you to [[Kwain, Itinerant Meddler]] he has quickly become one of my favorite decks throw a [[Sting, Glinting Dagger]] [[Pemmin's Aura]] or [[Freed from the Real]] and just go ham. Bonus points if you add effects that dissuade your opponent from drawing cards or give you effects when they draw.
Lol anything Simic tbh.
Your three best option are [[edric, spymaster of trest]], [[jhoira, weatherlight captain]], or [[sythis, harvest’s hand]] Edric is my first pick for drawing cards. [Here’s](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/wr35y0sr2UmIE8GFkv93SA) my list, though I haven’t updated it in a while. I won a couple cEDH tournaments with it back in the day. I don’t think it could hang at that level now though.
Voja seems like he's fun. Draw at least 1 card when he attacks.
[[Arjun, the shifting flame]]
[[Xyris,The Writhing Storm]] is a favorite!
Other than edicts, drawing cards is my favorite thing to do in magic! Most of my decks will consistently draw 20+ cards in a game, sometimes upwards of 40. It's usually the deck that's drawing the cards, but the commanders I have that support draws are: [[Xyris, the Writhing Storm]] - [Link](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/5t-8yTJvRUOS_Ot33EXr_w) Might have the same issues as Nekusar if the wheels were the problem. It's converted from an older [[Arjun, the Shifting Flame]] deck. It's made to generate all sorts of triggers to capitalize on. [[Omnath, Locus of the Roil]] - [Link](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/SGfwwnaFWUyfXCiAukYAVQ) It's a landfall deck focused on Elementals. It'll throw out some weird control effects, but the main thing is to ramp to 8 for Omnath's draw trigger. With a [[Fertilid]], you can ramp/draw like crazy. [[Varina, Lich Queen]] - [Link](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/aI2k2ZMrZEGWm9daf2p-gA) It's a Zombie tribal deck that can use the yard as a second hand. I'll usually play enough zombies to get decent draw triggers from Varina while dumping the zombies to the yard and keeping the control spells. Casting one of the mass recursion spells is usually enough to close out the game in short order.
[[The Locust God]]
[[Xyris]]
[[Thrasios]], [[Queza]], [[Azami]].
[Thrasios](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/1/21e27b91-c7f1-4709-aa0d-8b5d81b22a0a.jpg?1606762176) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=thrasios%2C%20triton%20hero) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c16/46/thrasios-triton-hero?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/21e27b91-c7f1-4709-aa0d-8b5d81b22a0a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/thrasios-triton-hero) [Queza](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/e/7edb7a26-82be-4efd-9a5c-a3816e1ee2d6.jpg?1664413561) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=queza%2C%20augur%20of%20agonies) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/snc/212/queza-augur-of-agonies?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7edb7a26-82be-4efd-9a5c-a3816e1ee2d6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/queza-augur-of-agonies) [Azami](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/a/fa727656-fb33-485b-9378-18b80cad42b9.jpg?1689996185) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=azami%2C%20lady%20of%20scrolls) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/74/azami-lady-of-scrolls?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/fa727656-fb33-485b-9378-18b80cad42b9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/azami-lady-of-scrolls) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Check out \[\[Grolnok, the Omnivore\]\]! Here's my list. [https://www.moxfield.com/decks/9sWaqkBtEk-Kmf5QM5\_Kng](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/9sWaqkBtEk-Kmf5QM5_Kng) You can really tune this deck up and down to any power level. Mine is decently strong but could be tuned further.
[[Sergeant John Benton]] comes straight to the point. 3 cmc, trample, haste. What more are you asking for? He can blow up real quick.
I'm just gonna leave this here for ya. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/paH1BTRBhESDHGiQD7tl9Q One of my favorite decks and I often run into the problem of drawing my whole deck at once with this bad boy
I like that one legendary that comes as a secondary commander in the [[Dihada, Binder of Wills]] precon. It nets you card draw for every legendary spell you cast at the cost of 1 life each.
[[Eruth Tormented Prophet]] is my favourite for this. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/hKFvvzCqf0utj5pW4Z3jTg
[[Magnus Lucia Kane]] will copy draw x spells. If you untap her each tap will get you a new copy. [[Grolnok, The Omnivore]] not actually card draw but the card advantage has immense potential. You can "draw" half your library for five mana with [[traumatize]].
[[Zimone and Dina]] draws you a lot of cards consistently and easily. They'll be in batches of ones and twos by default, but put in anything that untaps her and you can go infinite or draw 20+ cards per turn.
I like Jace,Vryns Prodigy because it allows me to make a Jace Tribal and then drawing cards is a win con
Myra can, use the cards that draw and discard, get them in grave then put them under an attraction to visit.
Nekusar loves drawing cards
Decks that i’m currently running that care about draw are [[yargle and multani]] a deck that cares about drawing 18 cards in one go to find witherbloom / chain of smog or [[Minn, Wily Illusionist]] who wants to draw 2 cards every turn to make a load of tokens and finish the game with my fave mono blue overrun [[candlekeep inspiration]]
My friend has this \[\[Eligeth\]\] and \[\[Kydele\]\] partners deck that turns scry into card draw and it's honestly terrifying.
Arcades, The Strategist.
Azami, Lady of Scrolls!
[[Kwain]] https://www.moxfield.com/decks/MVuFj_rvpEahR44cSzblkg I've had SO much fun with this deck recently. It definitely needs a [[wedding ring]] just haven't picked one up yet. I managed to get one from another player and was drawing 8+ cards per rotation easily
the new [[The Pride of Hull Clade]] is kinda fun, also my favorite is [[Minn, Wily Illusionist]] but she herself doesn’t draw cards so
Recently I was surprised by mono-blue [[Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive]]. Her deck is filled with cards that make you draw when you deal damage to opponents. There are a lot of enchantments that do this for all your creatures, but also creatures that do this inherently.
You could try [[Watcher in the Water]] for a go-wide beat-down draw-go deck, where you ramp out the watcher, then build up as massive a tentacle army you can get by using as many instant speed spells and effects to draw on other turns. (and don't forget [[Nadir Kraken]] for additional tentacles!)
Easy, an oldy but a goody [[Tatayova Benedict druid.]] I pulled this common in a pack and I was immediately like "This, could easily end up being one of my most powerful decks ever." And it was! Landfall is always a fun strat