Metagame / Duel CMDR / Elminster

Archetype

Elminster

Recent sample from Aug 01, 2026 to Aug 14, 2026. Core cards appear in at least 95% of sampled lists.

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Lists

73

Core

14d

Sample

Sample List

Highest-priority recent finish using Qualifier, Showcase, Challenge, then League order.

Open deck Open event

Duel Commander League

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Elminster

Unknown record

Unranked placement

99

Main

1

Side

100

Cards

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Creatures (4)

1 Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch Creature — Dragon // Instant — Omen

1 Snapcaster Mage Creature — Human Wizard

1 Solitude Creature — Elemental Incarnation

1 Subtlety Creature — Elemental Incarnation

Planeswalkers (3)

1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi

1 Teferi, Time Raveler Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi

1 The Wandering Emperor Legendary Planeswalker

Artifacts (1)

1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine Legendary Artifact — Vehicle

Enchantments (1)

1 Temporary Lockdown Enchantment

Spells (50)

1 Akroma's Vengeance Sorcery

1 Archmage's Charm Instant

1 Brainstorm Instant

1 Brainsurge Instant

1 Change the Equation Instant

1 Condemn Instant

1 Condescend Instant

1 Consult the Star Charts Instant

1 Council's Judgment Sorcery

1 Counterspell Instant

1 Cryptic Command Instant

1 Day of Judgment Sorcery

1 Erode Instant

1 Fact or Fiction Instant

1 Farewell Sorcery

1 Flow State Sorcery

1 Force Spike Instant

1 Force of Negation Instant

1 Fractured Identity Sorcery

1 Get Lost Instant

1 Logic Knot Instant

1 Lose Focus Instant

1 Lórien Revealed Sorcery

1 Mana Leak Instant

1 Mana Tithe Instant

1 March of Otherworldly Light Instant

1 Memory Deluge Instant

1 Memory Lapse Instant

1 Mental Misstep Instant

1 Miscalculation Instant

1 Mystic Confluence Instant

1 No More Lies Instant

1 Oust Sorcery

1 Ponder Sorcery

1 Preordain Sorcery

1 Remand Instant

1 Reprieve Instant

1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn Sorcery // Land

1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs Instant // Land

1 Spell Snare Instant

1 Stern Scolding Instant

1 Stock Up Sorcery

1 Supreme Verdict Sorcery

1 Swords to Plowshares Instant

1 Tale's End Instant

1 Tithe Instant

1 Unexpectedly Absent Instant

1 Wash Away Instant

1 Wrath of God Sorcery

1 Wrath of the Skies Sorcery

Lands (40)

1 Arid Mesa Land

1 Azorius Chancery Land

1 Cactus Preserve Land — Desert

1 Castle Ardenvale Land

1 Command Tower Land

1 Demolition Field Land

1 Deserted Beach Land

1 Dust Bowl Land

1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire Legendary Land

1 Field of Ruin Land

1 Flooded Strand Land

1 Floodfarm Verge Land

1 Glacial Fortress Land

1 Hall of Storm Giants Land

1 Hallowed Fountain Land — Plains Island

1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway Land // Land

1 Irrigated Farmland Land — Plains Island

6 Island Basic Land — Island

1 Marsh Flats Land

1 Meticulous Archive Land — Plains Island

1 Misty Rainforest Land

1 Myriad Landscape Land

1 Mystic Gate Land

1 Mystic Sanctuary Land — Island

1 Otawara, Soaring City Legendary Land

3 Plains Basic Land — Plains

1 Polluted Delta Land

1 Prairie Stream Land — Plains Island

1 Prismatic Vista Land

1 Scalding Tarn Land

1 Temple of the False God Land

1 Tundra Land — Plains Island

1 Windswept Heath Land

Core

Mainboard cards present in at least 95% of sampled lists.

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Archmage's Charm

Archmage's Charm

1x in 100.0%

Arid Mesa

Arid Mesa

1x in 100.0%

Azorius Chancery

Azorius Chancery

1x in 100.0%

Brainstorm

Brainstorm

1x in 100.0%

Brainsurge

Brainsurge

1x in 100.0%

Command Tower

Command Tower

1x in 100.0%

Condemn

Condemn

1x in 100.0%

Consult the Star Charts

Consult the Star Charts

1x in 100.0%

Council's Judgment

Council's Judgment

1x in 100.0%

Counterspell

Counterspell

1x in 100.0%

Cryptic Command

Cryptic Command

1x in 100.0%

Day of Judgment

Day of Judgment

1x in 100.0%

Demolition Field

Demolition Field

1x in 100.0%

Deserted Beach

Deserted Beach

1x in 100.0%

Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

1x in 100.0%

Farewell

Farewell

1x in 100.0%

Field of Ruin

Field of Ruin

1x in 100.0%

Flooded Strand

Flooded Strand

1x in 100.0%

Floodfarm Verge

Floodfarm Verge

1x in 100.0%

Force Spike

Force Spike

1x in 100.0%

Force of Negation

Force of Negation

1x in 100.0%

Fractured Identity

Fractured Identity

1x in 100.0%

Get Lost

Get Lost

1x in 100.0%

Glacial Fortress

Glacial Fortress

1x in 100.0%

Hallowed Fountain

Hallowed Fountain

1x in 100.0%

Irrigated Farmland

Irrigated Farmland

1x in 100.0%

Logic Knot

Logic Knot

1x in 100.0%

Lose Focus

Lose Focus

1x in 100.0%

Lórien Revealed

Lórien Revealed

1x in 100.0%

Mana Leak

Mana Leak

1x in 100.0%

Mana Tithe

Mana Tithe

1x in 100.0%

March of Otherworldly Light

March of Otherworldly Light

1x in 100.0%

Marsh Flats

Marsh Flats

1x in 100.0%

Memory Deluge

Memory Deluge

1x in 100.0%

Memory Lapse

Memory Lapse

1x in 100.0%

Meticulous Archive

Meticulous Archive

1x in 100.0%

Miscalculation

Miscalculation

1x in 100.0%

Misty Rainforest

Misty Rainforest

1x in 100.0%

Myriad Landscape

Myriad Landscape

1x in 100.0%

Mystic Confluence

Mystic Confluence

1x in 100.0%

Mystic Sanctuary

Mystic Sanctuary

1x in 100.0%

No More Lies

No More Lies

1x in 100.0%

Otawara, Soaring City

Otawara, Soaring City

1x in 100.0%

Oust

Oust

1x in 100.0%

Polluted Delta

Polluted Delta

1x in 100.0%

Ponder

Ponder

1x in 100.0%

Prairie Stream

Prairie Stream

1x in 100.0%

Preordain

Preordain

1x in 100.0%

Prismatic Vista

Prismatic Vista

1x in 100.0%

Remand

Remand

1x in 100.0%

Reprieve

Reprieve

1x in 100.0%

Scalding Tarn

Scalding Tarn

1x in 100.0%

Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn

Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn

1x in 100.0%

Shorikai, Genesis Engine

Shorikai, Genesis Engine

1x in 100.0%

Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs

Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs

1x in 100.0%

Snapcaster Mage

Snapcaster Mage

1x in 100.0%

Solitude

Solitude

1x in 100.0%

Spell Snare

Spell Snare

1x in 100.0%

Stern Scolding

Stern Scolding

1x in 100.0%

Subtlety

Subtlety

1x in 100.0%

Supreme Verdict

Supreme Verdict

1x in 100.0%

Swords to Plowshares

Swords to Plowshares

1x in 100.0%

Tale's End

Tale's End

1x in 100.0%

Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

1x in 100.0%

Teferi, Time Raveler

Teferi, Time Raveler

1x in 100.0%

Temple of the False God

Temple of the False God

1x in 100.0%

Temporary Lockdown

Temporary Lockdown

1x in 100.0%

The Wandering Emperor

The Wandering Emperor

1x in 100.0%

Tithe

Tithe

1x in 100.0%

Unexpectedly Absent

Unexpectedly Absent

1x in 100.0%

Wash Away

Wash Away

1x in 100.0%

Windswept Heath

Windswept Heath

1x in 100.0%

Wrath of God

Wrath of God

1x in 100.0%

Flex Slots

Other common maindeck cards across the sample.

24

Island

Island

6x in 50.0%

Snow-Covered Island

Snow-Covered Island

6x in 50.0%

Snow-Covered Plains

Snow-Covered Plains

4x in 50.0%

Plains

Plains

3x in 50.0%

Absorb

Absorb

1x in 50.0%

Akroma's Vengeance

Akroma's Vengeance

1x in 50.0%

Cactus Preserve

Cactus Preserve

1x in 50.0%

Castle Ardenvale

Castle Ardenvale

1x in 50.0%

Castle Vantress

Castle Vantress

1x in 50.0%

Change the Equation

Change the Equation

1x in 50.0%

Condescend

Condescend

1x in 50.0%

Dust Bowl

Dust Bowl

1x in 50.0%

Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave

Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave

1x in 50.0%

Erode

Erode

1x in 50.0%

Fact or Fiction

Fact or Fiction

1x in 50.0%

Flow State

Flow State

1x in 50.0%

Gitaxian Probe

Gitaxian Probe

1x in 50.0%

Hall of Storm Giants

Hall of Storm Giants

1x in 50.0%

Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway

Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway

1x in 50.0%

Jace, Architect of Thought

Jace, Architect of Thought

1x in 50.0%

Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Jace, the Mind Sculptor

1x in 50.0%

Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch

Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch

1x in 50.0%

Mental Misstep

Mental Misstep

1x in 50.0%

Mystic Gate

Mystic Gate

1x in 50.0%

Sideboard

Most common sideboard cards in the sample.

1

Elminster

Elminster

1x in 100.0%