<p style="text-align: right;"><em><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Commodore Guff" href="#" target="_blank">Commodore Guff</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://scryfall.com/search?q=a%3A%E2%80%9CMatt+Stewart%E2%80%9D&amp;unique=art" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matt Stewart</a></em></p>
<p>Hey nerds! In this week's deck tech, I wanted to showcase my favorite Jeskai commander, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Commodore Guff" href="#" target="_blank">Commodore Guff</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Unlike my usual deck techs, this is not a budget list. It's meant to showcase the power of tap-out control and soft stax. Despite being <a href="https://edhrec.com/guides/edhrec-guide-to-commander-brackets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bracket</a> 4, a creature-based deck, like those often found in Brackets 2 and 3, can punch up against this easily. This list is tuned for creature light or combo-oriented pods.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Commodore Guff"></div></div>
<h2>What Does <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Commodore Guff" href="#" target="_blank">Commodore Guff</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> Do?</h2>
<p>Commodore Guff is a simple commander. His +1 makes tokens that are great chump blockers and can ramp you into more 'walkers. There is a small token theme that helps protect your planeswalkers. His -3 works as a backup finisher by drawing a bunch of cards and burning people out.</p>
<p>Much like the <em>War of the Spark '</em>walkers, Guff doesn't have an ultimate, but a static ability, putting a loyalty counter on another planeswalker you control at your end step.</p>
<p>As I mentioned at the beginning of the article, I built this deck as a tap-out control deck. For those unfamiliar, tap-out control uses board wipes to control the board rather than the traditional suite of counters. This, along with the early stax creatures and tons of mana rocks, helps control the pace of the early game, but it doesn't run hard stax pieces such as <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Stasis" href="#" target="_blank">Stasis</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Winter Orb" href="#" target="_blank">Winter Orb</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Static Orb" href="#" target="_blank">Static Orb</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<h2>Key Cards for <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Commodore Guff" href="#" target="_blank">Commodore Guff</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h2>
<h3>The Creatures</h3>
<p>I'll break the creatures up into three categories. First are the disruption creatures, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Drannith Magistrate" href="#" target="_blank">Drannith Magistrate</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Hushbringer" href="#" target="_blank">Hushbringer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Both are asymmetric hate pieces that are easy to remove, but demand an answer.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Drannith Magistrate"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Monastery Mentor"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Spark Double"></div></div>
<p>Next are the protection creatures:</p>
<ul>
<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gold-Forged Thopteryx" href="#" target="_blank">Gold-Forged Thopteryx</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></li>
<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Grand Abolisher" href="#" target="_blank">Grand Abolisher</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></li>
<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Onakke Oathkeeper" href="#" target="_blank">Onakke Oathkeeper</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></li>
<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Silent Arbiter" href="#" target="_blank">Silent Arbiter</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></li>
<li><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Voice of Victory" href="#" target="_blank">Voice of Victory</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></li>
</ul>
<p>Thopteryx gives all legendary permanents you control ward <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-2" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>. Grand Abolisher and Voice of Victory prevent interaction on your turn. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Onakke Oathkeeper" href="#" target="_blank">Onakke Oathkeeper</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Silent Arbiter" href="#" target="_blank">Silent Arbiter</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> make it harder to swing in on your 'walkers.</p>
<p>Finally, the token makers, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Monastery Mentor" href="#" target="_blank">Monastery Mentor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Third Path Iconoclast" href="#" target="_blank">Third Path Iconoclast</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. They create tokens when you cast most spells in the deck. However, the best creature in the deck is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Spark Double" href="#" target="_blank">Spark Double</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. It enters as a copy of any creature or planeswalker you control.</p>
<h3>The Planeswalkers</h3>
<p>Unlike the ten creatures, I won't be covering all 21 planeswalkers. Instead, I want to focus on key 'walkers.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Chandra, Awakened Inferno"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Elspeth, Storm Slayer"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Teyo, Geometric Tactician"></div></div>
<p>For example, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Chandra, Awakened Inferno" href="#" target="_blank">Chandra, Awakened Inferno</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is easily one of, if not the best, planeswalkers in the deck. She adds inevitability to games with her burn emblem. It's trivial to stack multiple of these a turn by blinking her, or using <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Chain Veil" href="#" target="_blank">The Chain Veil</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, but more on that later.</p>
<p>Since there is a small token theme, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Elspeth, Storm Slayer" href="#" target="_blank">Elspeth, Storm Slayer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> has been an absolute house thanks to her ability to double our tokens. And <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Teyo, Geometric Tactician" href="#" target="_blank">Teyo, Geometric Tactician</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> manipulates combat, only allowing one player to attack you.</p>
<h3>The Fun Cards</h3>
<p>Despite being a tuned deck, I still like adding fun cards that might be suboptimal.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Cultural Exchange"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Daze|SLD|1934"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Gamble"></div></div>
<p>The first is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cultural Exchange" href="#" target="_blank">Cultural Exchange</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. This is an incredibly fun political tool that works great with the tokens. You can exchange your dorky 1/1s for someone's commander, or swap creatures between two players. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Daze|SLD|1934" href="#" target="_blank">Daze</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a card that gets better the higher the power of a pod. But sometimes, you get to Daze a turn-one <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sol Ring" href="#" target="_blank">Sol Ring</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, or when someone taps out to combo off.</p>
<p>And finally, let's go gambling with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gamble" href="#" target="_blank">Gamble</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Do you sometimes discard the card you tutored for? Sure. But I'll take the risk for a one-mana unconditional tutor.</p>
<h2>How Does <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Commodore Guff" href="#" target="_blank">Commodore Guff</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> Win?</h2>
<p>With the power of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ichormoon Gauntlet" href="#" target="_blank">Ichormoon Gauntlet</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Chain Veil" href="#" target="_blank">The Chain Veil</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and enough planeswalkers, you can proliferate enough to take infinite turns.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Chain Veil"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ichormoon Gauntlet"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Teferi, Master of Time"></div></div>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Teferi, Master of Time" href="#" target="_blank">Teferi, Master of Time</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> makes this process even easier, giving you two extra turns for less loyalty. But if you can't get infinite turns, you can grind out the game with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Chandra, Awakened Inferno" href="#" target="_blank">Chandra, Awakened Inferno</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Commodore Guff" href="#" target="_blank">Commodore Guff</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Chandra, Legacy of Fire" href="#" target="_blank">Chandra, Legacy of Fire</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<h2>Commodore Guff Commander Deck List</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Jeskai Controlling Friends" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Commodore Guff
[/Commander]
[Artifacts]
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Fellwar Stone
*1 Gatewatch Beacon
*1 Honor-Worn Shaku
*1 Ichormoon Gauntlet
*1 Norn&#039;s Annex
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Talisman of Conviction
*1 Talisman of Creativity
*1 Talisman of Progress
*1 The Chain Veil
*1 Torpor Orb
*1 Unstable Glyphbridge // Sandswirl Wanderglyph
*1 Wayfarer&#039;s Bauble
[/Artifacts]
[Sorceries]
*1 Blasphemous Act
*1 Cultural Exchange
*1 Echo of Eons
*1 Emeria&#039;s Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave
*1 Farewell
*1 Gamble
*1 Supreme Verdict
*1 Urza&#039;s Ruinous Blast
[/Sorceries]
[Planeswalkers]
*1 Chandra, Awakened Inferno
*1 Chandra, Legacy of Fire
*1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
*1 Comet, Stellar Pup
*1 Dack Fayden
*1 Elminster
*1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
*1 Elspeth, Sun&#039;s Champion
*1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
*1 Karn Liberated
*1 Karn, the Great Creator
*1 Narset, Parter of Veils
*1 Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
*1 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
*1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
*1 Teferi, Master of Time
*1 Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim
*1 Teferi, Time Raveler
*1 Teyo, Geometric Tactician
*1 The Eternal Wanderer
*1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
*1 Vronos, Masked Inquisitor
[/Planeswalkers]
[Instants]
*1 Counterspell
*1 Cyclonic Rift
*1 Daze
*1 Fierce Guardianship
*1 Lightning Bolt
*1 Mana Drain
*1 Path to Exile
*1 Swords to Plowshares
[/Instants]
[Creatures]
*1 Drannith Magistrate
*1 Gold-Forged Thopteryx
*1 Grand Abolisher
*1 Hushbringer
*1 Monastery Mentor
*1 Onakke Oathkeeper
*1 Silent Arbiter
*1 Spark Double
*1 Third Path Iconoclast
*1 Voice of Victory
[/Creatures]
[Enchantments]
*1 Oath of Teferi
[/Enchantments]
[Lands]
*1 Adarkar Wastes
*1 Arid Mesa
*1 Battlefield Forge
*1 Cascade Bluffs
*1 Command Tower
*1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
*1 Elegant Parlor
*1 Flooded Strand
*1 Hallowed Fountain
*1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
*1 Interplanar Beacon
*2 Island
*1 Karn&#039;s Bastion
*1 Meticulous Archive
*1 Mountain
*1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
*1 Plains
*1 Plateau
*1 Prairie Stream
*1 Raugrin Triome
*1 Reliquary Tower
*1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
*1 Riverpyre Verge
*1 Sacred Foundry
*1 Scalding Tarn
*1 Sea of Clouds
*1 Shivan Reef
*1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
*1 Spectator Seating
*1 Steam Vents
*1 Sulfur Falls
*1 Sunbillow Verge
*1 Thundering Falls
*1 Training Center
*1 Tundra
[/Lands]"></span></div>
<h2>Conclusion</h2>
<p>I'm sure I'll get some comments about the deck's price, but I think you could easily do a budget version of this list. Just a few swaps and cheaper versions of cards drastically reduce the price. If you're looking for a powerful deck that can hang with the strongest decks, but won't overwhelm lower Brackets, give this a shot.</p>
<p>To take the deck down a Bracket, I'd cut <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cyclonic Rift" href="#" target="_blank">Cyclonic Rift</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gamble" href="#" target="_blank">Gamble</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Fierce Guardianship" href="#" target="_blank">Fierce Guardianship</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<p>Also, if you want to see even more <em>Magic</em> content from me, you can find plenty of that on my YouTube channel <a href="http://youtube.com/@BRBMTG?utm_source=edhrec" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BathroomBrewsMTG</a>. Alrighty nerds, I'll see you in the next one!</p>


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