mtg challenger decks card list Magic: The Gathering 2021 Deck – Azorius Control (Blue-White) : Toys & Games plus five double Challenger Deck Lists

Escarpment Fortress | Illustration by Vaigintas Pakenis The number to the right of the / in the lower-right is a creature's toughness and represents how much damage that creature can take before it dies (if it hits 0 or less)

Vanilla creatures often aren't played in the 99 of a deck, let alone as its commander

The main way to lose initiative is to take combat damage from an opposing creature, which in turn grants the initiative to the attacking player

3+ | You may play an additional land on each of your turns

Esper Sentinel pips both Archivist of Oghma and Deep Gnome Terramancer to a spot on this list, and its because the latter two cards both require opponents making deckbuilding decisions we cant control