Standard Commander: Narset, Enlightened Master

Welcome to Commander Month everyone! Every Monday this month, you'll get to see an EDH deck each week. This month, each deck will utilize one of the Khans from Khans of Tarkir as its Commander and all the cards will come from Standard sets, from Khans of Tarkir to Oath of the Gatewatch.

This week, I present to you a deck featuring Narset, Enlightened Master.

General x1 Narset, Enlightened Master Legendary Creatures (9) x1 Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh x1 Dragonlord Ojutai x1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy x1 Jori En, Run Diver x1 Kytheon, Hero of Akros x1 Linvala, the Preserver x1 Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper x1 Pia and Kiran Nalaar x1 Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest Creatures (11) x1 Eldrazi Displacer x1 Goblin Dark-Dwellers x1 Jeskai Barricade x1 Mantis Rider x1 Monastery Mentor x1 Monastery Swiftspear x1 Reflector Mage x1 Soulfire Grandmaster x1 Stormchaser Mage x1 Wall of Resurgence x1 Wingmate Roc

Instants (18) x1 Deflecting Palm x1 Dig Through Time x1 Disdainful Stroke x1 Dispel x1 Encircling Fissure x1 Feat of Resistance x1 Fiery Impulse x1 Jeskai Charm x1 Hallowed Moonlight x1 Negate x1 Ojutai's Command x1 Reality Shift x1 Secure the Wastes x1 Send to Sleep x1 Stubborn Denial x1 Valorous Stance x1 Void Shatter x1 Wild Slash Sorceries (8) x1 Crush of Tentacles x1 Exquisite Firecraft x1 Magmatic Insight x1 Radiant Flames x1 Roast x1 Tormenting Voice x1 Treasure Cruise x1 Ugin's Insight Enchantments (6) x1 Containment Membrane x1 Jeskai Ascendancy x1 Monastery Siege x1 Myth Realized x1 Silkwrap x1 Sphinx's Tutelage

Artifacts (9) x1 Alchemist's Vial x1 Chitinous Cloak x1 Hero's Blade x1 Jeskai Banner x1 Meteorite x1 Ojutai Monument x1 Prism Ring x1 Pyromancer's Goggles x1 Vial of Dragonfire Planeswalkers (3) x1 Chandra, Flamecaller x1 Narset Transcendent x1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon Lands (35) x1 Battlefield Forge x1 Blighted Cataract x1 Blighted Gorge x1 Blighted Steppe x1 Evolving Wilds x1 Flooded Strand x1 Foundry of the Consuls x1 Looming Spires x1 Meandering River x1 Mystic Monastery x1 Needle Spires x1 Prairie Stream x1 Rogue's Passage x1 Shivan Reef x1 Skyline Cascade x1 Swiftwater Cliffs x1 Tranquil Cove x1 Unknown Shores x1 Wandering Fumarole x1 Wind-Scarred Crag 5x Plains 5x Island 5x Mountain

Building around Narset requires many spells because anything she exiles you can't touch if it is a creature. Fortunately there are plenty of counter spells, burn spells, and just all around a ton of cards to help win without creatures, although there are several useful ones included.

    

The main idea here is to cast as many regular spells as possible and attack with your prowess creatures. There is no way (or at least no easy way) to burn an opponent out of 40 life with all the cards available in Standard when you don't use more than one copy. Sure you could get close, but you need finishers!

I was considering making this a token-based deck, but with all the spells available and the creatures with Prowess, I decided it'd be better to push through with Prowess. There is some support for tokens, but I left out cards like Hordeling Outburst which would have sealed this deck as a solid EDH token deck. Fortunately it's still a pretty sweet deck if you like your spells more than creatures.