Veitanah, thanks for the upvote. Cheers!

Thank you for the upvote, sv7nn. Cheers!

Consider cards like: Seasoned Pyromancer, Young Pyromancer, Faithless Looting, Faithless Salvaging, Past in Flames, Lier, Disciple of the Drowned, Dark Confidant, Ripples of Undeath, Goblin Lore, and maybe consider Sensei's Divining Top. CHeers!

Forgive me, but I just realized who I was conversing with. I follow you on YT!

A bit rough around the edges, but hey.. this functions! You have the cast of equipment-focused White permanents, and the deck lovingly reflects a tale of caring for Eight-and-a-Half-Tails, who happens to be a favorite of mine as well. Cheers! +1

MTGBurgeoning oh dude that dragon is BONKERS! I have a Teval. Arbiter of Virtue deck that uses him as a main-cast star, as well as a The Necrobloom deck where it's even MORE popular!

MTGBurgeoning I wouldn't recommend engaging with ShadowMasterNL as they seem to be committed to providing next to no value in conversations on lists, and almost all of their commentary I've seen is negatively framed, regardless of the concept.

That aside, I really love this idea, and am equally fascinated with your Drakuseth, Maw of Flames obsession. So many good dragons to use! +1 because I sat aside my suspension of disbelief and didn't need to pick a fight where there wasn't one. <3

Balaam__ I believe your question is definitely a layers question- and I am in the same boat you are, I don't really know the most direct or correct answer. I'm excited to draft something with the specific intent of stubbornly pushing past your spells, and leaning hard into my own. I hope this is the beginning of me doing that.

Now I didn't wanna detract from how awesome the "No" deck was but I think Wizards just told me for certain what the answer to my question was; the question being, how do you stop that deck? I think the answer is anti-Blue stompy.

The short I tagged below features the card in question, assuming it is in fact real:

https://youtube.com/shorts/Hev8h3dVpLY?si=3zzpqHmshTRbeBsb

This is so cool. I'm trying to get SaskiaKnight711 into playing Pauper with me, and stuff like this is a good example of why and how.

Not a bad list thus far. Don't forget you can upvote your own lists as well.

I like how savage this deck seems to function. Very nice! +1

SaskiaKnight711, legendofa, and GutterbonesMan, thank you for your upvotes and support. Cheers!

Balaam__ this is miserable... I will HAVE to think of something to counteract this deck, but it just isn't doable. The closest would be an infuriating mirror match, and I think I'd rather stick my clenched fist into a running blender than run a best-of-3 against this abomination. All of my personal gripes with how control has personally hurt me or a loved one, I think this is incredibly effective and super concise. Yeah, no clear win condition but do you need one? Nobody else gets to play up against this very reliable cast of "nuh uhs" and "no ways". +1, despite how bad the taste in my mouth is.

Of course, BotaNickill! It's a solid list! I think Sephiroth is an incredibly powerful commander that also has tons of room to play a couple different styles.

SufferFromEDHD I have made the updates - enjoy!

FormOverFunction thanks for popping in- yeah, Nin was a consideration but having her hit the field and be static until I could use here ability- even if it does scale- made her a big target. I opted for The Emperor of Palamecia  ^Flip with my most recent iteration. Don't forget to leave an upvote if you enjoy the list, make a recommendation- light a nearby peasant aflame.. whatever strikes your fancy. Cheers!

All really solid recommendations SufferFromEDHD, I'll shake the base of the tree and see what falls off.

Ahead of the curve though, Emet-Selch, Unsundered  ^Flip and Emet-Selch of the Third Seat are both here in the stead of Lier, but Lier does reinforce the playability of my entire deck. I like this. Lemme see if it benefits me to change it in such a way, because this might just influence how I build Vivi Ornitier as their own commander instead.

Like how NV_1980 said, also add Ivy Lane Denizen, and Quest for Pure Flame.

Balaam__ did someone mention nutty deck ideas that deserve love?! He's right! BAck! AT! IT AGAIN! with these crazy decks. I can always get behind some kind of nuanced golgari themed deck. Food, Elves, Toxic, you name it. This one was no exception. +1