AzoriusLegendary Creature — Human WizardStenn, Paranoid Partisan
Mana value2Rank#7,434
The Commander
As Stenn enters, choose a card type other than creature or land.
Spells you cast of the chosen type cost 
less to cast.
: Exile Stenn. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
Guide
Gameplan
Stenn picks a non-creature, non-land card type (usually instant, sorcery, or enchantment) and shaves off every spell of that type, letting you chain a low-curve UW control or spellslinger deck and snowball card advantage. You blink Stenn with its own ability to re-choose the type as the game shifts. Win by leveraging cheap interaction, card draw, and a token/enchantment engine to grind opponents out.
Strengths
- Built-in cost reduction accelerates the entire deck and stacks with other reducers
- Two mana, easy to recast, and self-protecting via the exile/return ability
- Flexible: re-blink to change the chosen type for the current game state
- UW gives access to the best counters, removal, and card-draw enchantments
Weaknesses
- Reduction only applies to one chosen type, so multi-type decks waste value
- Stenn does nothing offensively and provides no evasion or board presence
- No inherent win condition—needs the 99 to actually close games
- Vulnerable to fast aggro and combo since reduction is incremental, not explosive
Key Cards
- Smothering Tithe — With enchantment chosen it costs less and snowballs the mana that fuels everything.
- Rhystic Study — Cheaper enchantment-based card advantage engine that keeps your hand stocked with reduced spells.
- Approach of the Second Sun — A clean sorcery win condition made easier to cast twice with sorcery selected.
- Teferi, Time Raveler — Locks opponents out of instant-speed interaction while you resolve your reduced spells.
- Dockside Extortionist — Generates explosive mana that, combined with Stenn's discount, enables big swing turns.
Upgrade Path
Commit hard to a single card type so Stenn's discount is always relevant, and pack mana rocks plus extra cost reducers (Helm of Awakening, Goblin Electromancer-style effects) to stack reductions. Add fast mana like Sol Ring, Mana Vault, and Dockside Extortionist, then a compact win package such as Approach of the Second Sun or an Aetherflux/Sentinel Tower combo. Prioritize cheap interaction (Swords to Plowshares, Swan Song, Fierce Guardianship) to protect your engine while you out-value the table.
Core Cards
The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.
Win Conditions
- ▸Approach of the Second Sun cast twice for the alternate win
- ▸Big mana payoffs like Aetherflux Reservoir or a finisher planeswalker ultimate
- ▸Grinding opponents out with card advantage and a token/enchantment army
- ▸Combo finishes (e.g., infinite mana into a draw/damage outlet)
Archetypes
- Spellslinger — Choosing instant or sorcery turbo-charges a burst/draw-heavy spell deck.
- Enchantress — Enchantment selection makes cheap value enchantments even cheaper for a build-up engine.
- Control — Cheaper counters and removal let you hold up more answers each turn.
- Combo — Discounted artifact or instant spells help assemble UW combos with surplus mana.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (UW), by popularity.
