Peer Through Time Decklist & Guide: Teferi Precon

Overview

Peer Through Time is a mono-blue control deck led by a planeswalker. Teferi, Temporal Archmage can be your commander and enters with five loyalty. Its +1 looks at the top two cards of your library and puts one into your hand, its -1 untaps up to four target permanents, and its -10 gives you an emblem that lets you activate planeswalker loyalty abilities on any player's turn at instant speed. Untapping four mana rocks or lands gives you plenty of extra mana.

The 99 cards are 25 creatures, 16 artifacts, 3 enchantments, 10 instants, 7 sorceries and 38 lands. Card draw such as Mulldrifter, Sea Gate Oracle, Concentrate, Stroke of Genius, Rush of Knowledge and Well of Ideas keeps your hand full, and bounce and counters such as Cyclonic Rift, Into the Roil, Aether Gale, Dismiss and Exclude protect you. The top end is huge, with Sphinx of Magosi, Sphinx of Uthuun, Frost Titan, Lorthos, the Tidemaker, Breaching Leviathan and Artisan of Kozilek.

Key Cards

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Cyclonic Rift

Bounce · Sweeper

An instant for {1}{U}. It returns target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand, and overloaded for {6}{U} it returns every nonland permanent you don't control. A one-sided reset at instant speed.

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Frost Titan

Tempo · Big Body

A 6/6 for {4}{U}{U}. Whenever it becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, you counter it unless its controller pays {2}, and whenever it enters or attacks it taps a permanent, which doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. It is a huge body that slows an opponent's best permanent.

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Well of Ideas

Card Draw · Enchantment

An enchantment for {5}{U}. When it enters you draw two cards, at the beginning of each other player's draw step they draw an additional card, and at the beginning of your draw step you draw two additional cards. You draw much more than anybody else.

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Reef Worm

Value · Chain Token

A 0/1 for {3}{U}. When it dies you create a 3/3 Fish, which makes a 6/6 Whale when it dies, which makes a 9/9 Kraken when it dies. It is a free chain of larger creatures from a cheap card.

Playing the Deck

The early game is about mana and cheap card draw. Sol Ring, Mind Stone, Sky Diamond, Everflowing Chalice, Sapphire Medallion and Worn Powerstone ramp you, Azure Mage, Sea Gate Oracle and Compulsive Research draw cards, and Fog Bank holds the ground. Tormod's Crypt protects you from graveyard strategies.

The middle of the game is about control and card advantage. Teferi, Temporal Archmage digs and untaps, Mulldrifter, Concentrate and Sphinx of Uthuun draw piles of cards, Dismiss, Exclude and Turn to Frog answer threats, and Cyclonic Rift and Into the Roil bounce problems. Thran Dynamo and Ur-Golem's Eye add mana for big turns.

The late game is about huge monsters and resets. Sphinx of Magosi, Deep-Sea Kraken, Lorthos, the Tidemaker and Breaching Leviathan close games, Artisan of Kozilek reanimates a creature, Phyrexian Ingester exiles a creature, and Aether Gale, Distorting Wake and Nevinyrral's Disk reset the board.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths: The deck has a huge amount of card draw and a very consistent mana base, so it rarely stumbles. It also has plenty of interaction, including Cyclonic Rift, Pongify, Dismiss, Exclude, Domineering Will and Willbender.

Weaknesses: A mono-blue deck has few ways to remove problem permanents permanently, since most of its answers are temporary bounce, and it needs time to set up its large monsters. Several of its best cards cost seven or more, so a fast start can be hard to handle.

Want to improve it? See the Peer Through Time upgrade guide: twelve swaps with the data behind each one.

Verdict

Peer Through Time is a classic mono-blue control deck with a lot of cards, tricks and very large creatures. It is a good choice for players who like to hold up counters, draw more than everyone else and end the game with a sea monster.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What cards are in the Peer Through Time decklist?
The Peer Through Time precon is a 100-card Commander deck led by Teferi, Temporal Archmage. The full Peer Through Time decklist, with every card, current prices and a button to copy the list into your deck builder, is on this page.

When was Peer Through Time released?
Peer Through Time was released on November 7, 2014 as part of Commander 2014.

Who is the commander of Peer Through Time?
Peer Through Time is led by Teferi, Temporal Archmage, a Mono-blue (U) legendary planeswalker.

How many creatures are in Peer Through Time?
The 99 cards besides Teferi, Temporal Archmage include 25 creatures.

How many lands does Peer Through Time have?
Peer Through Time has 38 lands in the 99 cards besides Teferi, Temporal Archmage, including basic lands.

Full Decklist

All 100 cards from the out-of-the-box Peer Through Time precon, with current prices. Click any card to expand it.

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Teferi, Temporal Archmage (commander), Coral Atoll, Ghost Quarter, 31 Island, Lonely Sandbar, Myriad Landscape, Remote Isle, Tectonic Edge, Zoetic Cavern, Cackling Counterpart, Cyclonic Rift, Dismiss, Domineering Will, Exclude, Intellectual Offering, Into the Roil, Pongify, Stroke of Genius, Turn to Frog, Artisan of Kozilek, Azure Mage, Breaching Leviathan, Brine Elemental, Deep-Sea Kraken, Dulcet Sirens, Fathom Seer, Fog Bank, Frost Titan, Hoverguard Sweepers, Ixidron, Lorthos, the Tidemaker, Mulldrifter, Phyrexian Ingester, Reef Worm, Riptide Survivor, Sea Gate Oracle, Shaper Parasite, Sphinx of Jwar Isle, Sphinx of Magosi, Sphinx of Uthuun, Steel Hellkite, Stitcher Geralf, Stormsurge Kraken, Willbender, Assault Suit, Commander's Sphere, Crown of Doom, Dreamstone Hedron, Everflowing Chalice, Mind Stone, Nevinyrral's Disk, Sapphire Medallion, Sky Diamond, Sol Ring, Swiftfoot Boots, Thran Dynamo, Tormod's Crypt, Unstable Obelisk, Ur-Golem's Eye, Worn Powerstone, Aether Gale, Call to Mind, Compulsive Research, Concentrate, Distorting Wake, Rite of Replication, Rush of Knowledge, Fool's Demise, Infinite Reflection, Well of Ideas.