commander · Nalia de'Arnise
Party Time (CLB).
An Orzhov party and changeling deck led by Nalia de'Arnise — assemble a full party of Warriors, Rogues, Clerics, and Wizards to drain opponents, pump your whole team, and generate overwhelming value from every creature type in the deck.
The Commanders
Party Time is a Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate deck built around the party mechanic from Zendikar Rising — assemble a Warrior, Rogue, Cleric, and Wizard, and your entire deck unlocks bonus effects. Changelings count as every creature type, making every changeling in the deck a full party by itself. The deck rewards going wide with creatures across the four party classes and drains the table while building its army.
Nalia de'Arnise is the party payoff commander. She generates deathtouch and mana value bonuses when you have a full party, enabling you to drain opponents and threaten massive attacks simultaneously. Nalia incentivizes maintaining the full party configuration while generating card advantage off your creature diversity.
Burakos, Party Leader is the Warrior token-generating partner. Burakos creates Warrior tokens when creatures attack, growing your party count rapidly and generating treasure when you complete a full party. Together, Nalia and Burakos form a potent combination: Burakos floods the board with Warriors while Nalia cashes in on the full-party bonus every turn.
Key Cards
Mirror Entity
Mirror Entity is a Shapeshifter — every creature type simultaneously — which means it counts as a complete party by itself: Warrior, Rogue, Cleric, and Wizard all in one card. Its activated ability lets you pay X mana to make every creature you control into X/X creatures with all creature types until end of turn. Pump for five and your entire party army becomes 5/5 changelings. Mirror Entity closes games by converting a wide board of small creatures into a lethal alpha strike out of nowhere.
Maskwood Nexus
Maskwood Nexus makes every creature you control every creature type. Your entire board permanently counts as Warriors, Rogues, Clerics, Wizards, and every other type simultaneously. Your party is always full. Nalia's bonus fires every turn without requiring specific creature types. Maskwood also creates a 2/2 shapeshifter creature token on the first of each turn, adding to your board presence. With Maskwood in play, you never have to worry about maintaining a balanced party again.
Irregular Cohort
Irregular Cohort is a changeling that enters alongside a 2/2 changeling copy of itself. Both tokens are every creature type. One card gives you two full-party creatures, advancing your party count by two classes instantly. In a deck that wants to go wide with creatures of specific types, Irregular Cohort does the work of two separate creature slots in one efficient package. It's the best creature for party math and triggers Nalia's payoffs immediately on the turn it lands.
Zulaport Cutthroat
Zulaport Cutthroat is a Human Rogue that drains each opponent for one life whenever a creature you control dies. The deck attacks aggressively and blocks freely, so creatures die constantly — each death drains all three opponents simultaneously. In a deck that generates tokens and sacrifices them for party synergies, Zulaport converts each sacrifice into a drain trigger. Stack Zulaport with Bastion of Remembrance-style effects and every board wipe becomes a massive drain burst.
Pontiff of Blight
Pontiff of Blight gives all your other creatures extort, meaning whenever you cast a spell you may pay a white or black mana — if you do, each opponent loses one life and you gain that much life. With twenty other creatures having extort, each spell you cast drains for up to twenty life while gaining you twenty. Even casting a cheap cantrip with Pontiff and twelve other extort creatures drains each opponent for twelve. The life swing from a single Pontiff turn often decides games outright.
How to Play
Deploy changelings early to always have a full party without thinking about it. Burakos attacks to create Warriors while Nalia generates value from the full-party bonus each turn. Find Maskwood Nexus to permanently solve the party puzzle and redirect your attention to going wide and wide. The mid-game is flooding the board with party creatures and changelings, enabling Pontiff of Blight extort turns to drain the table. Close games with Mirror Entity pumping your army into a lethal combat threat, or drain everyone out through Zulaport triggers combined with Pontiff extort. The deck operates as a hybrid tokens-and-life-drain strategy with party as the mechanical backbone.