INTRODUCTION

My playgroup decided to build commander decks using only commons and uncommons (any number) because it seemed like an interesting way to level set cost and power level.

What the deck is trying to do;

• Be explosive

• Go wide/tall quickly with large threats

• Occasionally go infinite, but not in an overly degenerate non-interactive way. All of my infinite combos are persist driven and result in infinite creatures w/out impact tremors type nonsense. I am always dependent on the attack step to win, and this is by design.

Infinite combos

• Grumgully, the generous + Aerie Ouphes = wrath all flyers that are not hexproof or shrouded

• Grumgully, the generous + Any persist Creature + Any sac Outlet + Anax, Hardened in the forge = infinite 2/2 satyr tokens

• ... + Betrothed of Fire = infinitely large creature

• ... Green persist creature + Ivy Lane Denizen = all creatures infinitely large

• ... Persist creature with power >=3 + Elemental Bond = draw the entire deck

• ... + Wildwood Scourge = infinitely large creature

Efficient Go Wide Creatures/Walkers

• Arlinn, Voice of the Pack creates 4/4s every turn and with proliferate stays big.

• Broodhatch Nantuko and Saber Ants - army in a box, flood the board with 2/2, especially on defense

• Warbreak Trumpeter/Howl of the Nightpack - flood insurance, army in a box

+1/+1 Counters Payoffs

• Rage Forger AKA the pauper Hellrider

• Bramblewood Paragon and Pridemalkin, for a bit of evasion

• Battlefront Krushok, makes blocking alot more difficult

CHANGES - 2/13/21

IN

• Arcane Signet

• Gnarlid Colony

• Iridescent Hornbeetle

• Khalni Ambush

• Song-Mad Treachery

• Slurrk, All-Ingesting

• Slice and Dice

• Harrow

• Monstrous Onslaught

• Arcane Signet

• Rumbling Ruin

• Sporeback Troll

OUT

• Ainok Survivalist - too slow

• Blood Aspirant - just win more

• Carnage Altar - too slow

• Nissa's Judgment - worse Monstrous Onslaught, counters irrelevant

• Primal Growth - hardly ever kicked, and w/out kicker too inefficient

• Roaring Primadox - just win more, and horrendous liability when losing

• Saber Ants - too obvious, never get value off it

• Spawning Pit - too efficient and not interactable, unfun game experience

• Springbloom Druid - lands enter tapped, too inefficient and body is mostly irrelevant

• Evolving Wilds - Unnecessary, better to sub in utility lands since mana is easily fixed

• Urza's Factory - too slow

• Vivien's Grizzly - activation too expensive and too conditional