Medusa by thejohnfall

Format: Commander

Commander: Medusa, Inhuman Queen

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This mono-green stompy deck harnesses +1/+1 counters and combat pressure led by Medusa, Inhuman Queen. The strategy accelerates on early turns with mana elves and land searchers to cast Medusa by Turn 3, then layers on counter synergies like Training Regimen, Doc Samson, Super Psychiatrist, and Renata, Called to the Hunt. Medusa grows whenever opponents cast noncreature spells, turning opposing interaction into raw stats. The deck maintains control of the board through efficient bite and fight spells such as Bite Down and Punishing Punch, using its creatures' high power to remove opposing threats without trading cards in combat. Protection spells like Snakeskin Veil and Blossoming Defense safeguard key attackers from targeted removal. Finally, the deck translates massive board power into lethal damage across Turns 6 through 8, breaking through defenses with trample enablers like Gnarlid Colony and finishing with team-wide buffs like Overrun.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Apothecary Stomper
  • 1 Beorn's Hospitality
  • 1 Bestial Incursion
  • 1 Betrayal at the Vault
  • 1 Biogenic Upgrade
  • 1 Bite Down
  • 1 Blossoming Defense
  • 1 Boughside Wanderers
  • 1 Broken Wings
  • 1 Claim the Kingdom
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Doc Samson, Super Psychiatrist
  • 1 Elfsworn Giant
  • 1 Elvish Rejuvenator
  • 1 Epic Fight
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Felling Blow
  • 32 Forest
  • 1 Giant Growth
  • 1 Gnarlid Colony
  • 1 Go Nuts!
  • 1 Goldvein Pick
  • 1 Grapple with the Past
  • 1 Grow from the Ashes
  • 1 Heroic Feast
  • 1 Hungering Puppetbeast
  • 1 It's Clobberin' Time!
  • 1 Ka-Zar of the Savage Land
  • 1 Knight of Wundagore
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Medusa, Inhuman Queen
  • 1 Might of Old Krosa
  • 1 Might of the Masses
  • 1 Mirkwood Pathmaker
  • 1 Mister Hyde, Monster Within
  • 1 Nasty Little Rabbit
  • 1 Nessian Wilds Ravager
  • 1 Omnipresence
  • 1 Once Upon a Time
  • 1 Overrun
  • 1 Pia, Aether Ascetic
  • 1 Punishing Punch
  • 1 Quarrel
  • 1 Quilled Greatwurm
  • 1 Rapid Rescue
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Regeneration
  • 1 Renata, Called to the Hunt
  • 1 Restorative Technique
  • 1 Ruric Thar, Magecrusher
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Super Strength
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tarmogoyf
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Tethermage's Advantage
  • 1 The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
  • 1 Thrive
  • 1 Through the Forest Gate
  • 1 Training Regimen
  • 1 Traveler's Amulet
  • 1 Warg Tactics
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 World War Hulk
  • 1 Wurm's Tooth
  • 1 Yoshimaru, Scrappy Stray