Aerid by Neonster

Format: Commander

Commander: Aerid Konstrari

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This Gruul deck leverages Aerid Konstrari to blend artifact-token generation with explosive power-scaling stomp and burn strategies. Aerid produces Heartwood tokens on both entry and death, turning clone effects like Molten Duplication, Twinflame, and Heat Shimmer into mana-positive rituals. When legendary clone copies die to state-based actions, they trigger both enter and death abilities, generating multiple Heartwood tokens and triggering damage engines like Reckless Fireweaver, Ingenious Artillerist, and Hedron Detonator. The deck converts tall boards into victories through Aerid's artifact-scaling {6} pump ability, unleashing lethal flying commander attacks, massive card draws via Life's Legacy and Rishkar's Expertise, and board-clearing finishes with Chandra's Ignition or Fling. Efficient 0-1 mana redirection and protection spells shield the gameplan during critical execution turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Aerid Konstrari
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delina, Wild Mage
  • 1 Devastating Onslaught
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Electroduplicate
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flameshadow Conjuring
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Fling
  • 1 For the Common Good
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Heat Shimmer
  • 1 Hedron Detonator
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Ingenious Artillerist
  • 1 Jaxis, the Troublemaker
  • 1 Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs
  • 1 Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory
  • 1 Lazotep Quarry
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Life's Legacy
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seize the Spotlight
  • 1 Self-Destruct
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 3 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 3 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Special Move
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Tempestra, Dame of Games
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Thud
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tireless Tracker
  • 1 Tree of Tales
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Woodwork Prodigy // Soul Tether
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth