Agatha by Hiddle93

Format: Commander

Commander: Agatha of the Vile Cauldron

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a Gruul creature-centric engine piloted by Agatha of the Vile Cauldron. The strategy revolves around increasing Agatha's power using +1/+1 counters, equipment, and targeted pump spells to dramatically reduce the activation costs of creatures down to a single mana. This discount turns mana dorks like Kami of Whispered Hopes into massive mana engines, transforms utility creatures like Duskwatch Recruiter into rapid card advantage engines, and enables devastating finishers such as Hydra Broodmaster, Captivating Crew, and Bhaal's Invoker. The deck accelerates early on Turns 1 through 3, establishes its cost-reduction core by Turn 4, and exerts critical board pressure on Turn 5. Supported by an unusually dense package of instant-speed protection spells, it shields its board against removal before overrunning the table or burning out opponents on Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
  • 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bhaal's Invoker
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brotherhood's End
  • 1 Captivating Crew
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creeperhulk
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Diviner's Wand
  • 1 Duskwatch Recruiter // Krallenhorde Howler
  • 1 Elder of Laurels
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Feral Animist
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Gaea's Gift
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Guardian Augmenter
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hydra Broodmaster
  • 1 Ilysian Caryatid
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Invigorate
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Leafkin Avenger
  • 1 Magus of the Candelabra
  • 1 Momentous Fall
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 1 Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Propagator Drone
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Redshift, Rocketeer Chief
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Scale Up
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul's Majesty
  • 1 Soulbright Flamekin
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steelbane Hydra
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Temur Sabertooth
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Tough Cookie
  • 1 Training Compound
  • 1 Valakut Invoker
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Viridian Joiner
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth