Group Hug 2 - Electric bugaloo by user5597961

Format: Commander

Commander: Gluntch, the Bestower

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

Gluntch, the Bestower is a group-hug commander who converts symmetrical gifts into a pillow-fort counter engine. The deck's primary plan is to deploy Gluntch early, use its end-step triggers to hand out counters, cards, and Treasures, then leverage life-gain payoffs like Archangel of Thune, Exemplar of Light, and Well of Lost Dreams to turn those gifts into card advantage and a growing board. Secondary paths include political combat avoidance via Nils and Orzhov Advokist, a go-wide token finish with Tempt with Glory, and a commander-damage threat in Sergeant John Benton. The hidden commander is Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn, which converts every life-gain event into a counter-distribution engine. The deck is built to use Gluntch's face as a reliable enabler rather than a finisher.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Battle Priest
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Benevolent Offering
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Elder Gargaroth
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Everybody Lives!
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Flumph
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gavony Township
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Generous Patron
  • 1 Ghirapur Orrery
  • 1 Gluntch, the Bestower
  • 1 Graypelt Refuge
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Joined Researchers // Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Master of Ceremonies
  • 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Nils, Discipline Enforcer
  • 1 Noble Heritage
  • 1 Open the Way
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Orzhov Advokist
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pendant of Prosperity
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Razorverge Thicket
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Riot Control
  • 1 Rites of Flourishing
  • 1 Rootweaver Druid
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Selfless Squire
  • 1 Selvala, Explorer Returned
  • 1 Sergeant John Benton
  • 1 Skullwinder
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Caryatid
  • 1 Temple Bell
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Tempt with Bunnies
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 Tempt with Glory
  • 1 Tempting Contract
  • 1 Tenuous Truce
  • 1 Teyo, Geometric Tactician
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Together Forever
  • 1 Truce
  • 1 Veteran Explorer
  • 1 Wedding Ring
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Yes Man, Personal Securitron
  • 1 Your Temple Is Under Attack
  • 1 Zenith Chronicler