Chromium Goes Ham by DirtyKermit

Format: Commander

Commander: Chromium, the Mutable

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Human Tribal Aristocrats strategy commanded by Chromium, the Mutable. Rather than relying heavily on its high-cost commander, the deck operates an independent creature engine centered on Human synergies, death triggers, and recursion. Early turns focus on establishing mana rocks and deploying low-cost Humans like Priest of Forgotten Gods, White Glove Gourmand, and Faramir, Prince of Ithilien. Midgame turns compound value through tribal card draw such as Species Specialist, Mass Appeal, and a 7-card burst from Stinging Study. The deck transitions into a lethal threat on Turn 6 by layering death-drain engines with Zulaport Cutthroat, Syr Konrad, the Grim, and Teysa Karlov, or pivoting to wide combat damage via Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart and Archetype of Imagination. Extensive protection from Jirina, Dauntless General and reanimation from Victimize and Celestine, the Living Saint provide strong resilience against interaction, closing the game around Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcade Gannon
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archetype of Imagination
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Blackbloom Rogue // Blackbloom Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Callidus Assassin
  • 1 Celestine, the Living Saint
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Chromium, the Mutable
  • 1 Colonel Autumn
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coveted Jewel
  • 1 Crowded Crypt
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth
  • 1 Emergency Powers
  • 1 Ertai Resurrected
  • 1 Etchings of the Chosen
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faramir, Prince of Ithilien
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 General Kudro of Drannith
  • 1 General's Enforcer
  • 1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
  • 1 Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart
  • 1 Hero of the Dunes
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter
  • 1 Jirina, Dauntless General
  • 1 Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Mass Appeal
  • 1 Massacre Girl
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Neyam Shai Murad
  • 1 Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Pyre of Heroes
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Ravos, Soultender
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Selfless Glyphweaver // Deadly Vanity
  • 1 Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
  • 1 Sicarian Infiltrator
  • 1 Sister Hospitaller
  • 1 Sister Repentia
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Species Specialist
  • 1 Stinging Study
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
  • 1 The Golden Throne
  • 1 Tragic Arrogance
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Unsettled Mariner
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Visions of Glory
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 White Glove Gourmand
  • 1 Xathrid Necromancer
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat