Everything Else is Just a Toy. by BirdFish

Format: Commander

Commander: Arabella, Abandoned Doll

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a Boros go-wide aggro and burn strategy led by Arabella, Abandoned Doll. The game plan floods the battlefield with low-mana creatures and tokens whose power is 2 or less, then attacks with Arabella to convert board width into unblockable, symmetric direct damage and life gain. Trigger doublers such as Delney, Streetwise Lookout and damage amplifiers like Gratuitous Violence rapidly accelerate the clock, allowing Arabella to drain entire pods simultaneously without needing her small creatures to survive combat. The deck backs up this aggressive core with robust combat safety tools like Reconnaissance and an extensive suite of protective instants, auras, and turn-silencing creatures like Grand Abolisher. Asymmetric board wipes such as Dusk // Dawn and Fell the Mighty clear opposing blockers and threats while preserving the deck's low-power army, ensuring sustained pressure through the mid-game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abraded Bluffs
  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Arabella, Abandoned Doll
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Asgardian Citadel
  • 1 Assemble the Players
  • 1 Axgard Armory
  • 1 Baird, Steward of Argive
  • 1 Blacksmith's Skill
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Break Through the Line
  • 1 Call the Coppercoats
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conclave Phalanx
  • 1 Crystal Barricade
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Dazzling Theater // Prop Room
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Dimension X
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fell the Mighty
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gift of Immortality
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Glittering Massif
  • 1 Goblin Goliath
  • 1 Goblin Tunneler
  • 1 Gods Willing
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Gratuitous Violence
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Horn of Gondor
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Irreverent Gremlin
  • 1 Labyrinth of Skophos
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Militia Bugler
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 1 Moogles' Valor
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Myrel, Shield of Argive
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nahiri's Machinations
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Raid Bombardment
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Reveillark
  • 1 Reverent Hoplite
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saradoc, Master of Buckland
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Shielded by Faith
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Splitskin Doll
  • 1 Steelshaper Apprentice
  • 1 Subira, Tulzidi Caravanner
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Lonely Mountain
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Timely Ward
  • 1 Tithe Taker
  • 1 Trapped in the Screen
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Valgavoth's Lair
  • 1 Veteran Soldier
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Wind-Scarred Crag