Arabella by user5701630

Format: Commander

Commander: Arabella, Abandoned Doll

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Boros go-wide group-slug strategy commanded by Arabella, Abandoned Doll. The game plan revolves around amassing a dense board of creatures with power 2 or less—leveraging efficient token producers such as Hop to It, Dragon Fodder, and Krenko, Mob Boss—to fuel Arabella's attack trigger. Each attack step, Arabella drains each opponent and gains life equal to the total count of small creatures controlled, bypassing traditional combat damage and defensive walls to hit all three opponents simultaneously. Synergy pieces like Raid Bombardment, Witty Roastmaster, and Windcrag Siege compound this incremental burn, while Meekstone acts as an asymmetric lock against opposing tall threats. The deck operates primarily at sorcery speed on a tight mana curve, accepting moderate exposure to sweepers in exchange for rapid, non-combat-dependent table pressure. With adequate board presence, Arabella rapidly turns small weenies into a lethal clock that closes out games in a single decisive combat rotation.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Anafenza, Unyielding Lineage
  • 1 Arabella, Abandoned Doll
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Big Apple, 3 a.m.
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Clockwork Percussionist
  • 1 Cobbled Wings
  • 1 Cori Mountain Stalwart
  • 1 Cori-Steel Cutter
  • 1 Dalkovan Encampment
  • 1 Dalkovan Packbeasts
  • 1 Dawnbringer Cleric
  • 1 Dazzling Theater // Prop Room
  • 1 Deadeye Duelist
  • 1 Descendant of Storms
  • 1 Devoted Duelist
  • 1 Dragon Fodder
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exorcise
  • 1 Expel the Interlopers
  • 1 Fated Firepower
  • 1 Form a Posse
  • 1 Fortress Kin-Guard
  • 1 Friendly Teddy
  • 1 Frontline Rush
  • 1 Ghost Vacuum
  • 1 Goblin Trailblazer
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hanweir Garrison
  • 1 Hop to It
  • 1 Irreverent Gremlin
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Markov Waltzer
  • 1 Martial Coup
  • 1 Meekstone
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Most Valuable Slayer
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Norin, Swift Survivalist
  • 1 Olórin's Searing Light
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Patched Plaything
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Ragged Playmate
  • 1 Raid Bombardment
  • 1 Raucous Carnival
  • 1 Razorkin Hordecaller
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Scorching Dragonfire
  • 1 Season of the Burrow
  • 1 Shock Brigade
  • 1 Shocking Sharpshooter
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Subira, Tulzidi Caravanner
  • 1 Sunpearl Kirin
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Take Up the Shield
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Eternal Wanderer
  • 1 The Rollercrusher Ride
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Underfoot Underdogs
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Waves of Aggression
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Wind-Scarred Crag
  • 1 Windcrag Siege
  • 1 Witty Roastmaster