Goreclaw by ALargent

Format: Commander

Commander: Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma deck is a mono-green stompy strategy designed to accelerate mana, discount large creatures, and overwhelm opponents through massive combat damage. Early turns focus on establishing mana dorks and land ramp to cast Goreclaw on turn 3. Once Goreclaw is active, creatures with power 4 or greater cost two less mana, enabling the deployment of multiple heavyweight threats each turn. Card advantage engines such as Garruk's Uprising, The Great Henge, and Vaultborn Tyrant draw cards whenever large creatures enter, maintaining high hand velocity. Goreclaw provides universal trample and stat buffs when attacking, ensuring combat damage punches through opposing blockers. The deck closes games rapidly on turns 5 to 6 using power doublers like Railway Brawler, overrun effects from Triumph of the Hordes or Finale of Devastation, and high-impact Eldrazi that dismantle opposing boards.

Decklist (101 cards)

  • 1 Apex Devastator
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beorn the Fierce
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloomvine Regent // Claim Territory
  • 1 Canopy Gargantuan
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Concordant Crossroads
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Defiler of Vigor
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Elder Gargaroth
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 32 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Glissa's Retriever
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexhaven Invigorator
  • 1 It That Betrays
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Michelangelo, Improviser
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nylea, Keen-Eyed
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 1 Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth // Temple of Cultivation
  • 1 Outcaster Trailblazer
  • 1 Quilled Greatwurm
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Railway Brawler
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rhonas the Indomitable
  • 1 Season of Gathering
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Sire of Seven Deaths
  • 1 Smuggler's Surprise
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul of the Harvest
  • 1 Spinner of Souls
  • 1 Stonehoof Chieftain
  • 1 Surrak and Goreclaw
  • 1 Surrak, Elusive Hunter
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Threats Undetected
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Titan of Industry
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Tyrranax Rex
  • 1 Ugin's Labyrinth
  • 1 Ulamog, the Defiler
  • 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Vaultborn Tyrant
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Vivien Reid
  • 1 Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
  • 1 War Room