Bello Boogaloo by user5369991

Format: Commander

Commander: Bello, Bard of the Brambles

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Gruul midrange engine piloted by Bello, Bard of the Brambles, transforming expensive non-Aura enchantments and non-Equipment artifacts into resilient offensive threats. The primary game plan accelerates through dense 1- to 2-CMC ramp into a Turn 3 Bello, followed by curving out with 4+ mana value utility permanents such as Guardian Project, Nature's Will, and Court of Bounty. Under Bello's leadership, these permanents animate on your turn as 4/4 indestructible, hasty Elementals that draw cards upon dealing combat damage, generating massive card flow while applying immediate pressure. The deck rapidly scales into lethal territory on Turn 5 through damage triplers and doublers like Fiery Emancipation, City on Fire, and Unnatural Growth. While exceptionally resilient against damage-based board wipes during your turn, the engine relies heavily on Bello remaining on the battlefield. A robust suite of low-cost protection spells shields Bello from targeted removal, ensuring a dependable Turn 7 combat finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archetype of Endurance
  • 1 Asceticism
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bello, Bard of the Brambles
  • 1 Berserkers' Onslaught
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Case of the Locked Hothouse
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 City on Fire
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Court of Bounty
  • 1 Eidolon of Blossoms
  • 1 Enchantress's Presence
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Fog
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Cave
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Giggling Skitterspike
  • 1 Gimli's Reckless Might
  • 1 Glorious Sunrise
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Gratuitous Violence
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Gruul War Chant
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Herald of the Pantheon
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kodama of the East Tree
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Molten Echoes
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Will
  • 1 Nylea, God of the Hunt
  • 1 Primeval Bounty
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sanctum Weaver
  • 1 Sandwurm Convergence
  • 1 Setessan Champion
  • 1 Sheltered Thicket
  • 1 Sight of the Scalelords
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spider Manifestation
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Street Riot
  • 1 Sunbird's Invocation
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Earth King
  • 1 Thickest in the Thicket
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Trailtracker Scout
  • 1 Tranquil Thicket
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Wandertale Mentor
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Wildsear, Scouring Maw
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels