Budget ish Doran by user1733357

Format: Commander

Commander: Doran, the Siege Tower

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is an Abzan toughness-matters and Treefolk tribal build commanded by Doran, the Siege Tower. The strategy turns traditional combat metrics upside down by assigning combat damage based on toughness rather than power. Low-mana, high-toughness creatures like Indomitable Ancients, Unhallowed Phalanx, and Nyx-Fleece Ram function as extremely undercosted, hard-hitting beaters that pressure opponents starting on turn 4. The deck supplements this combat engine with asymmetric board wipes such as Slaughter the Strong and Fell the Mighty, which clear opposing large threats while leaving your low-power board completely untouched. While the deck boasts efficient mana ramp and solid resilience through tribal synergies like Timber Protector and Colfenor, the Last Yew, it remains a fair combat deck. It lacks infinite combos, fast mana staples, and countermagic, requiring multiple attack steps to eliminate three opponents. As a result, it thrives in creature-centric mid-power pods through raw stats and combat efficiency.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aegis of the Heavens
  • 1 Ancient Lumberknot
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armored Armadillo
  • 1 Assemble the Players
  • 1 Battlewand Oak
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Behind the Scenes
  • 1 Belbe's Armor
  • 1 Black Poplar Shaman
  • 1 Bosk Banneret
  • 1 Catapult Fodder // Catapult Captain
  • 1 Colfenor, the Last Yew
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dauntless Dourbark
  • 1 Doran, Besieged by Time
  • 1 Doran, the Siege Tower
  • 1 Dormant Grove // Gnarled Grovestrider
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Fangorn, Tree Shepherd
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fell the Mighty
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flora Colossus
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Generous Ent
  • 1 Gravity Well
  • 1 Great Forest Druid
  • 1 Huatli, the Sun's Heart
  • 1 Indomitable Ancients
  • 1 Iron Will
  • 1 Kin-Tree Invocation
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Elder
  • 1 Leaping Ambush
  • 1 Lignify
  • 1 Magnigoth Treefolk
  • 1 Moonlit Lamenter
  • 1 Murmuring Bosk
  • 1 Nyx-Fleece Ram
  • 1 Orchard Warden
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Quickbeam, Upstart Ent
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Refuse to Yield
  • 1 Shape the Sands
  • 1 Sinister Gnarlbark
  • 1 Skinshifter
  • 1 Slagwurm Armor
  • 1 Slaughter the Strong
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stoneskin
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Tilling Treefolk
  • 1 Timber Protector
  • 1 Tower Defense
  • 1 Tree of Perdition
  • 1 Treebeard, Gracious Host
  • 1 Treefolk Harbinger
  • 1 Unhallowed Phalanx
  • 1 Unstoppable Ash
  • 1 Wrenn and Seven