the forest by Shepherdodeath

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashaya, Soul of the Wild

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This Mono-Green Commander deck is led by Ashaya, Soul of the Wild, blending Treefolk tribal synergies, big mana acceleration, and power-matters payoffs into a resilient stompy strategy. The deck focuses on deploying early ramp creatures and land searchers to assemble Ashaya by Turn 4 or 5. Once active, Ashaya turns all nontoken creatures into Forest lands, massively boosting devotion, accelerating mana, enabling landfall triggers on creature entry, and protecting the board from nonland bounce effects. The deck capitalizes on this explosive mana and high base power using cards like Last March of the Ents, Rishkar's Expertise, and Kalonian Twingrove to flood the battlefield with massive threats. Trample enablers like Garruk's Uprising and Ghalta the Unstoppable or evasion via Hidden Path convert this raw board presence into a decisive combat finish by Turn 7. While light on reactive disruption, the deck maintains high resilience through permanent-based protection engines.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Assemble the Entmoot
  • 1 Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bosk Banneret
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Dancing from Dark to Dawn
  • 1 Dauntless Dourbark
  • 1 Deadwood Treefolk
  • 1 Dungrove Elder
  • 1 Elven Chorus
  • 1 Emrakul, the Exigent Doom
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Fangorn, Tree Shepherd
  • 34 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Garruk, Curse Breaker
  • 1 Generous Ent
  • 1 Ghalta the Unstoppable
  • 1 Ghastbark Twins
  • 1 Great Forest Druid
  • 1 Great Oak Guardian
  • 1 Heartwood Treefolk
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Ilysian Caryatid
  • 1 Kalonian Twingrove
  • 1 Kodama of the East Tree
  • 1 Last March of the Ents
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Elder
  • 1 Llanowar Tribe
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Marwyn, the Preserver
  • 1 Monstrous Onslaught
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Orchard Strider
  • 1 Orchard Warden
  • 1 Overgrowth
  • 1 Paradise Druid
  • 1 Quickbeam, Upstart Ent
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rootgrapple
  • 1 Sapling Nursery
  • 1 Seasons Past
  • 1 Seedguide Ash
  • 1 Shriekwood Devourer
  • 1 Six
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spry and Mighty
  • 1 Through the Forest Gate
  • 1 Timber Protector
  • 1 Toph, Earthbending Master
  • 1 Treefolk Harbinger
  • 1 Treefolk Umbra
  • 1 Ulvenwald Observer
  • 1 Unstoppable Ash
  • 1 Up the Beanstalk
  • 1 Weatherseed Treefolk
  • 1 Whisperer of the Wilds
  • 1 Wickerbough Elder
  • 1 Woodfall Primus
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth