The Giving Tree by Nephilim

Format: Commander

Creator: Nephilim

Commander: Kodama of the East Tree and Tymna the Weaver

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Abzan deck pairs Kodama of the East Tree with Tymna the Weaver to convert early mana acceleration and chip combat into massive battlefield deployment. Dense packages of one- and two-mana dorks and rocks set up early Tymna combat triggers to keep cards flowing into hand. By turn 4, the deck generates sufficient mana to resolve Kodama, unlocking explosive permanent-cheating capabilities. On turn 5, high-impact beaters such as Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant, Blightsteel Colossus, and Worldspine Wurm hit the board in tandem. While the deck possesses immense creature power and devastating combat threats, it operates largely at sorcery speed without countermagic. It relies on the natural resilience of its titanic creatures to survive opponent response cycles and finish the game through combat damage by turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Altar of the Brood
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Asceticism
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Aura Shards
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Cauldron Familiar
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Concordant Crossroads
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
  • 1 Emrakul, the World Anew
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Ghalta the Immovable
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Gold Myr
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Grindstone
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kodama of the East Tree
  • 1 Leaden Myr
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Tribe
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Moss Diamond
  • 1 Once Upon a Time
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Painter's Servant
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Pawpatch Formation
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Plague Myr
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Platinum Angel
  • 1 Primal Command
  • 1 Primal Vigor
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Somberwald Sage
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Thalia and The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 The Shire
  • 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tymna the Weaver
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Kraken
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Worldspine Wurm
  • 1 Ygra, Eater of All