Tom, Bert, and William (grismold replacement) by user7358082

Format: Commander

Commander: Tom, Bert, and William

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This Golgari deck leverages oversized, undercosted creatures to fuel massive card advantage, mana production, and lethal direct damage. The commander, Tom, Bert, and William, converts high-power beaters like Phyrexian Dreadnought, Daemogoth Titan, and Yargle and Multani into explosive hand refills. When the commander dies, it returns to the battlefield as a resilient artifact to keep its draw engine online. The deck ramps aggressively on early turns, establishes a card draw engine on Turn 4, and seeks to close the game on Turn 5. The primary victory condition uses Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord to sacrifice giant threats like Lord of Extinction, draining each opponent's life total in a single turn. Dense reanimation packages allow repeated sacrifice loops, while alternative outlets like Psychosis Crawler and Greater Good provide robust redundancy. The deck is supported by hyper-efficient removal including Force of Vigor and Deadly Rollick to disrupt opposing strategies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Daemogoth Titan
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dina, Essence Brewer
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 17 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gardenize
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta the Unstoppable
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Honest Rutstein
  • 1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
  • 1 Kalakscion, Hunger Tyrant
  • 1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lord of Extinction
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Phyrexian Dreadnought
  • 1 Protean Hulk
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Railway Brawler
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Slumbering Trudge
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Skullspore Nexus
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tom, Bert, and William
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vaultborn Tyrant
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist
  • 1 Yargle and Multani
  • 1 Yargle, Glutton of Urborg
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will
  • 1 Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus