Squirreled Away by jaws372

Format: Commander

Commander: Hazel of the Rootbloom

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari token and aristocrats strategy commanded by Hazel of the Rootbloom. It focuses on generating diverse tokens such as Squirrels, Foods, and Treasures early in the game to fuel Hazel's mana acceleration and end-step token duplication. Once established, the deck scales its board presence using powerful multipliers like Doubling Season, Parallel Lives, and Chatterfang, Squirrel General. It transitions into the endgame by converting wide boards into lethal combat steps via Beastmaster Ascension and End-Raze Forerunners, while punishing sweepers and blocks through aristocrat drain effects like Bastion of Remembrance, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Nadier's Nightblade. With flexible spot removal and steady card advantage engines such as Toski, Bearer of Secrets and Idol of Oblivion, the deck maintains strong midrange pressure while grinding out opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Binding the Old Gods
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Cache Grab
  • 1 Casualties of War
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chatterstorm
  • 1 Chittering Witch
  • 1 Chitterspitter
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Decree of Pain
  • 1 Deep Forest Hermit
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 End-Raze Forerunners
  • 1 Esika's Chariot
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Garruk, Cursed Huntsman
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Gourmand's Talent
  • 1 Grim Backwoods
  • 1 Haunted Mire
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Hazel of the Rootbloom
  • 1 Hazel's Brewmaster
  • 1 Honored Dreyleader
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Maelstrom Pulse
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 Moonstone Eulogist
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Poison-Tip Archer
  • 1 Prosperous Innkeeper
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Ravenous Squirrel
  • 1 Rootcast Apprenticeship
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scurry of Squirrels
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skyfisher Spider
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squirrel Nest
  • 1 Squirrel Sovereign
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Swarmyard Massacre
  • 1 Sword of the Squeak
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Odd Acorn Gang
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Tranquil Thicket
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Windgrace's Judgment
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Wolfwillow Haven
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat