I am TREE (Doran, Besieged by Time) by BobtheOreo

Format: Commander

Commander: Doran, Besieged by Time

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is an Abzan Toughness Aggro strategy led by Doran, Besieged by Time, converting defensively statted creatures into lethal attackers. The plan utilizes low-cost ramp like Birds of Paradise and Nature's Lore to cast the commander on turn 3. Doran, Besieged by Time reduces the casting cost of high-toughness creatures and grants combat buffs equal to the difference between power and toughness, turning creatures like 0/5s and 0/7s into 5/10 and 7/14 threats. The deck breaks parity using asymmetric sweepers like Slaughter the Strong, Fell the Mighty, and Wave of Reckoning, which wipe opposing high-power creatures while leaving your resilient defenders untouched. Backup toughness assigners like Doran, the Siege Tower and Baldin, Century Herdmaster ensure consistent damage output even if the commander is removed. Games close around turn 7 through sustained combat pressure supported by Unnatural Growth and Last March of the Ents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Appa, Aang's Companion
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Baldin, Century Herdmaster
  • 1 Bejeweled Warg
  • 1 Betor, Kin to All
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
  • 1 Brave the Sands
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Captain America's Shield
  • 1 Charity Extractor
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dancing from Dark to Dawn
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dig Up
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Doran, Besieged by Time
  • 1 Doran, the Siege Tower
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fangorn, Tree Shepherd
  • 1 Fecund Greenshell
  • 1 Fell the Mighty
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Frenzied Baloth
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta the Immovable
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Great Forest Druid
  • 1 Great Oak Guardian
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Herd Heirloom
  • 1 Huatli, the Sun's Heart
  • 1 Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jaws of Defeat
  • 1 Karn, Argent Defender
  • 1 Last March of the Ents
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Murmuring Bosk
  • 1 Naturalize
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Quickbeam, Upstart Ent
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Scattered Groves
  • 1 Screeching Soulbreaker
  • 1 Scurry Oak
  • 1 Seraph of Dawn
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Slaughter the Strong
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Transdimensional Bovine
  • 1 Treebeard, Gracious Host
  • 1 Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Wargling
  • 1 Wave of Reckoning
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zero Point Ballad