APEX III by Edmondo

Format: Commander

Commander: Wilson, Refined Grizzly and Agent of the Shadow Thieves

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Golgari Voltron strategy commanded by Wilson, Refined Grizzly and Agent of the Shadow Thieves. The primary plan leverages Wilson's innate keyword suite—uncounterable casting, reach, vigilance, trample, and ward {2}—paired with Agent's attack trigger granting a +1/+1 counter, indestructible, and deathtouch whenever attacking the player with the most life. Supported by an efficient suite of one-mana ramp spells, the deck establishes its core engine on Turn 3 and rapidly scales Wilson's power using counter multipliers like Hydra's Growth, Branching Evolution, and Invigorating Surge. Because trample and deathtouch assign lethal damage with a single point before trampling over, blocking Wilson is futile. Wilson eliminates opponents one by one via commander damage between Turns 5 and 7. The deck defends its Voltron threat using cheap instant-speed protection like Tamiyo's Safekeeping and converts Wilson's deathtouch into efficient one-sided creature removal through bite spells like Ram Through.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent of the Shadow Thieves
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Astarion's Thirst
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
  • 1 Boreal Druid
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contest of Claws
  • 1 Corpsejack Menace
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Feign Death
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fight for the Throne
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Guardian Augmenter
  • 1 Hard-Hitting Question
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hollowmurk Siege
  • 1 Horrific Assault
  • 1 Hunter's Insight
  • 1 Hydra's Growth
  • 1 Invigorating Surge
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Keen Sense
  • 1 Level Up
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Pir's Whim
  • 1 Ram Through
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
  • 1 Royal Treatment
  • 1 Sixth Sense
  • 1 Snake Umbra
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solidarity of Heroes
  • 1 Song of the Dryads
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Szat's Will
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Tome of Legends
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Undying Evil
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Visions of Dominance
  • 1 Vraska Joins Up
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Will of the Abzan
  • 1 Wilson, Refined Grizzly
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery