Mothman Upgrade by OhSnap

Format: Commander

Commander: The Wise Mothman

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This Sultai deck is led by The Wise Mothman, blending aggressive +1/+1 counter scaling, rad-counter mill attrition, and compact infinite combos. The primary strategy accelerates into a Turn 3 commander, spreading rad counters that trigger self-mill and opponent mill to fuel rapid board growth through counter multipliers like Hardened Scales, Branching Evolution, and Corpsejack Menace. Combat pressure is made unblockable via Herald of Secret Streams or augmented by token engines such as Scurry Oak and Herd Baloth. The deck also packs instant-win combos in Duskmantle Guildmage plus Mindcrank and Ivy Lane Denizen plus Scurry Oak. Supported by efficient Sultai interaction, asymmetric stax pieces like Collector Ouphe and Ashiok, Dream Render, and robust board protection like Ripples of Potential, the deck grinds out resource advantages while maintaining a fast, multi-angled clock.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Basking Broodscale
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Carpet of Flowers
  • 1 Collector Ouphe
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpsejack Menace
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Petition
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Duskmantle Guildmage
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Herd Baloth
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Ivy Lane Denizen
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mariposa Military Base
  • 1 Mausoleum Secrets
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Mutational Advantage
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nuclear Fallout
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Scurry Oak
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 The Wise Mothman
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Winding Constrictor
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery