bess 2 by twoclap

Format: Commander

Commander: Bess, Soul Nourisher

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Selesnya go-wide token strategy built around Bess, Soul Nourisher. It accelerates in the opening turns with 1-mana mana dorks before deploying Bess and an array of base-1/1 creature generators such as Adeline, Resplendent Cathar, Torens, Fist of the Angels, Deep Forest Hermit, and Scute Swarm. As 1/1 creatures enter the battlefield, Bess accumulates +1/+1 counters. When Bess attacks, she distributes a massive static buff to all attacking 1/1 creatures, turning an unassuming board of small tokens into a lethal combat force. Card advantage is maintained through token-friendly draw engines like Skullclamp, Welcoming Vampire, and Toski, Bearer of Secrets. The deck protects its vulnerable board state using premier defensive spells like Heroic Intervention, Flawless Maneuver, and Teferi's Protection, while leveraging Aura Shards to continuously dismantle opposing artifacts and enchantments. The game is closed through sequential combat steps or decisive overrun effects like Craterhoof Behemoth and Akroma's Will.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aura Shards
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Bess, Soul Nourisher
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloodspore Thrinax
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deep Forest Hermit
  • 1 Deranged Hermit
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gavony Township
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Hero of Bladehold
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Horizon Canopy
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loyal Retainers
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Oketra's Monument
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rancor
  • 1 Razorverge Thicket
  • 1 Regal Caracal
  • 1 Rhys the Redeemed
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rumor Gatherer
  • 1 Saffi Eriksdotter
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Torens, Fist of the Angels
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wrath of God