Dain Dwarf Tribal by user1434732

Format: Commander

Commander: Dáin of the Ancient Halls

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Boros Dwarf tribal deck, helmed by Dain of the Ancient Halls, aims to flood the board with Dwarves - including a full seven copies of Seven Dwarves - and convert that swarm into overwhelming combat damage. Dain's haste means he attacks the turn he lands, dealing damage to each opponent equal to your Dwarf count, while Shared Animosity, Glory of Warfare, and Torbran, Thane of Red Fell amplify the alpha strike. The engine is Magda, Brazen Outlaw, who turns every tapped Dwarf into a Treasure and then sacrifices five to tutor any artifact or Dragon directly onto the battlefield. A heavy Equipment subtheme (Bruenor Battlehammer, Dwalin, Weaponmaster, Bearded Axe) and Treasure payoffs (Smaug the Magnificent, Xorn, Professional Face-Breaker) provide alternate routes, with Moonshaker Cavalry and Cavern-Hoard Dragon as finishers. It is a midrange combat deck that wins through the red zone, protected by a compact suite of instant-speed pump and indestructible effects.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Bearded Axe
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Bruenor Battlehammer
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Dwalin, Weaponmaster
  • 1 Dwarven Mauler
  • 1 Dwarven Mine
  • 1 Dáin Ironfoot
  • 1 Dáin of the Ancient Halls
  • 1 Dáin's Company
  • 1 Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Forging the Tyrite Sword
  • 1 Fíli the Pathfinder
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gimli of the Glittering Caves
  • 1 Giott, King of the Dwarves
  • 1 Glory of Warfare
  • 1 Glóin the Mighty // Easy Pickings
  • 1 Glóin, Dwarf Emissary
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Hammers of Moradin
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Inspiring Vantage
  • 1 Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 17 Mountain
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path of Mettle // Metzali, Tower of Triumph
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 7 Seven Dwarves
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 The Lonely Mountain
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Thorin, Company's Leader
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Xorn