Colors Matter by kevinprox

Format: Commander

Commander: Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color midrange engine centered on multicolored spells, legendary synergies, and domain mana fixing. Commanded by Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile, the deck uses early mana dorks, fetch lands, and triomes to establish all five colors by turn three. Jenson acts as a mana converter and token engine, filtering generic mana into WUBRG while producing 4/4 flying Angel tokens on five-color casts. The mid-game accelerates rapidly through high-impact legendary payoffs such as Jodah, the Unifier, Aragorn, the Uniter, and Sisay, Weatherlight Captain, which cascade additional threats onto the battlefield and grant massive stat buffs. Win conditions rely primarily on overwhelming combat damage delivered by evasive, anthem-boosted creatures, supported by keywords from Scion of Draco and token swarms from General Ferrous Rokiric. Flexible spot removal and modal charms handle diverse opposing threats, while Boros Charm and Conqueror's Flail shield key turns from disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Charm
  • 1 Ancient Cornucopia
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Aragorn, the Uniter
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bring to Light
  • 1 Brokers Charm
  • 1 Chromanticore
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Coalition Victory
  • 1 Coiling Oracle
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Crackling Doom
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Fallaji Wayfarer
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 General Ferrous Rokiric
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hero of Precinct One
  • 1 Horde of Notions
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Invasion of Alara // Awaken the Maelstrom
  • 1 Iridian Maelstrom
  • 1 Jared Carthalion
  • 1 Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Jodah, Archmage Eternal
  • 1 Jodah, the Unifier
  • 1 Knight of New Alara
  • 1 Leyline Binding
  • 1 Leyline of the Guildpact
  • 1 Maelstrom Archangel
  • 1 Maelstrom Nexus
  • 1 Mana Cannons
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of All
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Painful Truths
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pillar of the Paruns
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Omen
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Ramos, Dragon Engine
  • 1 Rienne, Angel of Rebirth
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scion of Draco
  • 1 Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sultai Charm
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Kami War // O-Kagachi Made Manifest
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Two-Headed Hellkite
  • 1 Unite the Coalition
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zagoth Triome
  • 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground