aa by Zidruh

Format: Commander

Commander: Aerid Konstrari

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a Gruul artifact-midrange strategy centered on Aerid Konstrari, a commander that generates mana-producing Heartwood artifact tokens upon entering and dying while threatening massive power boosts. The game plan focuses on deploying early ramp to cast Aerid ahead of curve, establishing token-doubling engines or artifact pingers like Reckless Fireweaver and Ingenious Artillerist, and amassing an overwhelming board of artifact tokens. Once a critical mass of artifacts is established, the deck transitions into a lethal win attempt via Depthshaker Titan animating all artifacts with trample and haste, Hellkite Tyrant stealing opposing boards or winning on upkeep, or finishing off the table with a massive Crackle with Power. The list trades away defensive countermagic and stax pieces in favor of pure proactive mana velocity and token synergy, aiming to overwhelm opponents before they can assemble equal board presence.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerid Konstrari
  • 1 Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bootleggers' Stash
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Depthshaker Titan
  • 1 Devastating Onslaught
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Draconic Visitor
  • 1 Electroduplicate
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Heartwood Crafter // Soul Tether
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Herd Heirloom
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hungering Puppetbeast
  • 1 Improvised Arsenal
  • 1 Ingenious Artillerist
  • 1 Jaxis, the Troublemaker
  • 1 Jiang Yanggu, Never Alone
  • 1 Karn, Living Legacy
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Konstrari Charm
  • 1 Konstrari Improviser // Soul Tether
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Memnarch, the Warden
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 1 Pia, Determined Rebuilder
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Redshift, Rocketeer Chief
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Roxanne, Starfall Savant
  • 1 Sarinth Greatwurm
  • 1 Sarinth Steelseeker
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Splinter Twin
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 1 Svella, Ice Shaper
  • 1 Tempestra, Dame of Games
  • 1 Tenured Tethermage
  • 1 The Brothers' War
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The Great Mound
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tree of Tales
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Woodwork Prodigy // Soul Tether