Jenova Big Boys by Vendetta

Format: Commander

Commander: Jenova, Ancient Calamity

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari (+1/+1 counter engine helmed by Jenova, Ancient Calamity, designed to escalate creature power through counter multiplication, opponent punishment, and graveyard recapture. The primary plan involves deploying Sol Ring and one-drop mana dorks in the first three turns, casting Jenova on turn 4, then using its combat trigger to spread a growing power pool onto other creatures (holding Berserk, Finale of Devastation, or Exclusive while the table's biggest threats are chained into reach. Jenova's counter tax count accelerates draws whenever a Mutant (including transformed allies) dies, providing a steady card-flow. The deck packs multiple infinite-mana loops (Devoted Druid + Umbral Mantle assembly, Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Tormented line) as backup, but the main path is a massive midrange counter snowball + Commander damage or Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord sacrifice kill.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Altar of Dementia
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Assassin's Trophy
• 1 Bebop & Rocksteady
• 1 Berserk
• 1 Birthing Ritual
• 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1 Branching Evolution
• 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
• 1 Come Back Wrong
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Crop Rotation
• 1 Culling Ritual
• 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Deathcap Glade
• 1 Delighted Halfling
• 1 Devoted Druid
• 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
• 1 Duskshell Crawler
• 1 Eldritch Evolution
• 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1 Elvish Mystic
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Exsanguinate
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Faerie Bladecrafter
• 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
• 1 Fangs of Kalonia
• 1 Feral Ghoul
• 1 Finale of Devastation
• 1 Flare of Malice
• 6 Forest
• 1 Forgotten Ancient
• 1 Germination Practicum
• 1 Giggling Skitterspike
• 1 Gyre Sage
• 1 Hall of Oracles
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 High Market
• 1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1 Jenova, Ancient Calamity
• 1 Kalonian Hydra
• 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
• 1 Kodama of the West Tree
• 1 Lazotep Quarry
• 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
• 1 Llanowar Reborn
• 1 Llanowar Wastes
• 1 Maester Seymour
• 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
• 1 Mosswort Bridge
• 1 Orcish Bowmasters
• 1 Ouroboroid
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Phyrexian Tower
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
• 1 Rot-Curse Rakshasa
• 1 Rotting Regisaur
• 1 Ruthless Technomancer
• 1 Sacrifice
• 1 Saw in Half
• 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1 Shakedown Heavy
• 1 Shifting Woodland
• 1 Silkguard
• 1 Slumbering Trudge
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spymaster's Vault
• 1 Staff of Domination
• 4 Swamp
• 1 Talisman of Resilience
• 1 Talon Gates of Madara
• 1 Terrasymbiosis
• 1 The Earth Crystal
• 1 The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride
• 1 The Ozolith
• 1 Topiary Lecturer
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Umbral Mantle
• 1 Underground Mortuary
• 1 Undergrowth Stadium
• 1 Veil of Summer
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Vigor
• 1 Wall of Blood
• 1 Wastewood Verge
• 1 Wight of the Reliquary
• 1 Winding Constrictor
• 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth