Alan-a-Dale by Steffeno

Format: Commander

Commander: Zinnia, Valley's Voice

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a Jeskai go-wide aggro and burn strategy helmed by Zinnia, Valley's Voice. Zinnia provides immense value by granting offspring {2} to every creature spell cast, creating 1/1 token copies with identical enter-the-battlefield abilities while growing Zinnia's own power for each base-power-1 creature in play. The early game focuses on deploying low-cost ramp, card draw engines like Pollywog Prodigy and Caretaker's Talent, and protective 1-power creatures like Alseid of Life's Bounty. Once Zinnia enters on turn 3, the deck pivots into rapid army generation, duplicating utility creatures and token producers. The mid-to-late game converts wide token boards into decisive wins through direct damage from Agate Instigator and Impact Tremors, drain triggers from Arabella, Abandoned Doll, or lethal alpha strikes with Akroma's Will. Even against heavy removal, the deck rebounds effectively with graveyard engines like Dusk // Dawn and Storm of Souls, overwhelming opponents with relentless creature swarms.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aether Channeler
  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Alseid of Life's Bounty
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Andúril, Flame of the West
  • 1 Arabella, Abandoned Doll
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baird, Argivian Recruiter
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blessed Defiance
  • 1 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
  • 1 Brimstone Roundup
  • 1 Call the Coppercoats
  • 1 Captain's Claws
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Cartouche of Solidarity
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Cathar's Call
  • 1 Chart a Course
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Citizen's Crowbar
  • 1 Clarion Spirit
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud of Faeries
  • 1 Cloudstone Curio
  • 1 Clout of the Dominus
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cori-Steel Cutter
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dazzling Denial
  • 1 Dragonmaster Outcast
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Genasi Enforcers
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hop to It
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Infantry Shield
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Jacked Rabbit
  • 1 Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold
  • 1 Legion's Landing // Adanto, the First Fort
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Loyal Warhound
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom
  • 1 Martial Coup
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Most Decrepit Old Bird // Speak Secrets
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Murmuration
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Old Thrush
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peregrine Drake
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Plunder the Trollshaws
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Rapid Augmenter
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Rowdy Research
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Skyknight Vanguard
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stolen by the Fae
  • 1 Storm of Souls
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Sword of the Squeak
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 You're Ambushed on the Road
  • 1 Zinnia, Valley's Voice