elder sphinx by user3431989

Format: Commander

Commander: Aerid Konstrari

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This Gruul artifact token deck leverages Aerid Konstrari to convert ramp and token generation into massive combat and burn damage. The early game focuses on accelerating mana through low-cost dorks, land ramp, and artifact rocks to cast Aerid on Turn 3. Aerid immediately generates Heartwood tokens, providing fixing and ramping into powerful token engines like Parallel Lives, Academy Manufactor, and Roxanne, Starfall Savant by Turn 4. The deck transitions into a lethal threat by Turn 5 using explosive haste enablers and scaling power pumps such as Craterclaw Colossus, Depthshaker Titan, and Chandra's Ignition. While the deck lacks proactive stax pieces and relies on natural draws for its protection spells like Heroic Intervention, its high redundancy, massive mana velocity, and rapid engine recovery allow it to consistently overwhelm tables by Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 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 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Craterclaw Colossus
  • 1 Curse-Marred Demon
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Depthshaker Titan
  • 1 Devastating Onslaught
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Heartstone
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Improvised Arsenal
  • 1 Jaxis, the Troublemaker
  • 1 Jiang Yanggu, Never Alone
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 1 Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Roxanne, Starfall Savant
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Tempestra, Dame of Games
  • 1 The Great Mound
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Training Compound
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Tree of Tales
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Veil of Summer