Gluntch Group Hug by trashgoose

Format: Commander

Commander: Gluntch, the Bestower

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a Selesnya Group Hug and Pillowfort strategy led by Gluntch, the Bestower. It accelerates the entire table with symmetrical mana, counters, and card draw while deflecting incoming aggression using tax effects and protective barriers. By keeping opponents focused on each other and disincentivizing attacks through cards like Ghostly Prison, Sphere of Safety, and Orzhov Advokist, the deck preserves its life total and resources. It converts its late-game mana velocity and large hand sizes into sudden game-ending plays using alternate win conditions such as Approach of the Second Sun and Felidar Sovereign. While giving extra resources to opponents can be risky against high-powered combo decks, the deck protects its key turns using cards like Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar and Shalai, Voice of Plenty to close out the game securely.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Approach of the Second Sun
• 1 Austere Command
• 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1 Baird, Steward of Argive
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Blossoming Sands
• 1 Bountiful Promenade
• 1 Canopy Vista
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Cosmic Rebirth
• 1 Crawlspace
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Cut a Deal
• 1 Duelist's Heritage
• 1 Elvish Mystic
• 1 Evolutionary Escalation
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Felidar Sovereign
• 1 Flumph
• 1 Fog
• 9 Forest
• 1 Forgotten Ancient
• 1 Fortified Village
• 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Generous Patron
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Gluntch, the Bestower
• 1 Graypelt Refuge
• 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1 Hardened Scales
• 1 Heartwood Storyteller
• 1 Helix Pinnacle
• 1 Helm of the Host
• 1 Howling Mine
• 1 Hypergenesis
• 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
• 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Loran of the Third Path
• 1 Master of Ceremonies
• 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1 Nils, Discipline Enforcer
• 1 Orzhov Advokist
• 1 Overgrown Farmland
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Perch Protection
• 1 Pir's Whim
• 9 Plains
• 1 Privileged Position
• 1 Promise of Loyalty
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rites of Flourishing
• 1 Rootweaver Druid
• 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1 Selvala, Explorer Returned
• 1 Sergeant John Benton
• 1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1 Skullwinder
• 1 Soul Warden
• 1 Sphere of Safety
• 1 Spore Frog
• 1 Sungrass Prairie
• 1 Sunpetal Grove
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Tataru Taru
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Temple of Plenty
• 1 Tempt with Bunnies
• 1 Tempting Contract
• 1 Tenuous Truce
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 The Millennium Calendar
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Trostani, Three Whispers
• 1 Veteran Explorer
• 1 Wedding Ring
• 1 Windborn Muse
• 1 Yes Man, Personal Securitron
• 1 Your Temple Is Under Attack
• 1 Zenith Chronicler