Zilortha, Strength Incarnate (slightly upgraded) by user1853562

Format: Commander

Commander: Zilortha, Strength Incarnate

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a Gruul Stompy strategy commanded by Zilortha, Strength Incarnate, which flips the lethal damage equation so that your creatures die based on their power rather than toughness. This turns aggressive, glass-cannon beaters like Thunderblust, Workshop Warchief, and Conifer Strider into formidable, durable threats. The deck accelerates on turns 1 to 3 with efficient mana dorks and rocks, deploys draw engines like Garruk's Uprising and Garruk's Packleader, and curves into massive high-power threats on turn 4 and turn 5. Combat superiority is achieved through redundant trample enablers, unblockable damage assigners like Proud Wildbonder, and explosive token generators like Quartzwood Crasher. Removal is primarily creature-based, using bite and fight effects that scale directly with your creatures' massive power stats. The deck aims to overwhelm opponents through relentless combat pressure, eliminating the entire table over two response cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baxter Building
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Become the Avalanche
  • 1 Cactusfolk Sureshot
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Challenger Troll
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conifer Strider
  • 1 Crimson Fleet Commodore
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Drumhunter
  • 1 Escape to the Wilds
  • 14 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Packleader
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 HULK SMASH!
  • 1 Halana and Alena, Partners
  • 1 Harbinger of the Hunt
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Heritage Reclamation
  • 1 Hunter's Bow
  • 1 Hunter's Prowess
  • 1 Hunter's Talent
  • 1 Ilysian Caryatid
  • 1 Jolene, Plundering Pugilist
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Last Night Together
  • 1 Leafkin Avenger
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Monstrous Vortex
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 13 Mountain
  • 1 Nova Flame
  • 1 Nylea's Forerunner
  • 1 Ogre Battledriver
  • 1 Oliphaunt
  • 1 Proud Wildbonder
  • 1 Quakestrider Ceratops
  • 1 Quartzwood Crasher
  • 1 Raging Ravine
  • 1 Ram Through
  • 1 Rampaging War Mammoth
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rubblebelt Rioters
  • 1 Ruby, Daring Tracker
  • 1 Rugged Highlands
  • 1 Ruin Grinder
  • 1 Sarkhan's Unsealing
  • 1 Scytheclaw Raptor
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul's Fire
  • 1 Spitebellows
  • 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
  • 1 Super Combo
  • 1 Surrak, the Hunt Caller
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 Terrian, World Tyrant
  • 1 Thunderblust
  • 1 Treeshaker Chimera
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Workshop Warchief
  • 1 Zendikar Incarnate
  • 1 Zilortha, Strength Incarnate