Bant Rant by XxFARTTICUSxX

Format: Commander

Commander: Galea, Kindler of Hope

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is a tuned Bant Aura and Equipment Voltron build helmed by Galea, Kindler of Hope. The primary game plan accelerates early mana through low-cost land search, mana enchantments, and rocks, deploying Galea on Turn 3. Once Galea is active, the deck casts Auras and Equipment directly from the top of the library, attaching Equipment at zero equip cost. Massive stat multipliers like Colossus Hammer, All That Glitters, and Ancestral Mask turn Galea or secondary threats into lethal attackers by Turn 5. Evasive enchantments like Spirit Mantle and Steel of the Godhead ensure combat damage connects cleanly, knocking out opponents over consecutive turns. The deck sustains deep resource flow using classic enchantress engines such as Sythis, Harvest's Hand and Sram, Senior Edificer. Opponents face persistent disruption from commander-neutralizing Auras like Darksteel Mutation and Song of the Dryads, while mass graveyard recursion via Mantle of the Ancients and Retether provides swift recovery from sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 All That Glitters
  • 1 Alpha Authority
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 Ancestral Mask
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Bear Umbra
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Buried in the Garden
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Combat Research
  • 1 Command Bridge
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Courser of Kruphix
  • 1 Danitha, New Benalia's Light
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Dust Bowl
  • 1 Eaten by Piranhas
  • 1 Enchantress's Presence
  • 1 Ethereal Armor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 1 Flickering Ward
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Galea, Kindler of Hope
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms
  • 1 Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Herald of the Pantheon
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kenrith's Transformation
  • 1 Kor Spiritdancer
  • 1 Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice
  • 1 Mantle of the Ancients
  • 1 Mesa Enchantress
  • 1 Meteor Crater
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Rain-Slicked Copse
  • 1 Rancor
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Retether
  • 1 Robe of Stars
  • 1 Sanctum Weaver
  • 1 Scattered Groves
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Setessan Champion
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Shield of the Oversoul
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of the Dryads
  • 1 Songbirds' Blessing
  • 1 Sovereigns of Lost Alara
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Spirit Mantle
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Steel of the Godhead
  • 1 Sterling Grove
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Strong Back
  • 1 Super State
  • 1 Swift Reconfiguration
  • 1 Sythis, Harvest's Hand
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Trickster's Elk
  • 1 Tuvasa the Sunlit
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Winds of Rath
  • 1 Witness Protection
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yenna, Redtooth Regent