Doragni by Landir

Format: Commander

Commander: Doran, Besieged by Time

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

Doran, Besieged by Time commands an Abzan toughness-matters deck built around Spider tribal synergy. The strategy uses creatures with high toughness and low power to maximize both the commander's cost-reduction passive and its combat stat-boosting trigger. Early turns focus on mana ramp and deploying durable low-cost walls and spiders. Once Doran and mid-range threats like Arasta of the Endless Web, Ishkanah, Grafwidow, and Shelob, Child of Ungoliant enter the battlefield, the deck creates a formidable defensive perimeter that deters attacks while swinging for substantial combat damage. Asymmetric tools like Dusk // Dawn, mass toughness pumps like Tower Defense, and overruns like Overwhelming Stampede transform high-toughness blockers into lethal offensive threats. While the deck features flexible spot removal and solid resilience against destruction sweepers, its reliance on multiple combat steps leaves it vulnerable to exile board wipes, combo strategies, and flying evasion without reach.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abzan Beastmaster
• 1 Ancient Spider
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arachnogenesis
• 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Assassin's Trophy
• 1 Baldin, Century Herdmaster
• 1 Bar the Door
• 1 Beast Whisperer
• 1 Brawn
• 1 Brushland
• 1 Canopy Spider
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Colfenor, the Last Yew
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Deadly Allure
• 1 Deadly Recluse
• 1 Deathcap Glade
• 1 Doom Weaver
• 1 Doran, Besieged by Time
• 1 Doran, the Siege Tower
• 1 Dusk // Dawn
• 1 Ettercap // Web Shot
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Farseek
• 9 Forest
• 1 Gavony Township
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Guardian Project
• 1 Harmonize
• 1 Hatchery Spider
• 1 Herald's Horn
• 1 Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
• 1 Indrik Umbra
• 1 Ishkanah, Grafwidow
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Juvenile Gloomwidow
• 1 Kodama's Reach
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Llanowar Wastes
• 1 Mentor of the Meek
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Nyx Weaver
• 1 Obelisk Spider
• 1 Oran-Rief Recluse
• 1 Overgrown Farmland
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Overwhelming Stampede
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Penumbra Spider
• 1 Pestilence
• 5 Plains
• 1 Putrefy
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Rootborn Defenses
• 1 Rotwidow Pack
• 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1 Scoured Barrens
• 1 Shattered Sanctum
• 1 Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
• 1 Silklash Spider
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Stingerfling Spider
• 1 Sunpetal Grove
• 4 Swamp
• 1 Sweet-Gum Recluse
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Sylvan Caryatid
• 1 Tangle Spider
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Tower Defense
• 1 Twin-Silk Spider
• 1 Unbreakable Formation
• 1 Wall of Blossoms
• 1 Wall of Omens
• 1 Wall of Roots
• 1 Watcher in the Web
• 1 Welcoming Vampire
• 1 Woodland Cemetery
• 1 Wrap in Vigor
• 1 You Look Upon the Tarrasque