Momma Bear by SailorSmithsonian

Format: Commander

Creator: SailorSmithsonian

Commander: Ayula, Queen Among Bears

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This mono-green typal deck leverages Ayula, Queen Among Bears to turn humble two-mana Bears into fighting removal spells and escalating threats. By deploying Ayula on turn two and following with a curve of cheap Bears, the deck quickly dominates opposing early-game boards through repeated fight triggers. Mid-game engines such as Tribute to the World Tree, The Great Henge, and Guardian Project sustain hand size, while counter amplifiers like Branching Evolution and The Earth Crystal rapidly inflate creature power. The deck transitions into a lethal clock around turn six using mass evasion and power multipliers such as Surrak and Goreclaw, Goreclaw, and Unnatural Growth. While capable of rapid creature elimination, the deck's low land count and dependence on creature combat leave it vulnerable to board sweepers and fog effects.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Automaton
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Argoth, Sanctum of Nature
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Ashcoat Bear
  • 1 Ayula's Influence
  • 1 Ayula, Queen Among Bears
  • 1 Balduvian Bears
  • 1 Bear Cub
  • 1 Bear Umbra
  • 1 Bearscape
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beorn the Fierce
  • 1 Beorn's Hospitality
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Copper Host Crusher
  • 1 Creeping Renaissance
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Dancing from Dark to Dawn
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Drover Grizzly
  • 1 Druid's Familiar
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Fade from History
  • 1 Fog
  • 25 Forest
  • 1 Gigantic Big Bear
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Grizzly Bears
  • 1 Grizzly Fate
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lifecrafter's Bestiary
  • 1 Little Bear
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mother Bear
  • 1 Naturalize
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Ordinary Bear
  • 1 Owlbear
  • 1 Owlbear Cub
  • 1 Rampaging Yao Guai
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Rhonas's Monument
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Runeclaw Bear
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 1 Surrak and Goreclaw
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Titania's Command
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Werebear
  • 1 Wilson, Refined Grizzly