Skadedyr | Blech | MC by KaptajnClausen

Format: Commander

Commander: Blech, Loafing Pest

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari midrange strategy centered on Blech, Loafing Pest, converting repeated lifegain triggers into distributed +1/+1 counters across an army of Pests, Bats, Insects, Snakes, and Spiders. Early turns focus on deploying cheap kindred creatures alongside soul-sister engines such as Essence Warden and Bogwater Lumaret. Once the commander enters, every life increment steadily scales the entire team. The deck transitions into the midgame by generating token swarms with Ophiomancer, Pest Infestation, and Beledros Witherbloom, while card draw engines like Moldervine Reclamation and Garruk's Uprising sustain resources. Victory is achieved through wide, trampling combat damage boosted by Blossoming Bogbeast, poison overrun via Triumph of the Hordes, or steady drain from Dina, Soul Steeper and Marauding Blight-Priest. Efficient removal spells keep opposing threats in check throughout the match.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ambush Viper
  • 1 Ankle Biter
  • 1 Ant Queen
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Blech, Loafing Pest
  • 1 Blight Mound
  • 1 Blossoming Bogbeast
  • 1 Bogwater Lumaret
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Demon's Horn
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Dina, Essence Brewer
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Eccentric Pestfinder // Turn Stones
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Eumidian Hatchery
  • 1 Eumidian Wastewaker
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exploration Broodship
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Feral Appetite
  • 1 Fog
  • 13 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Glimmerpost
  • 1 Gnarlid Colony
  • 1 Gorma, the Gullet
  • 1 Grim Backwoods
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Horizon Explorer
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Infuse with Vitality
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Kishla Village
  • 1 Leyline of Vitality
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 Mortality Spear
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orochi Hatchery
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Pest Mascot
  • 1 Pest Rescuer
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Plague Beetle
  • 1 Plague Stinger
  • 1 Ranger's Guile
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Retribution of the Ancients
  • 1 Royal Treatment
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Scouring Swarm
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Signal Pest
  • 1 Spinner of Souls
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Teacher's Pest
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Vampire Bats
  • 1 Vector Asp
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Vicious Rivalry
  • 1 Witherbloom Charm
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Wurm's Tooth