Squirreled Away (working) by jimlc2001

Format: Commander

Commander: Chatterfang, Squirrel General

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 16

Deck overview

The deck uses Chatterfang, Squirrel General to turn every token into additional Squirrels and to convert those Squirrels into creature removal. It then seeks value from sacrifice payoffs such as Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, Bastion of Remembrance, and Mirkwood Bats, with Skullclamp, Dina, Essence Brewer, and Idol of Oblivion supplying cards. Ramp is solid for a general Commander deck, and the removal suite covers many permanent types. The central weakness is assembly: a token source, sacrifice outlet, payoff, and sufficient mana must be present together. The deck has no supported two-card infinite combo, no stack interaction, and no reliable same-turn table kill. Its ordinary plan is a turn-7 engine followed by a turn-8-or-later pressure state, with the finish depending on building a large board and surviving several response cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Cache Grab
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Dina, Essence Brewer
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Grim Backwoods
  • 1 Hazel of the Rootbloom
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Honest Rutstein
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Many Partings
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Nested Shambler
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Prosperous Innkeeper
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Ravenous Squirrel
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tippy-Toe, Terrific Partner
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Valley Rotcaller
  • 1 Verdant Command
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Vinereap Mentor
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat