New Untitled Deck by Sythas

Format: Commander

Commander: Ganax, Astral Hunter and Acolyte of Bahamut

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This Gruul Dragon tribal deck uses the commander pairing of Ganax, Astral Hunter and Acolyte of Bahamut to accelerate expensive, high-impact flying threats ahead of curve. Acolyte of Bahamut discounts the first Dragon cast each turn by {2}, while Ganax, Astral Hunter creates a Treasure token whenever a Dragon enters the battlefield, chaining mana velocity into successive threats. The deck leverages dense land ramp and cost reducers in the early game to deploy Ganax on Turn 4, followed by game-ending Dragon centerpieces such as Atarka, World Render, Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient, and Drakuseth, Maw of Flames on Turn 5. Asymmetric board wipes like Desolation of Smaug and Magmaquake suppress opposing ground boards while leaving the Dragon fleet unharmed. Winning through overwhelming evasive combat damage, the deck closes the game across consecutive combat rotations while utilizing ETB draw engines like Garruk's Uprising and Elemental Bond to maintain hand advantage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acolyte of Bahamut
  • 1 Ancient Bronze Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atarka, World Render
  • 1 Banner of Kinship
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bloomvine Regent // Claim Territory
  • 1 Broodcaller Scourge
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clan Defiance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Crucible of Fire
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Desolation of Smaug
  • 1 Dracogenesis
  • 1 Draconic Disciple
  • 1 Draconic Visitor
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragon's Hoard
  • 1 Dragonborn Champion
  • 1 Dragonlord's Servant
  • 1 Dragonmaster Outcast
  • 1 Dragonspeaker Shaman
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Dream Pillager
  • 1 Drumhunter
  • 1 Earthquake Dragon
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Encroaching Dragonstorm
  • 1 Fires of Yavimaya
  • 1 Flameblast Dragon
  • 1 Foe-Razer Regent
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Frontier Siege
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Ganax, Astral Hunter
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Hoard-Smelter Dragon
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Kazandu Refuge
  • 1 Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Loaming Shaman
  • 1 Magmaquake
  • 1 Magmatic Hellkite
  • 1 Mordant Dragon
  • 16 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Jasper
  • 1 Orb of Dragonkind
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Rugged Highlands
  • 1 Runehorn Hellkite
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker
  • 1 Scaled Nurturer
  • 1 Scourge of Valkas
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Shivan Oasis
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spit Flame
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Timber Gorge
  • 1 Tyrant's Familiar
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Verix Bladewing
  • 1 Worldly Tutor