SaH testing by user4363239

Format: Commander

Commander: Shalai and Hallar

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This deck is a Naya midrange strategy centered on Shalai and Hallar, converting +1/+1 counter placement into direct burn damage while assembling a massive combat board. Early turns focus on mana acceleration with pieces like Llanowar Elves, Gyre Sage, and Arcane Signet, alongside utility creatures like Conclave Mentor. Once Shalai and Hallar enters on Turn 4, exponential counter engines such as Kalonian Hydra, Forgotten Ancient, Citadel Siege, and Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener rapidly accelerate the clock. Supporting lords like Abzan Falconer and Champion of Lambholt grant crucial evasion to ensure combat damage connects, while Uncivil Unrest doubles both combat and burn damage. The deck features dependable spot removal in Swords to Plowshares and Abrade to interact with key opposing threats, though it relies heavily on maintaining a wide creature presence and drawing gas naturally.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Abzan Battle Priest
  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Ainok Bond-Kin
  • 1 Ajani Unyielding
  • 1 Akroma's Memorial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avatar's Wrath
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Baird, Argivian Recruiter
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Citadel Siege
  • 1 Command Bridge
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Conclave Mentor
  • 1 Conclave Sledge-Captain
  • 1 Constable of the Realm
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Death-Greeter's Champion
  • 1 Dromoka's Command
  • 1 Dusk Legion Duelist
  • 1 Elite Scaleguard
  • 1 Emergent Woodwurm
  • 1 Enduring Scalelord
  • 1 Enter the Avatar State
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Forced Adaptation
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Fractal Harness
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Gavony Township
  • 1 Genesis Hydra
  • 1 Good-Fortune Unicorn
  • 1 Guardian Scalelord
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Hamza, Guardian of Arashin
  • 1 Inscription of Abundance
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Juniper Order Ranger
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Lightfoot Technique
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Helix
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Reborn
  • 1 Loyal Guardian
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
  • 1 Mirror-Style Master
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Planetary Annihilation
  • 1 Pridemalkin
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savageborn Hydra
  • 1 Shalai and Hallar
  • 1 Sheltering Landscape
  • 1 Slurrk, All-Ingesting
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunscorch Regent
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Taunting Elf
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Temple of Plenty
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Tender Wildguide
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 Together Forever
  • 1 Uncivil Unrest
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Zanarkand, Ancient Metropolis // Lasting Fayth