Copy this and Copy that by user3506625

Format: Commander

Commander: Volo, Guide to Monsters

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Simic midrange stompy list piloted by Volo, Guide to Monsters. Its design strictly observes anti-tribal diversity, incorporating 30+ distinct creature types ranging from Halflings and Dinos to Eldrazi and Plant Krakens. The deck ramps aggressively on Turns 1–2 to deploy Volo on Turn 3. Once operational on Turn 4, every cast creature is duplicated as a token on the stack, bypassing traditional countermagic and doubling battlefield presence. On Turn 5, deploying scaling force-multipliers such as Railway Brawler, Pathbreaker Ibex, or Silverback Elder creates an overwhelmingly tall and wide board. The deck converts this overwhelming board presence into a decisive Turn 6 lethal alpha strike through trample buffs, token doublers like Second Harvest, or Triumph of the Hordes. Protection spells like Heroic Intervention and efficient countermagic defend key pieces while Cyclonic Rift clears defensive lines.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Audience with Trostani
  • 1 Auton Soldier
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Biowaste Blob
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Breaker of Armies
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Canopy Gargantuan
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Cemetery Prowler
  • 1 Cityscape Leveler
  • 1 Combine Chrysalis
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concordant Crossroads
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Angel
  • 1 Double Major
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Dutiful Replicator
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 For the Common Good
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Frog Butler
  • 1 Glacier Godmaw
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexhaven Invigorator
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hulking Raptor
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lithoform Engine
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Maraleaf Pixie
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 1 Myconid Spore Tender
  • 1 Nylea, Keen-Eyed
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Pathbreaker Ibex
  • 1 Perplexing Test
  • 1 Prosperous Innkeeper
  • 1 Railway Brawler
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Scampering Surveyor
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Silverback Elder
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Trailtracker Scout
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Twinning Staff
  • 1 Verdant Kraken
  • 1 Volo, Guide to Monsters
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Wrap in Vigor
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast