Beasts and Brawl

Format: Commander

Commander: Slinza, the Spiked Stampede

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a Gruul tribal stompy engine led by Slinza, the Spiked Stampede. The game plan focuses on deploying early ramp to cast Slinza on turn 4. Once on the board, Slinza reduces the cost of large Beast creatures by two generic mana, accelerating heavyweight threats ahead of curve. As new Beasts enter the battlefield, Slinza grants them extra power and triggers repeatable fights to remove opposing blockers and commanders. Continuous card draw from engines like Garruk's Uprising and Wirewood Savage keeps hands full of threats. The deck finishes games around turn 7 by trampling over opponents with massive combat damage enabled by Craterhoof Behemoth, Overwhelming Stampede, or Shared Animosity.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anara, Wolvid Familiar
  • 1 Arcbond
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloated Contaminator
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Caller of the Pack
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contested Cliffs
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cultivator Colossus
  • 1 Elder Gargaroth
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Fangren Firstborn
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Horde
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Gemrazer
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Herald of Ilharg
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kindred Summons
  • 1 Krosan Warchief
  • 1 Loot, Exuberant Explorer
  • 1 Manglehorn
  • 1 Masked Vandal
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Neyith of the Dire Hunt
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Paleoloth
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Quartzwood Crasher
  • 1 Questing Beast
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Ravenous Baloth
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Red XIII, Proud Warrior
  • 1 Reincarnation
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Renegade Krasis
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Siege Behemoth
  • 1 Slinza, the Spiked Stampede
  • 1 Spearbreaker Behemoth
  • 1 Spellbreaker Behemoth
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Tephraderm
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Thunderfoot Baloth
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Uncivil Unrest
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Wirewood Savage
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Woodland Bellower
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth