bottom dwellers by SailorSmithsonian

Format: Commander

Creator: SailorSmithsonian

Commander: Homer, the Hermit

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck combines sea creature tribal themes with explosive landfall triggers under Homer, the Hermit. By deploying early Crabs, Starfish, and Nautiluses, Homer's mill triggers scale rapidly with every land drop. Accelerated by efficient green ramp spells like Three Visits and Exploration, the deck transitions into the midgame by recurring lands with Crucible of Worlds and Ramunap Excavator. The endgame arrives through massive burst mill effects: resolving Scapeshift or Splendid Reclamation triggers waves of Homer and Ruin Crab triggers, while Bruvac the Grandiloquent combines with a kicked Maddening Cacophony to mill entire libraries in one blow. The deck struggles somewhat with graveyard-shuffling Eldrazi titans and aggressive board wipes, but it packs sufficient recursion, countermagic, and backup combat beaters like Charix, the Raging Isle and Uchuulon to close out games against standard multiplayer tables.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bruvac the Grandiloquent
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Canyon Crab
  • 1 Charix, the Raging Isle
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crabomination
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Formless Genesis
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hard Evidence
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Hedge Shredder
  • 1 Hedron Crab
  • 1 Hermitic Nautilus
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Homer, the Hermit
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Mirelurk Queen
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mutable Explorer
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Purple Pentapus
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reshape the Earth
  • 1 Rikala, Homarid King
  • 1 Riverchurn Monument
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Scapeshift
  • 1 Scrabbling Skullcrab
  • 1 Scuttletide
  • 1 Shambleshark
  • 1 Shore Keeper
  • 1 Shorecomber Crab
  • 1 Sigiled Starfish
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Singularity Rupture
  • 1 Sinister Starfish
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spiny Starfish
  • 1 Splendid Reclamation
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Uchuulon
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zagoth Triome