Beast Mode by user6076441

Format: Commander

Commander: Slinza, the Spiked Stampede

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This Gruul midrange deck is commanded by Slinza, the Spiked Stampede, focusing on Beast tribal synergies, aggressive mana reduction, and overwhelming combat steps. Early turns prioritize ramp through artifacts, mana dorks, and land-fetch spells to deploy Slinza or dedicated cost reducers such as Urza's Incubator and Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma. Once established, the deck casts high-stature Beasts at significant mana discounts, triggering card draw engines like Garruk's Uprising and Wirewood Savage while utilizing Slinza's fight ability for repeatable board control. The primary victory condition involves assembling a critical mass of trampling power amplified by Thunderfoot Baloth, Quartzwood Crasher, Craterhoof Behemoth, or End-Raze Forerunners to eliminate opponents across Turns 6 and 7. Additionally, the deck contains an incidental infinite creature loop with Ivy Lane Denizen and Herd Baloth. Defensive spells like Heroic Intervention shield the wide board against sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anara, Wolvid Familiar
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Battlefront Krushok
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blinding Fog
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Call Damage Control
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Colossal Majesty
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Domri, Anarch of Bolas
  • 1 Elder Gargaroth
  • 1 End-Raze Forerunners
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Fangren Firstborn
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Frenzied Baloth
  • 1 Fresh Meat
  • 1 Gallia, the Merrymaker
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Gardenize
  • 1 Garruk's Harbinger
  • 1 Garruk's Packleader
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Garruk, Caller of Beasts
  • 1 Gnarlid Colony
  • 1 Gongaga, Reactor Town
  • 1 Goobbue Gardener
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Ilharg
  • 1 Herd Baloth
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hungering Puppetbeast
  • 1 Hunter's Axe
  • 1 Ivy Lane Denizen
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Krosan Warchief
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loot, Exuberant Explorer
  • 1 Loot, the Nexus
  • 1 Manglehorn
  • 1 Monster Manual // Zoological Study
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nylea's Forerunner
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Quartzwood Crasher
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Red XIII, Proud Warrior
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restorative Technique
  • 1 Rhonas's Monument
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Slinza, the Spiked Stampede
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 Thunderfoot Baloth
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Verdant Kraken
  • 1 Verdant Rebirth
  • 1 Wirewood Savage
  • 1 Wooded Ridgeline
  • 1 Woodland Liege
  • 1 Wrap in Vigor