Ground Control by z0rb

Format: Commander

Commander: Galadriel of Lothlórien

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This Simic deck combines scry triggers with landfall synergies under Galadriel of Lothlórien. The early game focuses on deploying cheap scry enablers and ramp spells to trigger Galadriel, revealing basic lands from the top of the library and putting them directly onto the battlefield tapped. This steady mana acceleration fuels large mid-game threats such as Avenger of Zendikar, Scute Swarm, Rampaging Baloths, and Cultivator Colossus. The deck generates immense board presence by turning each additional land into creature tokens or +1/+1 counters. Card advantage engines like Tatyova, Benthic Druid and Matoya, Archon Elder keep the hand full of interaction and gas. While the deck boasts high resource velocity and flexible removal, its reliance on combat damage without built-in mass haste requires creature swarms to survive a full table rotation before closing the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Arwen Undómiel
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birthday Escape
  • 1 Bonny Pall, Clearcutter
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cultivator Colossus
  • 1 Deprive
  • 1 Dream Fracture
  • 1 Druid Class
  • 1 Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
  • 1 Elrond, Master of Healing
  • 1 Elven Farsight
  • 1 Elvish Mariner
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Evacuation
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Galadriel of Lothlórien
  • 1 Glimpse the Core
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Harrow
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Jaheira's Respite
  • 1 Joint Exploration
  • 1 Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir
  • 1 Lifecrafter's Bestiary
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Lush Oasis
  • 1 Matoya, Archon Elder
  • 1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nissa, Steward of Elements
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Primeval Bounty
  • 1 Prognostic Sphinx
  • 1 Psychic Impetus
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Retreat to Kazandu
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Roil Elemental
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sapling Nursery
  • 1 Sazh's Chocobo
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Seismic Sense
  • 1 Sentinel of the Nameless City
  • 1 Serum Sovereign
  • 1 Shire Terrace
  • 1 Shower of Arrows
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soothing of Sméagol
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Tangled Islet
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Terrain Generator
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Grey Havens
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tireless Tracker
  • 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
  • 1 Traverse the Outlands
  • 1 Wayward Swordtooth