Loot by Jiveturkey

Format: Commander

Commander: Loot, the Nexus

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This mono-green stompy deck uses Loot, the Nexus to convert diverse creature powers into explosive mana acceleration. By curving low-cost dorks and varied mid-sized creatures into Loot, the deck rapidly generates 7 to 10 mana by turns 4 and 5. This mana fuels massive card draw engines such as Garruk's Uprising, The Great Henge, and Vaultborn Tyrant, keeping your hand stocked with giant threats. The primary win condition involves overwhelming the table through combat using trample enablers like Craterhoof Behemoth, Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus, and Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant. The deck possesses massive draw bursts and high redundancy among threats, allowing it to recover quickly from board wipes. While it lacks targeted creature tutors and instant-speed stack interaction, its immense mana velocity and card flow reliably present lethal board states by turn 5 and close the game on turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Apex Altisaur
  • 1 Apex Devastator
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bane of Progress
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bite Down
  • 1 Bushwhack
  • 1 Cankerbloom
  • 1 Contest of Claws
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Emergent Woodwurm
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 38 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta the Unstoppable
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Giant Adephage
  • 1 Giant-Man, Gargantuan Genius
  • 1 Glimpse of Nature
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Hard-Hitting Question
  • 1 Herd Heirloom
  • 1 Heroes' Bane
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hierophant Bio-Titan
  • 1 Horrific Assault
  • 1 Ilysian Caryatid
  • 1 Impervious Greatwurm
  • 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
  • 1 Last March of the Ents
  • 1 Lifeblood Hydra
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loot, the Nexus
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Railway Brawler
  • 1 Ram Through
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Raucous Audience
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Run Over
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of the Dryads
  • 1 Stonehoof Chieftain
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 The Great Aurora
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Up the Beanstalk
  • 1 Vaultborn Tyrant
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
  • 1 Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
  • 1 Whiptongue Hydra
  • 1 Whirlwind
  • 1 Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus