Big creature factory by SaschaMTG

Format: Commander

Commander: Alena, Kessig Trapper and Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck executes a classic Gruul Stompy strategy powered by partner commanders Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood and Alena, Kessig Trapper. Gilanra accelerates mana and draws cards whenever casting large spells, while Alena converts the high power of entering creatures into explosive bursts of red mana. By establishing early ramp on Turns 1-3, the deck deploys massive 5-8 CMC threats ahead of curve starting on Turn 4. Chaining multiple large monsters per turn quickly overwhelms opposing boards with trampling, high-power attackers. Card advantage engines tied to creature power keep the hand refilled as the deck ramps. Win conditions rely on overwhelming combat damage supported by haste enablers, double strike from Atarka, World Render, and additional combat steps from Moraug, Fury of Akoum. While vulnerable to instant-speed sweepers due to limited counter-magic and stack interaction, the sheer density of large threats ensures rapid recovery and sustained table-wide pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggressive Mammoth
  • 1 Alena, Kessig Trapper
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atarka, World Render
  • 1 Battle Mammoth
  • 1 Borborygmos
  • 1 Brawn
  • 1 Challenger Troll
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Combustible Gearhulk
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cyclops of Eternal Fury
  • 1 Dawnglade Regent
  • 1 Desert Were-Worm
  • 1 Diamond City
  • 1 Dragonlord Atarka
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Elder Gargaroth
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Fling
  • 15 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Packleader
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Giant Ankheg
  • 1 Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Gruul Keyrune
  • 1 Gruul Locket
  • 1 Gruul Ragebeast
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Hamletback Goliath
  • 1 Hammer of Purphoros
  • 1 Hoard-Smelter Dragon
  • 1 Hulk, Always Angry
  • 1 Incinerator of the Guilty
  • 1 Inferno Titan
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Leatherhead, Iron Gator
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Monstrous Vortex
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 1 Mordant Dragon
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Oliphaunt
  • 1 Outland Colossus
  • 1 Paleoloth
  • 1 Primordial Sage
  • 1 Quartzwood Crasher
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Red Hulk
  • 1 Regal Behemoth
  • 1 Rhino, Barreling Brute
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Sheltered Thicket
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul of the Harvest
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Spring-Leaf Avenger
  • 1 Stonehoof Chieftain
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Territorial Hellkite
  • 1 Thunderfoot Baloth
  • 1 Traverse the Outlands
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Wilderland Scrounger