Symbiotic Swarm by RetnuhThaOTD

Format: Commander

Commander: Kathril, Aspect Warper

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

Kathril rewards filling your graveyard: the commander turns a stocked bin of keyword creatures into an enormous, nearly unblockable attacker. The primary plan is self-mill, cast Kathril, spread keyword counters on it, and finish with two commander-damage hits. Secondary paths use Soulflayer and reanimation to make keyword soup without Kathril, while Tayam, Yannik, and Nikara form a hidden engine that recurs permanents, piles counters, and draws cards. The deck also has a midrange backup of Hornet Queen, Akroma, and Zetalpa beaters. It is a slow, interactive value build rather than a fast combo deck.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Ascendancy
  • 1 Abzan Charm
  • 1 Acidic Slime
  • 1 Aerial Responder
  • 1 Ajani Unyielding
  • 1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
  • 1 Angel of Finality
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Valor's Reach
  • 1 Avenging Huntbonder
  • 1 Blighted Woodland
  • 1 Blood Curdle
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Bonder's Ornament
  • 1 Cairn Wanderer
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Cartographer's Hawk
  • 1 Cataclysmic Gearhulk
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Daring Fiendbonder
  • 1 Deadbridge Chant
  • 1 Deathsprout
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Duneblast
  • 1 Ever After
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Gavony Township
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Grim Backwoods
  • 1 Grisly Salvage
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Hornet Queen
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Kalemne's Captain
  • 1 Karametra, God of Harvests
  • 1 Kathril, Aspect Warper
  • 1 Krosan Verge
  • 1 Majestic Myriarch
  • 1 Martial Impetus
  • 1 Memorial to Folly
  • 1 Mimic Vat
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Netherborn Altar
  • 1 Nikara, Lair Scavenger
  • 1 Nyx Weaver
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 1 Odric, Lunarch Marshal
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Parasitic Impetus
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Predatory Impetus
  • 1 Reveillark
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Satyr Wayfinder
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Selective Adaptation
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Skullwinder
  • 1 Slippery Bogbonder
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Recruit
  • 1 Soul of Innistrad
  • 1 Soulflayer
  • 1 Splinterfright
  • 1 Sunblast Angel
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tayam, Luminous Enigma
  • 1 Titanoth Rex
  • 1 Together Forever
  • 1 Unbreakable Bond
  • 1 Unburial Rites
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Vitality Hunter
  • 1 Void Beckoner
  • 1 Yannik, Scavenging Sentinel
  • 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn