Golgari Squirrels by user9865174

Format: Commander

Commander: Hazel of the Rootbloom

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

Led by Hazel of the Rootbloom, this Golgari deck orchestrates a synergistic go-wide token swarm and aristocrat strategy centered on Squirrels, Food, and Treasures. The deck establishes early ramp and token fodder on Turns 1–3, deploying Hazel on Turn 4 to duplicate tokens each end step and unlock massive burst mana by tapping untapped tokens. This mana velocity fuels high-impact mid-game threats, accelerating into mass overrun finishers such as End-Raze Forerunners and Beastmaster Ascension, or lethal sacrifice drain engines featuring Chatterfang, Squirrel General, Bastion of Remembrance, and Nadier's Nightblade. With dedicated token-based draw engines like Skullclamp and Idol of Oblivion, the deck maintains steady card flow while leveraging flexible Golgari removal to disrupt opposing threats. Although vulnerable to mass sweepers due to a lack of stack protection, the list demonstrates strong redundancy, resilient graveyard-based recovery, and overwhelming combat scaling that reliably closes games across multiple combat steps.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Binding the Old Gods
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Cache Grab
  • 1 Casualties of War
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chatterstorm
  • 1 Chittering Witch
  • 1 Chitterspitter
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Decree of Pain
  • 1 Deep Forest Hermit
  • 1 End-Raze Forerunners
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Garruk, Cursed Huntsman
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Gourmand's Talent
  • 1 Grim Backwoods
  • 1 Haunted Mire
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Hazel of the Rootbloom
  • 1 Hazel's Brewmaster
  • 1 Honored Dreyleader
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Insatiable Frugivore
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Maelstrom Pulse
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 Moonstone Eulogist
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Nested Shambler
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Poison-Tip Archer
  • 1 Prosperous Innkeeper
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Ravenous Squirrel
  • 1 Rootcast Apprenticeship
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scurry of Squirrels
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skyfisher Spider
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squirrel Nest
  • 1 Squirrel Sovereign
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Swarmyard Massacre
  • 1 Sword of the Squeak
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Odd Acorn Gang
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Tranquil Thicket
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Windgrace's Judgment
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Wolfwillow Haven
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat