Cheap horses by hmandell16

Format: Commander

Commander: Emiel the Blessed

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This Selesnya deck is a casual kindred build centered on Unicorns, Pegasi, and Horses, led by Emiel the Blessed. The strategy focuses on establishing early ramp, deploying synergistic equine creatures, and triggering lifegain payoffs. Once the board is established, engines like Crested Sunmare, Thurid, Mare of Destiny, and Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn build a formidable army of sizable, resilient threats. The commander provides utility by blinking creatures to re-trigger enter-the-battlefield abilities and growing the team with +1/+1 counters. Combat damage forms the sole path to victory, leveraging evasion from flying Pegasi and overrun effects from Overrun, Camaraderie, or Storm Herd. While the deck features consistent mana ramp and strong thematic synergy, it operates with minimal card draw and limited interaction, making it vulnerable to board wipes and fast combo strategies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ajani's Welcome
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Sun's Grace
  • 1 Bill the Pony
  • 1 Blessed Sanctuary
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Boreas Charger
  • 1 Brightmare
  • 1 Camaraderie
  • 1 Celestial Unicorn
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Crested Sunmare
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Diamond Mare
  • 1 Distinguished Conjurer
  • 1 Emiel the Blessed
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Good-Fortune Unicorn
  • 1 Graypelt Refuge
  • 1 Inspiring Unicorn
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loyal Unicorn
  • 1 Mesa Unicorn
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nyxborn Unicorn
  • 1 Opaline Unicorn
  • 1 Overrun
  • 1 Park Heights Pegasus
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pegasus Courser
  • 1 Phyrexian Pegasus
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Prized Unicorn
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Ronom Unicorn
  • 1 Rootborn Defenses
  • 1 Selesnya Charm
  • 1 Selesnya Guildgate
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Selesnya Signet
  • 1 Seraphic Steed
  • 1 Shepherd of the Clouds
  • 1 Shield Mare
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splendor Mare
  • 1 Starnheim Courser
  • 1 Steadfast Unicorn
  • 1 Storm Herd
  • 1 Sundering Growth
  • 1 Sungrace Pegasus
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunmane Pegasus
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thurid, Mare of Destiny
  • 1 Tranquil Expanse
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Trusted Pegasus
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Valorous Steed
  • 1 Vine Mare
  • 1 Windurst, Federation Center
  • 1 Zebra Unicorn