🦛 Huggy Huggy Hippos 🦛 by Toby1Knobi

Format: Commander

Commander: Phelddagrif

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This deck is a Bant Group Hug Control deck commanded by Phelddagrif. It accelerates the entire table with symmetrical draw engines like Dictate of Kruphix, Kami of the Crescent Moon, and Rites of Flourishing while establishing robust defensive barriers through Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, and Glacial Chasm. By feeding opponents additional cards, the deck generates explosive mana through Smothering Tithe and Gleaming Splendor, fueling game-breaking asymmetrical responses. Its primary win condition pairs massive mana reserves with Suture Priest and Phelddagrif, giving opponents dozens of Hippo tokens to drain their life totals directly, or resetting opposing boards with overloaded Cyclonic Rift and Winds of Abandon. The interaction and protection packages feature premier free counterspells like Force of Will, versatile removal like Swords to Plowshares, and total phase-out protection via Teferi's Protection. While giving opponents extra resources carries inherent risk, the deck mitigates this danger with layered pillowfort effects and instant-speed answers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Argothian Enchantress
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Copy Enchantment
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Cyber Conversion
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Dictate of Kruphix
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Everybody Lives!
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Final Showdown
  • 1 Fleeting Reflection
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Flumph
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Fumble
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gilded Drake
  • 1 Glacial Chasm
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Insight
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Kami of the Crescent Moon
  • 1 Kenrith's Transformation
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Moment's Peace
  • 1 Mystic Reflection
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phelddagrif
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rites of Flourishing
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seedtime
  • 1 Serra's Sanctum
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Song of the Dryads
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Standstill
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Walking Archive
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Winds of Abandon
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth