The great plague by user3312496

Format: Commander

Commander: Blech, Loafing Pest

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Golgari deck utilizes Blech, Loafing Pest as a typal lifegain commander to turn incremental life swings into massive permanent power across Pests, Bats, Insects, Snakes, and Spiders. Supported by consistent 1-to-2 mana ramp and high functional redundancy among lifegain enablers like Essence Warden and Courser of Kruphix, the deck regularly deploys its commander on Turn 4. From there, token generators such as Scute Swarm, Iridescent Hornbeetle, and Beledros Witherbloom create wide boards that expand exponentially with +1/+1 counters from Branching Evolution and Winding Constrictor. Critical onset is achieved around Turn 6, forcing opponents to answer an overwhelming combat force or suffer direct life loss from Mirkwood Bats. The deck eliminates the table over two turn cycles by Turn 8 using trample from Duskshell Crawler and deathtouch from Bushmaster, Coiled Henchman, while maintaining solid recovery lines through Moseo, Vein's New Dean and Cauldron of Essence.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Asceticism
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Blech, Loafing Pest
  • 1 Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex
  • 1 Bogwater Lumaret
  • 1 Bond of Flourishing
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Broken Bond
  • 1 Bushmaster, Coiled Henchman
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Chomping Changeling
  • 1 Clackbridge Troll
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Courser of Kruphix
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Doom Weaver
  • 1 Druid Class
  • 1 Duskshell Crawler
  • 1 Eccentric Pestfinder // Turn Stones
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Eumidian Terrabotanist
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 16 Forest
  • 1 Gala Greeters
  • 1 Genesis Wave
  • 1 Grist, the Hunger Tide
  • 1 Hornet Queen
  • 1 Iridescent Hornbeetle
  • 1 Kazandu Nectarpot
  • 1 Living Hive
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 Moseo, Vein's New Dean
  • 1 Mutable Explorer
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Pest Mascot
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Polluted Bonds
  • 1 Primeval Bounty
  • 1 Pull from the Grave
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Ribtruss Roaster
  • 1 Root Manipulation
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Send in the Pest
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Shopkeeper's Bane
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spinner of Souls
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 1 Sun Droplet
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swarm Shambler
  • 1 Teacher's Pest
  • 1 Tend the Pests
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Winding Constrictor
  • 1 Witherbloom Charm
  • 1 Witherbloom Command
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery