King of The Monsters by MobComplex

Format: Commander

Commander: Zilortha, Strength Incarnate

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Gruul Stompy strategy centered around high-power creature synergies, using Zilortha, Strength Incarnate to grant high-power, low-toughness threats exceptional combat resilience. The primary plan accelerates mana during the first three turns using mana dorks, rocks, and land search spells, setting up an engine like Garruk's Uprising or Selvala, Heart of the Wilds by Turn 4. On Turn 5, it transitions into critical onset by deploying towering beaters like Ghalta, Primal Hunger or power doublers such as Xenagos, God of Revels and Unnatural Growth. Trample enablers and unblockable assignment effects bypass blockers, closing out the table across two to three combat steps by Turn 7. While explosive and resilient to standard combat trades, the deck relies heavily on resolving and maintaining creature permanents, making it susceptible to well-timed board wipes and heavy control packages.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anzrag, the Quake-Mole
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arni Brokenbrow
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Challenger Troll
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Colossal Majesty
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Doors of Durin
  • 1 Dragonborn Champion
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Giant Solifuge
  • 1 Gigapede
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
  • 1 Herd Heirloom
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hulking Raptor
  • 1 Ilysian Caryatid
  • 1 Jumbo Cactuar
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
  • 1 Monstrous Vortex
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Ogre Battledriver
  • 1 Outcaster Trailblazer
  • 1 Pathbreaker Ibex
  • 1 Phytotitan
  • 1 Proud Wildbonder
  • 1 Quartzwood Crasher
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Ram Through
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Ruby, Daring Tracker
  • 1 Sarkhan's Unsealing
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shadow in the Warp
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Siege Behemoth
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellbreaker Behemoth
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
  • 1 Surrak and Goreclaw
  • 1 The Skullspore Nexus
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Thunderblust
  • 1 Titanoth Rex
  • 1 Training Compound
  • 1 Traverse the Outlands
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels
  • 1 Zendikar Incarnate
  • 1 Zilortha, Strength Incarnate
  • 1 Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus