Volo, Guide to Monsters by user7630989

Format: Commander

Commander: Volo, Guide to Monsters

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a Simic creature-copy midrange strategy commanded by Volo, Guide to Monsters. The deck leverages an anti-tribal creature curve where almost every creature possesses a unique creature type, ensuring Volo triggers consistently on cast. Early turns focus on ramping into Volo by Turn 3 or 4, followed by deploying utility and value creatures that are automatically duplicated as tokens. As the game transitions into the midgame, token multipliers such as Roaming Throne, Panharmonicon, and Twinning Staff amplify the board presence. The primary route to victory involves casting massive token generators like Avenger of Zendikar or Verdant Kraken, followed by overrun effects like God-Eternal Rhonas to deal lethal damage across the table in a single combat step. A robust suite of instant-speed protection spells defends the commander and wide token boards against common sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Acidic Slime
  • 1 Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Audience with Trostani
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cancel
  • 1 Codex Shredder
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Double Major
  • 1 Dutiful Replicator
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 13 Forest
  • 1 Gigantic Big Bear
  • 1 God-Eternal Rhonas
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Man-o'-War
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Mind Flayer
  • 1 Mirror Box
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Peregrine Drake
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Progenitor Mimic
  • 1 Prosperous Innkeeper
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Recall
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Riptide Laboratory
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Road of Return
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Simic Charm
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Twinning Staff
  • 1 Vanguard Suppressor
  • 1 Verdant Kraken
  • 1 Volo, Guide to Monsters
  • 1 Welding Jar
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 World Shaper
  • 1 Wrap in Vigor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth