Doran, Besieged by Time by NewfieMTG

Format: Commander

Commander: Doran, Besieged by Time

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a toughness-based enchantress deck led by Doran, Besieged by Time. The commander provides cost reduction for high-toughness creatures and pumps them when they attack or block - turning otherwise walls into lethal threats. The deck pairs this with a dense enchantress package (Sythis, Harvest's Hand, Enchantress's Presence, Argothian Enchantress, etc.) to draw through the deck while deploying a high density of protective and synergistic enchantments. It cantrips into its win conditions through Felothar the Steadfast and Assault Formation to make toughness matter, and finishers like Jumbo Cactuar or Ancient Adamantoise can swing for massive damage. The deck is a slow, resilient value engine that outgrinds opponents through recursion (Yuna, Hope of Spira, Replenish), protection (Sterling Grove, Asceticism), and overwhelming combat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Growth
  • 1 Ancient Adamantoise
  • 1 Anikthea, Hand of Erebos
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Argothian Enchantress
  • 1 Asceticism
  • 1 Assault Formation
  • 1 Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
  • 1 Betor, Kin to All
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brave the Sands
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Calix, Guided by Fate
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Composer of Spring
  • 1 Courser of Kruphix
  • 1 Court of Grace
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Destiny Spinner
  • 1 Doran, Besieged by Time
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Eidolon of Blossoms
  • 1 Eiganjo Dynastorian // Replenish
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Enchantress's Presence
  • 1 Erebos, God of the Dead
  • 1 Felothar the Steadfast
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Greater Auramancy
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Haunting
  • 1 Heliod, God of the Sun
  • 1 Helix Pinnacle
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jenova, Ancient Calamity
  • 1 Jukai Naturalist
  • 1 Jumbo Cactuar
  • 1 Karametra, God of Harvests
  • 1 Kenrith's Transformation
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nylea, God of the Hunt
  • 1 Nylea, Keen-Eyed
  • 1 Nyxbloom Ancient
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reverent Mantra
  • 1 Sanctum Weaver
  • 1 Secret Arcade // Dusty Parlor
  • 1 Setessan Champion
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitary Confinement
  • 1 Song of the Dryads
  • 1 Starfield Mystic
  • 1 Sterling Grove
  • 1 Summon: Titan
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sythis, Harvest's Hand
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tree of Perdition
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Weaver of Harmony
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yuna, Hope of Spira
  • 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn