Excessive Force by user8126639

Format: Commander

Commander: Rith, Liberated Primeval

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Naya Dragon tribal midrange strategy centered around Rith, Liberated Primeval. It relies on a dense green ramp package to deploy bulky flying threats ahead of curve. Once Rith enters play, fight effects, burn spells, and combat damage trigger excess damage to spawn 4/4 Dragon tokens every turn. From this established board, the deck transitions into lethal combat swings by deploying game-ending flying multipliers such as Atarka, World Render and Utvara Hellkite, or burning targets down with Terror of the Peaks and Scourge of Valkas. Defensive spells such as Heroic Intervention and Boros Charm protect its expensive investments against sweepers, while Rith's native ward ability deters spot removal. The deck wins by overwhelming opponents in the air over multiple combat steps.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Atarka, World Render
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Blacksmith's Skill
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
  • 1 Bushwhack
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clarion Conqueror
  • 1 Colossal Majesty
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Crucible of Fire
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Dromoka's Command
  • 1 Dromoka, the Eternal
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Encroaching Dragonstorm
  • 1 Explosive Vegetation
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge
  • 1 Ganax, Astral Hunter
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Incinerator of the Guilty
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Klauth's Will
  • 1 Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lathliss, Dragon Queen
  • 1 Lifestream's Blessing
  • 1 Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Magmaquake
  • 1 Migration Path
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Naya Charm
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Piercing Exhale
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Radiant Destiny
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Renewed Solidarity
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rith, Liberated Primeval
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sarkhan's Triumph
  • 1 Scalelord Reckoner
  • 1 Scourge of Valkas
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Sheltering Landscape
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Spit Flame
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
  • 1 Subterranean Tremors
  • 1 Sundering Growth
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Tyrant's Familiar
  • 1 Utvara Hellkite
  • 1 Velomachus Lorehold
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Wrathful Red Dragon