Hello Bello by Massive1982

Format: Commander

Commander: Bello, Bard of the Brambles

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This Gruul deck is led by Bello, Bard of the Brambles, transforming high-cost non-Equipment artifacts and non-Aura enchantments into resilient offensive threats. On your turn, every artifact and enchantment with mana value 4 or greater becomes a 4/4 Elemental creature with indestructible, haste, and a combat damage card-draw trigger. The deck uses early green and artifact ramp to cast Bello on Turn 3, followed by a continuous curve of 4+ CMC utility permanents starting on Turn 4. These permanents generate mana, provide passive benefits, and immediately swing into combat without suffering from summoning sickness. Damage amplifiers like Gratuitous Violence, Unnatural Growth, and Berserkers' Onslaught quickly turn these 4/4s into lethal attackers. While the deck boasts high card draw velocity and natural immunity to sorcery-speed creature sweepers, it relies heavily on Bello remaining on the battlefield and remains susceptible to instant-speed exile and bounce effects.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Alchemist's Talent
  • 1 Ambitious Augmenter
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bello, Bard of the Brambles
  • 1 Berserkers' Onslaught
  • 1 Birthing Pod
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boompile
  • 1 Bootleggers' Stash
  • 1 Case of the Locked Hothouse
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Choreographed Sparks
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Cosmic Cube
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Elvish Archivist
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 13 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Cave
  • 1 Gaea's Gift
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Packleader
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghirapur Orrery
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Goblin Charbelcher
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Gratuitous Violence
  • 1 Grothama, All-Devouring
  • 1 Grumgully, the Generous
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Instruments of War
  • 1 Into the Wilds
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kimoyo Beads
  • 1 Kodama of the East Tree
  • 1 Llanowar Loamspeaker
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Nature's Will
  • 1 Outpost Siege
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path of Discovery
  • 1 Primal Might
  • 1 Primeval Bounty
  • 1 Pyreswipe Hawk
  • 1 Rain of Riches
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Red Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul of the Harvest
  • 1 Sprouting Goblin
  • 1 Starstorm
  • 1 Strength of Will
  • 1 Sunbird's Invocation
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Trailtracker Scout
  • 1 Tranquil Thicket
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Wandertale Mentor
  • 1 Wildsear, Scouring Maw