2.4 - Drain the Swamp by Themilkywayfarer

Format: Commander

Commander: Vihaan, Goldwaker

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Vihaan, Goldwaker is the core of a Treasure-token beatdown deck: the commander turns Treasures into hasty 3/3 Construct Assassins and gives outlaws haste and vigilance. The primary plan is to generate large Treasure volumes, animate them in combat, and chain extra combat steps with Aggravated Assault and Great Train Heist so the 3/3 army overwhelms all three opponents. Secondary paths include Mirkwood Bats and The Meathook Massacre drain, goad control via Kardur and Disrupt Decorum, and an infinite-mana/combat loop using Pitiless Plunderer, Goldspan Dragon, and Vihaan. There is no hidden commander; Prosper, Mari, and Smaug are support pieces that reward Treasures, but the deck is built around Vihaan's combat trigger.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Alchemist's Talent
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Money
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Descent into Avernus
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Disrupt Decorum
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Inspired Tinkering
  • 1 Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mari, the Killing Quill
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Prosper, Tome-Bound
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Ragost, Deft Gastronaut
  • 1 Rain of Riches
  • 1 Renewed Solidarity
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Seize the Spotlight
  • 1 Shadow the Hedgehog
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Species Specialist
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spiteful Banditry
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Take the Bait
  • 1 Taunt from the Rampart
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Vihaan, Goldwaker
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Xorn