Updated Frug by Devy3EZ

Format: Commander

Commander: Helga, Skittish Seer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a Bant Big-Mana Stompy deck commanded by Helga, Skittish Seer. The strategy focuses on accelerating mana in the opening turns with efficient one- and two-drop mana dorks, casting Helga on turn two or three, and then chaining high-impact creature spells with mana value 4 or greater. Each large creature cast triggers Helga to draw a card, gain life, and grow her power, turning her into a massive mana dork capable of tapping for substantial colored mana exclusively to cast more high-cost creatures. As the board develops, redundant card draw engines like Garruk's Uprising, Elemental Bond, and Beast Whisperer ensure continuous hand refill, while enablers like Surrak and Goreclaw, Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma, and Surrak, the Hunt Caller grant haste and trample. The deck closes the game on turns six to seven by overwhelming opponents with colossal beaters like Ghalta and Mavren, Elder Gargaroth, and Bonny Pall, Clearcutter.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Biosynthic Burst
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bonny Pall, Clearcutter
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conclave Sledge-Captain
  • 1 Divine Resilience
  • 1 Elder Gargaroth
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Regrower
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Germination Practicum
  • 1 Ghalta and Mavren
  • 1 Glen Elendra Guardian
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Helga, Skittish Seer
  • 1 Hindering Light
  • 1 Hulking Raptor
  • 1 Hydroid Krasis
  • 1 Ilysian Caryatid
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Kenrith's Transformation
  • 1 Keruga, the Macrosage
  • 1 Kiora's Follower
  • 1 Lilypad Village
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
  • 1 Mocking Doppelganger
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Murkfiend Liege
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Omni-Changeling
  • 1 Paradise Druid
  • 1 Pelakka Wurm
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Prime Speaker Zegana
  • 1 Profaner of the Dead
  • 1 Quandrix Charm
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Smirking Spelljacker
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunscorch Regent
  • 1 Surrak and Goreclaw
  • 1 Surrak, the Hunt Caller
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Visage Bandit
  • 1 Vizier of the Menagerie
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Whiptongue Hydra
  • 1 Wilt-Leaf Liege
  • 1 Windshaper Planetar
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yeva, Nature's Herald
  • 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn