Ellyn & Chef 10-26 by SoviasPrime

Format: Commander

Commander: Ellyn Harbreeze, Busybody and Master Chef

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This Selesnya deck combines token production and +1/+1 counter growth, led by Ellyn Harbreeze, Busybody and Master Chef. Master Chef ensures every creature and commander enters with additional counters, while Ellyn converts each wave of tokens into card selection by digging through the library. The strategy establishes early mana acceleration and low-cost token generators, then scales exponentially through token doublers such as Anointed Procession and Mondrak, Glory Dominus. As the board widens, anthems and counter multipliers like Cathars' Crusade, Sovereign Okinec Ahau, and Toby, Beastie Befriender turn 1/1 tokens into lethal combat threats. A tailored defensive suite featuring Everybody Lives!, King Darien XLVIII, and multiple fog effects shields the team from sweepers and alpha strikes. The deck systematically overwhelms the table through massive combat attacks, closing out games by Turn 7 with evasion or Craterhoof Behemoth.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Ainok Strike Leader
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cadira, Caller of the Small
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Comeuppance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Court of Garenbrig
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dawn Charm
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings
  • 1 Ellyn Harbreeze, Busybody
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Ethereal Haze
  • 1 Everybody Lives!
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Finneas, Ace Archer
  • 1 Fog
  • 1 For the Common Good
  • 13 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Haliya, Ascendant Cadet
  • 1 Inspiring Leader
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 1 Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 1 King Darien XLVIII
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 March of the Multitudes
  • 1 Master Chef
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nesting Dovehawk
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Pollen-Shield Hare // Hare Raising
  • 1 Qasali Pridemage
  • 1 Queen Allenal of Ruadach
  • 1 Quina, Qu Gourmet
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Selfless Squire
  • 1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sovereign Okinec Ahau
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Tangle
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Toby, Beastie Befriender
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Vesuva
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 White Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Wooded Bastion