Helga Deck by Devyze

Format: Commander

Commander: Helga, Skittish Seer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a Bant stompy midrange strategy commanded by Helga, Skittish Seer. The primary game plan accelerates mana on Turns 1 and 2 to cast Helga on Turn 3, followed by a steady curve of creatures with mana value 4 or greater starting on Turn 4. Every large creature cast grows Helga, gains life, and draws a replacement card, turning the commander into both an engine and a massive mana dork. By Turn 6, the deck leverages large mana reserves to flood the battlefield with formidable beaters like Elder Gargaroth, Bonny Pall, Clearcutter, and Ghalta and Mavren. Trample enablers such as Garruk's Uprising and finishers like Overwhelming Stampede ensure that accumulated combat power quickly overwhelms opponents' defenses, closing out the game across Turns 6 and 7.

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 Dream Trawler
  • 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 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Paradise Druid
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Prime Speaker Zegana
  • 1 Profaner of the Dead
  • 1 Quandrix Charm
  • 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