Cute Cats by Sylker

Format: Commander

Commander: Gavi, Nest Warden

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This Jeskai deck uses Gavi, Nest Warden to turn cycling cards into a zero-mana resource engine and token generator. By cycling a card on each player's turn for free, the deck draws into fresh cards while generating 2/2 Dinosaur Cat tokens whenever it draws a second card. Backup engines like Drake Haven and Improbable Alliance ensure a steady stream of flying and ground attackers. The deck leverages tribal anthems and team-wide buffs, including Jazal Goldmane, Aven Wind Guide, King of the Pride, and Collective Inferno, to turn small tokens into lethal threats. Because the list lacks infinite combos and aggressive fast mana, it aims for a resilient midrange game, maintaining card flow through cantrips and cycling while building toward wide combat swings that eliminate opponents sequentially over turns 7 through 9.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Akroma's Blessing
  • 1 Arahbo, the First Fang
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Aven Wind Guide
  • 1 Azorius Locket
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Basri, Tomorrow's Champion
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Boros Locket
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Captain Howler, Sea Scourge
  • 1 Case of the Gateway Express
  • 1 Change of Fortune
  • 1 Chemister's Insight
  • 1 Claws Out
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Coastal Peak
  • 1 Collective Inferno
  • 1 Conspiracy Theorist
  • 1 Containment Construct
  • 1 Coordinated Charge
  • 1 Countervailing Winds
  • 1 Cunning Survivor
  • 1 Curiosity Crafter
  • 1 Desert of the Fervent
  • 1 Desert of the Mindful
  • 1 Desert of the True
  • 1 Dinosaur Stampede
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Drake Haven
  • 1 Drifting Meadow
  • 1 Electric Revelation
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Felidar Cub
  • 1 Flourishing Fox
  • 1 Forgotten Cave
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gavi, Nest Warden
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glittering Massif
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 Helpful Hunter
  • 1 Hour of Reckoning
  • 1 Improbable Alliance
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Izzet Locket
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jazal Goldmane
  • 1 King of the Pride
  • 1 Leyline of the Meek
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Lumen-Class Frigate
  • 1 Magmakin Artillerist
  • 1 Marauding Mako
  • 1 Meeting of Minds
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Nimble Obstructionist
  • 1 Perilous Landscape
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Poetic Ingenuity
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Quick Study
  • 1 Raugrin Crystal
  • 1 Regal Caracal
  • 1 Remote Isle
  • 1 Rescue Leopard
  • 1 Scrounging Skyray
  • 1 Secluded Steppe
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Shredded Sails
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Slice and Dice
  • 1 Smoldering Crater
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starfield Shepherd
  • 1 Starry-Eyed Skyrider
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple Altisaur
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Traumatic Critique
  • 1 Trove Warden
  • 1 Wakening Sun's Avatar