45. Selesnya Treebeard by Lamont2

Format: Commander

Commander: Treebeard, Gracious Host

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This Selesnya deck centers on Treebeard, Gracious Host to execute a combat-centric lifegain Voltron strategy. The deck deploys early mana ramp and soul sister triggers before landing Treebeard on Turn 4, immediately stocking the battlefield with two Food tokens. By sacrificing Foods or equipping lifelink tools such as Sheltered by Ghosts and Basilisk Collar, Treebeard translates gained life directly into +1/+1 counters. With innate trample and ward {2}, the commander quickly snowballs into lethal commander damage territory, accelerated by doubling effects like Level Up and The Earth Crystal. The 99 features a deep suite of reactive protection spells and Umbras to shield Treebeard against targeted removal and sweepers. While resilient against single-target interaction, the deck relies strictly on sequential combat steps across multiple turn cycles to close the game, leaving it vulnerable to mass exile, edict effects, and faster combo decks.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Alpha Authority
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bear Umbra
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blighted Steppe
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Cover
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Case of the Uneaten Feast
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Daily Bugle Building
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Emergency Eject
  • 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
  • 1 Envoy of the Ancestors
  • 1 Essence Channeler
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Felidar Umbra
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Germinate Recruits
  • 1 Gideon's Sacrifice
  • 1 Graypelt Refuge
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Huatli, the Sun's Heart
  • 1 Hydra's Growth
  • 1 Keen Sense
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Leonardo, Cutting Edge
  • 1 Level Up
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Odric, Lunarch Marshal
  • 1 Ossification
  • 1 Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Practiced Offense
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rune of Sustenance
  • 1 Sam, Loyal Attendant
  • 1 Season of Growth
  • 1 Seismic Tutelage
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Sheltering Word
  • 1 Shielded by Faith
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Spirit Link
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 1 Study the Classics
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Temple of Plenty
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Treebeard, Gracious Host
  • 1 Treefolk Umbra
  • 1 Trelasarra, Moon Dancer
  • 1 Twinblade Paladin
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Vigorbloom Charm
  • 1 Winds of Rath