monsters by Graves

Format: Commander

Commander: Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood and Alena, Kessig Trapper

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This Gruul partner deck uses Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood and Alena, Kessig Trapper to accelerate into an army of high-power creatures. Gilanra provides early mana and draws a card each time you spend her produced mana on a spell with mana value 6 or greater; Alena generates explosive red mana equal to the greatest power among creatures that entered that turn. The deck's primary game plan is to ramp with land-searching spells like Traverse the Outlands and huge creatures like Gladiolus Amicitia, then deploy devastating threats such as Ghalta, Primal Hunger, Dragonlord Atarka, or End-Raze Forerunners to close out the game through trampling combat damage. Doors of Durin and cascade spells help cheat additional creatures into play, while several attack-trigger mana sources (Savage Ventmaw, Sakiko, Mother of Summer, Shriekwood Devourer) enable explosive turns. There are no infinite combos; the deck relies on overwhelming board presence and sheer power.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggressive Mammoth
  • 1 Alena, Kessig Trapper
  • 1 Aurora Phoenix
  • 1 Bane of Bala Ged
  • 1 Boarding Party
  • 1 Burning Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Cleanup Crew
  • 1 Combustible Gearhulk
  • 1 Conclave Sledge-Captain
  • 1 Cyclops of Eternal Fury
  • 1 Dawnglade Regent
  • 1 Doors of Durin
  • 1 Dragonlord Atarka
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Earthshaker Dreadmaw
  • 1 Emergent Woodwurm
  • 1 Emissary of Grudges
  • 1 End-Raze Forerunners
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Flameblast Dragon
  • 17 Forest
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
  • 1 Gladiolus Amicitia
  • 1 Groundchuck & Dirtbag
  • 1 Gruul Ragebeast
  • 1 Hideous Taskmaster
  • 1 Hoard-Smelter Dragon
  • 1 Incinerator of the Guilty
  • 1 Inferno Titan
  • 1 Kavu Lair
  • 1 Kogla and Yidaro
  • 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
  • 1 Monstrous Vortex
  • 1 Mordant Dragon
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 18 Mountain
  • 1 Myojin of Roaring Blades
  • 1 Nessian Wilds Ravager
  • 1 Oblivion Sower
  • 1 Oliphaunt
  • 1 Paleoloth
  • 1 Primordial Sage
  • 1 Pyrewood Gearhulk
  • 1 Rampaging Brontodon
  • 1 Rapacious One
  • 1 Regal Behemoth
  • 1 Restless Ridgeline
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
  • 1 Sakiko, Mother of Summer
  • 1 Savage Ventmaw
  • 1 Shriekwood Devourer
  • 1 Slavering Branchsnapper
  • 1 Soul of New Phyrexia
  • 1 Soul of the Harvest
  • 1 Spearbreaker Behemoth
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Stalking Vengeance
  • 1 Sweet-Gum Recluse
  • 1 Terra Stomper
  • 1 Thunderfoot Baloth
  • 1 Topiary Panther
  • 1 Traverse the Outlands
  • 1 Tyrant of Discord
  • 1 Ulvenwald Hydra
  • 1 Ulvenwald Observer