Woodland Fortress by CheapCoffee

Format: Commander

Commander: Doran, Besieged by Time

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

Doran, Besieged by Time leads an Abzan toughness-matters aggressive deck that converts defensive stats into overwhelming offensive power. The commander provides dual utility: it discounts high-toughness creature spells by one generic mana and grants an attacking or blocking creature +X/+X equal to the difference between its power and toughness. Supported by redundant toughness-damage enablers like Doran, the Siege Tower, Bedrock Tortoise, and Assault Formation, low-cost walls and high-toughness Treefolk strike for massive combat damage. The deck accelerates through a dense 1-to-2 CMC ramp suite, curving efficiently into resilient beaters such as Indomitable Ancients and Tree of Perdition. Asymmetric board control via Slaughter the Strong clears opposing boards while sparing your low-power army. Robust protection from Teferi's Protection, Flawless Maneuver, and Heroic Intervention preserves board presence against sweepers, allowing the deck to close games through continuous, crushing combat steps over two to three attack cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Beastmaster
  • 1 Ancient Lumberknot
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arbor Adherent
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Assault Formation
  • 1 Bar the Door
  • 1 Bark of Doran
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Bedrock Tortoise
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bosk Banneret
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Captain America's Shield
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chelonian Tackle
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Doran, Besieged by Time
  • 1 Doran, the Siege Tower
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Fangorn, Tree Shepherd
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fecund Greenshell
  • 1 Felothar the Steadfast
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Great Forest Druid
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Huatli, the Sun's Heart
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Indomitable Ancients
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Jaws of Defeat
  • 1 Last March of the Ents
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Elder
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Momentous Fall
  • 1 Murmuring Bosk
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Primal Rage
  • 1 Refuse to Yield
  • 1 Runic Armasaur
  • 1 Sapling of Colfenor
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Selesnya Signet
  • 1 Slaughter the Strong
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spidersilk Armor
  • 1 Stoneskin
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Caryatid
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Timber Protector
  • 1 Tower Defense
  • 1 Tree of Perdition
  • 1 Treefolk Harbinger
  • 1 Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wall of Blossoms
  • 1 Wall of Omens
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth