Hate by Kronsai

Format: Commander

Commander: Sythis, Harvest's Hand

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 66

Deck overview

Sythis, Harvest's Hand commands an oppressive Selesnya Enchantress Stax deck designed to strangle opponent resources while accelerating through its own library. The deck leverages dense low-mana ramp such as Wild Growth, Utopia Sprawl, and Sanctum Weaver to deploy Sythis on Turn 2, immediately converting every subsequent enchantment into card draw and life gain. An aggressive suite of proactive lock pieces—including Deafening Silence, Drannith Magistrate, Collector Ouphe, Choke, and Rest in Peace—shuts down storm lines, commanders, artifact mana, and graveyard strategies. Sythis effortlessly breaks parity under these restrictions because its mana engine and card advantage rely purely on enchantments. The deck protects its setup using silence effects like Grand Abolisher, Silence, and Veil of Summer, before executing a compact infinite-damage combo via Heliod, Sun-Crowned and Walking Ballista or a total lockout with Karn, the Great Creator and Mycosynth Lattice. The result is a resilient, suffocating control engine with a lethal, instant-speed finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Argothian Enchantress
  • 1 Aura of Silence
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brightglass Gearhulk
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Carpet of Flowers
  • 1 Chancellor of the Annex
  • 1 Choke
  • 1 Collector Ouphe
  • 1 Concordant Crossroads
  • 1 Containment Priest
  • 1 Crackdown
  • 1 Curse of Exhaustion
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Destiny Spinner
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Doorkeeper Thrull
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Dryad Militant
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Enchantress's Presence
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Frenzied Baloth
  • 1 Gaddock Teeg
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Greater Auramancy
  • 1 Guardian Sunmare
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Haunting
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Herald of the Pantheon
  • 1 Hokori, Dust Drinker
  • 1 Horizon Canopy
  • 1 Hunting Grounds
  • 1 Hushbringer
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Jennifer Walters // The Sensational She-Hulk
  • 1 Jukai Naturalist
  • 1 Karn, Argent Defender
  • 1 Karn, the Great Creator
  • 1 Kenrith's Transformation
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Mirari's Wake
  • 1 Moon-Blessed Cleric
  • 1 Mycosynth Lattice
  • 1 Paladin Class
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Rest in Peace
  • 1 Sanctum Weaver
  • 1 Satyr Enchanter
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Serra's Sanctum
  • 1 Setessan Champion
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Starfield Mystic
  • 1 Sterling Grove
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sythis, Harvest's Hand
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Windswept Heath