Ygra Squirreled Away Commander Deck by mich

Format: Commander

Commander: Ygra, Eater of All

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

The deck's clearest plan is the compact Ygra, Eater of All and Cauldron Familiar combo. Ygra, Eater of All makes every creature a Food, allowing Cauldron Familiar to sacrifice itself and return from the graveyard repeatedly. Each entry drains all opponents, so the deck can win immediately after the Familiar is cast. The deck also develops Food, Squirrel, and sacrifice value through Academy Manufactor, Gilded Goose, Tireless Provisioner, Chatterfang, Squirrel General, Pitiless Plunderer, and several death-trigger payoffs. Those secondary engines provide useful grind and alternative pressure, but they are slower and less reliable than the combo. Ramp is adequate for a midgame commander deployment, while Demonic Tutor gives the main access point. The main weaknesses are limited protection, no counterspell package, weak recovery after both combo pieces are removed, and several tapped lands. This is a focused casual-to-high-power combo deck, not a cEDH construction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bane of Progress
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Binding the Old Gods
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Cache Grab
  • 1 Cankerbloom
  • 1 Casualties of War
  • 1 Cauldron Familiar
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chittering Witch
  • 1 Collector Ouphe
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Disciple of the Vault
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Experimental Confectioner
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Haunted Mire
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Hazel's Brewmaster
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Honored Dreyleader
  • 1 Insatiable Frugivore
  • 1 Insidious Fungus
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Nested Shambler
  • 1 Null Rod
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Poison-Tip Archer
  • 1 Prosperous Innkeeper
  • 1 Protean Hulk
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Ravenous Squirrel
  • 1 Rootcast Apprenticeship
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scurry of Squirrels
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skyfisher Spider
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squirrel Nest
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Swarmyard Massacre
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Odd Acorn Gang
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Tranquil Thicket
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Windgrace's Judgment
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Wolfwillow Haven
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Ygra, Eater of All
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat