GOG vol 2 - Bello Bard of the Brambles by Vxdirtydan

Format: Commander

Commander: Bello, Bard of the Brambles

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a Gruul Stompy strategy commanded by Bello, Bard of the Brambles, designed to turn high-mana noncreature artifacts and enchantments into resilient, aggressive threats. During your turn, Bello animates all 4+ CMC non-Equipment artifacts and non-Aura enchantments into 4/4 Elemental creatures with indestructible, haste, and a combat-damage card draw trigger. Supported by an efficient 1-2 CMC ramp foundation, the deck curves naturally into Bello on Turn 3 and deploys continuous 4-drop threats from Turn 4 onward. Damage multipliers like Unnatural Growth, unblockable enablers like Bedlam, and combat triggers like Nature's Will rapidly turn these animated permanents into a lethal clock. A dense suite of low-cost hexproof and indestructible protection spells shields Bello from opposing removal, while an infinite combat loop between Aggravated Assault and Nature's Will offers a compact win condition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Asceticism
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bedlam
  • 1 Bello, Bard of the Brambles
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Cosmic Cube
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Defend the Rider
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Eidolon of Blossoms
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Fog
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Giggling Skitterspike
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Gimli's Reckless Might
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Gruul War Chant
  • 1 Gruul War Plow
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 H.E.R.B.I.E. Scout Unit
  • 1 Heritage Reclamation
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Ilysian Caryatid
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nature's Will
  • 1 Nautiloid Ship
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Overlord of the Boilerbilges
  • 1 Overlord of the Hauntwoods
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Royal Treatment
  • 1 Sanctum Weaver
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Skitterbeam Battalion
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spider Manifestation
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Street Riot
  • 1 Sunbird's Invocation
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Tangle
  • 1 The Earth King
  • 1 The Ten Rings
  • 1 The Vision
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Trailtracker Scout
  • 1 Training Compound
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Voltaic Construct
  • 1 Wandertale Mentor
  • 1 Wild Growth