Forest through the Trees by user7687892

Format: Commander

Commander: Ashaya, Soul of the Wild

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-green Landfall and Stompy powerhouse commanded by Ashaya, Soul of the Wild. Ashaya turns all nontoken creatures into Forest lands, triggering landfall abilities whenever creatures enter the battlefield and transforming your entire creature army into mana dorks. The deck leverages high-impact mana acceleration, massive token generators like Avenger of Zendikar and Scute Swarm, and +1/+1 counter multipliers like Doubling Season, Primal Vigor, and Innkeeper's Talent. Once assembled around Turn 5, it transitions into overwhelming combat pressure on Turn 6 using game-ending payoffs such as Craterhoof Behemoth, Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus, and Kalonian Hydra. While Ashaya provides built-in immunity against nonland bounce sweepers like Cyclonic Rift, the list relies primarily on combat damage and fight-based removal, making it vulnerable to creature sweepers and fast combo strategies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Badgermole
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Bite Down
  • 1 Blanchwood Armor
  • 1 Bramble Wurm
  • 1 Bushwhack
  • 1 Crash of Rhino Beetles
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Crocanura
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Elfsworn Giant
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Fog
  • 30 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Gnarlid Colony
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Grapple with the Past
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Hooded Hydra
  • 1 Hunter's Talent
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Iridescent Hornbeetle
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Kazandu Nectarpot
  • 1 Kodama of the East Tree
  • 1 Kona, Rescue Beastie
  • 1 Leyline of Abundance
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loading Zone
  • 1 Loot, Exuberant Explorer
  • 1 Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Needletooth Pack
  • 1 Nyxborn Hydra
  • 1 Oran-Rief Hydra
  • 1 Overprotect
  • 1 Overrun
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Primal Vigor
  • 1 Primeval Bounty
  • 1 Quakestrider Ceratops
  • 1 Quick-Draw Katana
  • 1 Quilled Greatwurm
  • 1 Rabid Bite
  • 1 Ram Through
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sazh's Chocobo
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sylvan Tutor
  • 1 The Legend of Kyoshi // Avatar Kyoshi
  • 1 Thunderous Velocipede
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Traverse the Outlands
  • 1 Ulvenwald Hydra
  • 1 Virtue of Strength // Garenbrig Growth
  • 1 Wear Down
  • 1 Wilderness Reclamation
  • 1 Wildwood Mentor
  • 1 Wildwood Scourge
  • 1 Young Wolf
  • 1 Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus