Cheating Things In - Selesnya by DillyDally

Format: Commander

Commander: Ghalta and Mavren

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This Selesnya deck combines big-mana acceleration, massive creature beaters, and scaling token generation. Led by Ghalta and Mavren, the deck uses early mana dorks, rocks, and land acceleration to deploy heavy threats ahead of curve. Once the commander attacks, it duplicates the greatest power on board by creating 12/12 Dinosaur tokens with trample or swarms of lifelink Vampires. Damage doublers such as Unnatural Growth, token multipliers like Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation, and keywords from Akroma's Memorial convert these tokens into game-ending combat steps. The deck also features strong artifact and enchantment suppression via Aura Shards. While it lacks cheap instant-speed creature removal and tutors, its dense redundancy of high-power threats, explosive mana engines like Gaea's Cradle, and overwhelming combat presence make it a formidable midrange force.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aberrant
  • 1 Akroma's Memorial
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aura Shards
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Aven Interrupter
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blighted Woodland
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Call of the Wild
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Cathar Commando
  • 1 Coliseum Behemoth
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Detection Tower
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Piper
  • 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta and Mavren
  • 1 Ghalta the Unstoppable
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Great Forest Druid
  • 1 Grey Knight Paragon
  • 1 Guardian Naga // Banishing Coils
  • 1 Hunting Grounds
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Into the Wilds
  • 1 Krosan Verge
  • 1 Legion Loyalty
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lumbering Satyr
  • 1 Lurking Predators
  • 1 Mana Reflection
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Nightshade Dryad
  • 1 Nissa, Ascended Animist
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Nyxbloom Ancient
  • 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Primal Surge
  • 1 Return to the Light Realms
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scion of Calamity
  • 1 Selesnya Signet
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Serra's Sanctum
  • 1 Sigarda, Font of Blessings
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Wandering Emperor
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Titan of Industry
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Tranquil Thicket
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 True Conviction
  • 1 Turntimber Symbiosis // Turntimber, Serpentine Wood
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Vernal Bloom
  • 1 Wild Pair
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wooded Bastion
  • 1 Yavimaya Hollow
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth