[WIP] Bears by kevinprox

Format: Commander

Commander: Kudo, King Among Bears

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck transforms all creatures on the battlefield into 2/2 Bears using Kudo, King Among Bears. It breaks parity through a dense suite of static anthems such as Flowering of the White Tree and Sylvan Anthem, elevating its own tokens into 3/3 or larger threats while shrinking opposing monsters into standard 2/2s. The premier lock piece is Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, which continuously shrinks all opposing 2/2 Bears to 0/0 and immediately sends them to the graveyard as a state-based action. Accelerated by low-cost mana dorks and rocks, the deck establishes an operating token board by turn 4, unleashes a game-ending lock or massive overrun via Craterhoof Behemoth, Moonshaker Cavalry, or Akroma's Will on turn 5, and eliminates all opponents by turn 6. It combines board denial, steady card draw, and wide combat pressure into a resilient Selesnya beatdown shell.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Anthem of Champions
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Ayula, Queen Among Bears
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Benalish Marshal
  • 1 Beorn the Fierce
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flowering of the White Tree
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Anthem
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glorious Anthem
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hour of Reckoning
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Illustrious Wanderglyph
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 1 King Darien XLVIII
  • 1 Kudo, King Among Bears
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Maja, Bretagard Protector
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Rally the Ranks
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Shared Triumph
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Sterling Grove
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Anthem
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Warren Warleader
  • 1 Wilt-Leaf Liege
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Wrath of God
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth