Malcolm Tana budget by nordbord

Format: Commander

Commander: Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator and Tana, the Bloodsower

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 18

Deck overview

The deck uses Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator, Tana, the Bloodsower, and Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar to turn successful attacks into Treasures, Saprolings, and spread commander damage. Early mana creatures, Sol Ring, rituals, and conditional acceleration can bring the partner commanders out ahead of curve. Creature tutors provide reasonable access to commanders and utility creatures, while counters and removal let the deck contest important plays. The main weakness is pressure: the commanders begin with low power, the token output is gradual, and the deck lacks a reliable mass-pump or alternate-win card. Niv-Mizzet, Parun with Curiosity is a genuine repeatable loop, but it draws the library and cannot normally kill all three opponents from 40 life without another payoff. As a result, the deck can generate useful midgame advantage and occasional explosive attacks, but it does not establish a dependable table-kill clock or a total lockout.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Autumn's Veil
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birthing Pod
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Carpet of Flowers
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Drift of Phantasms
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gemstone Mine
  • 1 Glint-Horn Buccaneer
  • 1 Goldhound
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Keen Sense
  • 1 Kitesail Larcenist
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning-Rig Crew
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lookout's Dispersal
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
  • 1 Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Miscast
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Neoform
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Regrowth
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Sandstone Needle
  • 1 Saprazzan Skerry
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Snake Umbra
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectral Sailor
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Tana, the Bloodsower
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Thran Quarry
  • 1 Tinder Wall
  • 1 Volatile Stormdrake
  • 1 Warkite Marauder
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast