Lance’s Selesnya by user9076284

Format: Commander

Commander: Aerith, Last Ancient

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Selesnya combo-stax deck led by Aerith, Last Ancient. The primary game plan revolves around assembling compact two-card infinite combos, most notably Heliod, Sun-Crowned with Walking Ballista to deal infinite damage to the table on Turn 4. The deck features deep functional redundancy with secondary infinite creature and mana lines via Rosie Cotton of South Lane with Scurry Oak or Basking Broodscale, and Devoted Druid with Swift Reconfiguration. Aerith, Last Ancient provides resilient recurring card flow and reanimation whenever life is gained, allowing the deck to rebuild through board wipes and removal. For alternative routes, the deck leverages asymmetric lockout synergies by pairing Nature's Revolt with Linvala, Keeper of Silence to completely shut down opposing lands or with Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite to destroy them. Turn-protection pieces like Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar and Sigarda, Font of Blessings ensure winning lines resolve cleanly.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Battle Priest
  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Aerith, Last Ancient
  • 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
  • 1 Ajani, Strength of the Pride
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aura Shards
  • 1 Auriok Champion
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Basking Broodscale
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conclave Mentor
  • 1 Dawn of Hope
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Famished Paladin
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Herd Baloth
  • 1 Hopeful Initiate
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Katilda, Dawnhart Prime
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Light of Promise
  • 1 Liliana the Faultless
  • 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Monumental Henge
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Nature's Revolt
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Phial of Galadriel
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rescue Girl, First Responder
  • 1 Resplendent Mentor
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Scavenging Ooze
  • 1 Scurry Oak
  • 1 Sejiri Steppe
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sigarda, Font of Blessings
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of the Dryads
  • 1 Sorcerer's Wand
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Spider-Man, Peter Parker
  • 1 Spike Feeder
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Survival of the Fittest
  • 1 Swift Reconfiguration
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Triskelion
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vizier of Remedies
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Bastion
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor