Bears by snoonan78

Format: Commander

Commander: Ayula, Queen Among Bears

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This mono-green tribal deck revolves around Ayula, Queen Among Bears, turning low-cost, unassuming 2/2 Bear creatures into significant threats. By casting Ayula on Turn 2 and following up with efficient Bear spells, the deck rapidly places +1/+1 counters to build massive attackers while using fight triggers to remove opposing utility creatures and commanders. The mana curve is low and consistent, enabling steady board development supported by basic land ramp spells. In the mid-game, the deck scales its combat presence through potent tribal amplifiers and mass-pump effects like Coat of Arms, Door of Destinies, Beastmaster Ascension, and Overrun. While the deck possesses strong board-clearing creature fight mechanics and reliable operational assembly, it remains vulnerable to mass creature removal and lacks instant-speed stack interaction or dedicated stax pieces. Victory is achieved through persistent combat pressure and multi-turn alpha strikes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Adaptive Automaton
  • 1 Airship Crash
  • 1 Alpine Grizzly
  • 1 Ashcoat Bear
  • 1 Atraxa's Fall
  • 1 Awaken the Bear
  • 1 Ayula's Influence
  • 1 Ayula, Queen Among Bears
  • 1 Balduvian Bears
  • 1 Banner of Kinship
  • 1 Bear Cub
  • 1 Bear Umbra
  • 1 Bearscape
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Beorn the Fierce
  • 1 Chomping Changeling
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Conch Horn
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dancing from Dark to Dawn
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Dragon-Scarred Bear
  • 1 Drover Grizzly
  • 1 Druid's Familiar
  • 1 Evercoat Ursine
  • 31 Forest
  • 1 Forest Bear
  • 1 Gigantic Big Bear
  • 1 Golden Bear
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Grizzly Bears
  • 1 Grizzly Fate
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lignify
  • 1 Little Bear
  • 1 Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
  • 1 Masked Vandal
  • 1 Master Chef
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mother Bear
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nissa's Pilgrimage
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Over the Edge
  • 1 Overrun
  • 1 Owlbear
  • 1 Owlbear Cub
  • 1 Pale Bears
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Rampaging Yao Guai
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 River Bear
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Runeclaw Bear
  • 1 Scale Up
  • 1 Selfless Safewright
  • 1 Spectral Bears
  • 1 Striped Bears
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 1 Surrak and Goreclaw
  • 1 Tranquil Thicket
  • 1 Ulvenwald Bear
  • 1 Universal Automaton
  • 1 Vivien's Grizzly
  • 1 Werebear
  • 1 Wilson, Refined Grizzly