Of Mice and Men by Zweaty_J

Format: Commander

Creator: Zweaty_J

Commander: Mabel, Heir to Cragflame

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This deck is a combat-focused Boros Aggro strategy helmed by Mabel, Heir to Cragflame. The primary game plan revolves around Mice tribal synergies and heavily leveraging the "Valiant" mechanic, which triggers the first time a creature becomes the target of a spell or ability you control each turn. Mabel acts as a crucial enabler by providing an anthem effect and creating Cragflame, a legendary Equipment that serves as a repeatable, low-cost targeting engine to trigger Valiant abilities. The deck eschews infinite combos and fast mana in favor of a fair, linear beatdown strategy, utilizing combat tricks, cheap equipment, and incremental value engines to overwhelm opponents. While it excels at establishing an early board presence, it relies entirely on combat damage to close out the game, making it a quintessential casual battlecruiser deck.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Agate Assault
  • 1 Angry Rabble
  • 1 Artist's Talent
  • 1 Bagel and Schmear
  • 1 Banishing Light
  • 1 Barkform Harvester
  • 1 Blooming Blast
  • 1 Brave-Kin Duo
  • 1 Brazen Collector
  • 1 Brotherhood's End
  • 1 Byway Barterer
  • 1 Calamity's Wake
  • 1 Coeurl
  • 1 Conduct Electricity
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Emberheart Challenger
  • 1 Feral Maaka
  • 1 Festival of Embers
  • 1 Flowerfoot Swordmaster
  • 1 Focus Fire
  • 1 Fountainport Bell
  • 1 Harnesser of Storms
  • 1 Heartfire Hero
  • 1 Heirloom Epic
  • 1 Helpful Hunter
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Ingenious Leonin
  • 1 Lembas
  • 1 Leonin Skyhunter
  • 1 Leonin Vanguard
  • 1 Lightning Helix
  • 1 Lorehold Campus
  • 1 Mabel's Mettle
  • 1 Mabel, Heir to Cragflame
  • 1 Might of the Meek
  • 16 Mountain
  • 1 Mouse Trapper
  • 1 Nettle Guard
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 17 Plains
  • 1 Prideful Parent
  • 1 Rabanastre, Royal City
  • 1 Rabid Gnaw
  • 1 Raccoon Rallier
  • 1 Red Tiger Mechan
  • 1 Revitalize
  • 1 Roughshod Duo
  • 1 Scrapwork Mutt
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Seedglaive Mentor
  • 1 Shock
  • 1 Short Bow
  • 1 Sonar Strike
  • 1 Starfall Invocation
  • 1 Starforged Sword
  • 1 Stormsplitter
  • 1 Take Out the Trash
  • 1 Thistledown Players
  • 1 Three Tree Mascot
  • 1 Uncharted Haven
  • 1 Valley Rally
  • 1 Veteran Guardmouse
  • 1 War Squeak
  • 1 Whiskerquill Scribe
  • 1 Whiskervale Forerunner
  • 1 Whitemane Lion