Santa's Help3r by iMoo12

Format: Commander

Commander: Rhys the Redeemed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Selesnya token swarm strategy led by Rhys the Redeemed. It accelerates in the opening turns with efficient mana dorks like Priest of Titania, Bloom Tender, and Circle of Dreams Druid before establishing a growing board of Elf and Soldier tokens. By combining Rhys's duplication ability with token doublers like Parallel Lives and Doubling Season, the deck quickly builds a critical mass of creatures. Continuous card draw engines like Bennie Bracks, Zoologist and Welcoming Vampire keep resources flowing as new tokens arrive. The primary win condition tutors for Craterhoof Behemoth to execute a same-turn table knockout through overwhelming trample damage on turn 5. The list also features strong board protection through Heroic Intervention and Flawless Maneuver, alongside repeatable noncreature control from Aura Shards.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Memorial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Argothian Elder
  • 1 Aura Shards
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bennie Bracks, Zoologist
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Black Panther, Wakandan King
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bramblewood Paragon
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Captain Sisay
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Collected Company
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Drumbellower
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elspeth Tirel
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Elven Chorus
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Promenade
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Galadhrim Ambush
  • 1 Galadhrim Brigade
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Glare of Subdual
  • 1 Goldnight Commander
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Halo Fountain
  • 1 Harvest Season
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Illusionist's Bracers
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Joraga Warcaller
  • 1 Juniper Order Ranger
  • 1 Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Presence of Gond
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Queen Allenal of Ruadach
  • 1 Quest for Renewal
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhys the Redeemed
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Shared Summons
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Wirewood Lodge