Hobbit Surge

Format: Commander

Commander: The Notary Hobbits

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This mono-green deck harnesses The Notary Hobbits as an explosive mana multiplier in the command zone. Entering as a tripling token army, the commander taps for 3 colorless mana per copy, netting 9 mana once summoning sickness passes. Supported by a lean suite of 1-drop mana elves, the deck regularly casts its commander on Turn 4. On Turn 5, it pivots directly into format-warping threats such as an entwined Tooth and Nail, Apex Devastator, or Void Winnower. Opponents are given a single turn cycle to answer the developed board before an untap on Turn 6 closes the game through Craterhoof Behemoth or an unstoppable wave of massive trampling creatures. While vulnerable to well-timed board wipes and lacking blue stack interaction, the deck's extreme mana velocity and threat redundancy provide formidable closing speed and reliable recovery.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Amonkhet Raceway
  • 1 Apex Altisaur
  • 1 Apex Devastator
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender
  • 1 Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beorn the Fierce
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Darksteel Angel
  • 1 Dawnglade Regent
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Emrakul, the Exigent Doom
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flayer of Loyalties
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Garruk, Curse Breaker
  • 1 Genesis Wave
  • 1 Ghalta the Unstoppable
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexhaven Invigorator
  • 1 Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria
  • 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
  • 1 Life Finds a Way
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loot, the Nexus
  • 1 Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
  • 1 Memnarch, the Warden
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Void
  • 1 Pia, Aether Ascetic
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
  • 8 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sowing Mycospawn
  • 1 Summon: Bahamut
  • 1 Surrak and Goreclaw
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Notary Hobbits
  • 1 The Ten Rings
  • 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Titania's Command
  • 1 Tooth and Nail
  • 1 Turntimber Symbiosis // Turntimber, Serpentine Wood
  • 1 Ulamog, the Defiler
  • 1 Vaultborn Tyrant
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Verdant Kraken
  • 1 Void Winnower
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth