Heartwood ramp by FishyGoon

Format: Commander

Commander: Aerid Konstrari

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This Gruul midrange stompy deck revolves around Aerid Konstrari, leveraging artifact tokens—specifically custom Heartwood tokens that tap for red or green mana—to accelerate resource production and scale combat power. In the early turns, the deck establishes its mana foundation using cards like Arcane Signet, Tireless Provisioner, and prepare-mechanic artificers. Once Aerid hits the battlefield, it immediately produces artifact ramp and threatens opponents in the air. Midgame transitions focus on multiplying artifact counts through engines like Roxanne, Starfall Savant and Professional Face-Breaker, building toward overwhelming finishes. Payoffs such as Craterclaw Colossus, Draconic Visitor, and Aerid’s repeatable pump ability convert artifact density into lethal trample and flying damage across multiple combat steps. While the deck boasts immense board presence and resilient beatdown plans, it remains susceptible to opposing sweepers and lacks stack-based countermagic, relying instead on high threat density and aggressive combat tempo to overwhelm the table.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Aerid Konstrari
  • 1 Ajani's Anguish
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  • 1 Coin of Mastery
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Compel Brutality
  • 1 Craftwork Crusher
  • 1 Craterclaw Colossus
  • 1 Curse-Marred Demon
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Draconic Visitor
  • 1 Emrakul, the Exigent Doom
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Face Yourself
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 13 Forest
  • 1 Fulminous Forte
  • 1 Gallia, the Merrymaker
  • 1 Gardenize
  • 1 Garruk, Curse Breaker
  • 1 Ghalta the Unstoppable
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Greenhouse Propagator
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Heartwood Crafter // Soul Tether
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexhaven Dueling Arena
  • 1 Hexhaven Invigorator
  • 1 Hungering Puppetbeast
  • 1 Hunter's Axe
  • 1 Jiang Yanggu, Never Alone
  • 1 Jolene, Plundering Pugilist
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kiora of Fire and Ashes
  • 1 Konstrari Charm
  • 1 Konstrari Improviser // Soul Tether
  • 1 Koth, the Geomancer
  • 1 Memnarch, the Warden
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Necklace of Girion
  • 1 Omnipresence
  • 1 Part in Friendship
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pia, Aether Ascetic
  • 1 Pia, Determined Rebuilder
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Puppet Crafting
  • 1 Pyre Rhymer // Molten Tide
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restore with Empathy
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Roiling Canopy
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Roxanne, Starfall Savant
  • 1 Ruric Thar, Magecrusher
  • 1 Samut, Hazoret's Champion
  • 1 Simulacrum Shaper
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Tenured Tethermage
  • 1 Tethermage's Advantage
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Verdant Kraken
  • 1 Weather Maker
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Woodwork Prodigy // Soul Tether
  • 1 Wrecking Gecko