Dragon, Artifact by Mechanicalgoose

Format: Commander

Commander: Bello, Bard of the Brambles

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a Gruul stompy strategy built around Bello, Bard of the Brambles. Bello turns non-Equipment artifacts and non-Aura enchantments with mana value 4 or greater into 4/4 Elemental creatures with indestructible, haste, and combat-damage card draw during your turn. Supported by 13 two-mana ramp spells, the deck reliably deploys Bello and its first 4-drop by Turn 4. On Turn 5, damage amplifiers like Fiery Emancipation, Unnatural Growth, and Berserkers' Onslaught create an overwhelming combat engine that draws cards while crushing opposing life totals. Because these permanents stop being creatures on opponents' turns, they dodge common board wipes and creature removal. High-end threats like Terror of the Peaks, Portal to Phyrexia, and Vaultborn Tyrant provide strong backup pressure. The deck closes games around Turn 7 through overwhelming combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Alchemist's Talent
  • 1 Alien Invasion
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atarka, World Render
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bello, Bard of the Brambles
  • 1 Berserkers' Onslaught
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bootleggers' Stash
  • 1 Cactusfolk Sureshot
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Craterclaw Colossus
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Domri, Anarch of Bolas
  • 1 Dracogenesis
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragon's Hoard
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Esika's Chariot
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Cave
  • 1 Frontier Siege
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kodama of the East Tree
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Portal to Phyrexia
  • 1 Raging Ravine
  • 1 Raiding Schemes
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rolling Hamsphere
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scourge of Valkas
  • 1 Sheltered Thicket
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Sunbird's Invocation
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Thickest in the Thicket
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Trailtracker Scout
  • 1 Tranquil Thicket
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Vaultborn Tyrant
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Wildsear, Scouring Maw
  • 1 Wooded Ridgeline