Fineas, Ace Archer - For Rowan by Philippos

Format: Commander

Commander: Finneas, Ace Archer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This Selesnya aggro deck leverages thirty copies of Hare Apparent to create compounding token swarms under the leadership of Finneas, Ace Archer. The primary strategy utilizes early one-drop mana dorks to deploy Finneas on Turn 2, followed by consecutive Hare Apparent casts. Because each Hare Apparent creates tokens equal to the number of other Hares in play, the token output grows exponentially. When Finneas attacks, it distributes +1/+1 counters to all tokens and Rabbits while drawing a card once total power reaches ten. Explosive engine pieces such as Thrumming Stone can cast every Hare from the library in a single turn, while Gaea's Cradle, Three Tree City, and Cryptolith Rite convert high creature counts into massive mana. Free protection spells like Flawless Maneuver and Flare of Fortitude guard against board wipes, and Raise the Past reanimates the entire graveyard if wiped. The deck secures victory by overwhelming opponents with unblocked combat damage across Turns 5 through 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Bennie Bracks, Zoologist
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Finneas, Ace Archer
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 30 Hare Apparent
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Kindred Summons
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mirari's Wake
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Oakhollow Village
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Raise the Past
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scattered Groves
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Thrumming Stone
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Yavimaya Hollow
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth