Roommates by chunchlord

Format: Commander

Commander: Halana and Alena, Partners

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This Gruul deck leverages Halana and Alena, Partners to convert mana acceleration into rapid, escalating combat pressure. The game plan opens with two-mana ramp spells to deploy the commander on Turn 3. Once established, Halana and Alena distributes +1/+1 counters equal to her power while granting immediate haste to newly played threats. The deck magnifies this engine using counter doublers such as Branching Evolution, Hardened Scales, and Kami of Whispered Hopes, alongside power multipliers like Unnatural Growth and Xenagos, God of Revels. Heavy beaters like Kalonian Hydra and Hydra Omnivore quickly reach lethal power thresholds, closing games across two to three combat steps. Card draw engines such as Garruk's Uprising, Terrasymbiosis, and Return of the Wildspeaker replenish resources proportional to creature size. While the deck possesses robust proactive threats and efficient anti-artifact/enchantment removal, its reliance on combat damage and natural draws leaves it vulnerable to well-timed board sweepers and instant creature removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Bard Class
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Duskshell Crawler
  • 1 Escape to the Wilds
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Farseek
  • 13 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Forgotten Cave
  • 1 Frontier Siege
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Harbinger
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Halana and Alena, Partners
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Highland Forest
  • 1 Hydra Omnivore
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Kodama of the East Tree
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Lifeblood Hydra
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Masked Vandal
  • 1 Master Chef
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nissa, Vastwood Seer // Nissa, Sage Animist
  • 1 Nissa, Vital Force
  • 1 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
  • 1 Nissa, Who Shakes the World
  • 1 Oath of Nissa
  • 1 Open the Way
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
  • 1 Savage Ventmaw
  • 1 Sheltered Thicket
  • 1 Smell Fear
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spikefield Hazard // Spikefield Cave
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Tangled Florahedron // Tangled Vale
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Valakut Exploration
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
  • 1 Wyll's Reversal
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels