Reaper King Tribal by InkyBinkyBonky

Format: Commander

Commander: Reaper King

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 21

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color tribal midrange strategy commanded by Reaper King, built around leveraging Scarecrow and Changeling synergies to control the board and win through combat. Early turns focus on mana fixing and acceleration via 2-3 CMC mana rocks and ramp spells like Farseek, Chromatic Lantern, and Arcane Signet. Once five mana colors are assembled on Turn 5, Reaper King enters the battlefield as a powerful tribal lord and removal engine. On subsequent turns, deploying cheap Scarecrows, utilizing blink effects like Ghostly Flicker, and doubling triggers with Panharmonicon systematically dismantles opposing permanents, targeting commanders, mana bases, and key threats. Board presence is reinforced by tribal anthems including Door of Destinies, Patchwork Banner, and Vanquisher's Banner, which scale Scarecrow power into lethal combat clocks by Turn 9. While the deck possesses resilient reanimation and moderate recovery, it remains vulnerable to sweepers and commander removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adamant Will
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Blazethorn Scarecrow
  • 1 Blood Beckoning
  • 1 Chainbreaker
  • 1 Chomping Changeling
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Confusticate and Bebother
  • 1 Copper Myr
  • 1 Crossroads Candleguide
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Duneblast
  • 1 Farmstead Gleaner
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Field Creeper
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Gix's Command
  • 1 Graveshifter
  • 1 Grim Poppet
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Icon of Ancestry
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jund Panorama
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Leaden Myr
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lockjaw Snapper
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nowhere to Run
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Osseous Sticktwister
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pili-Pala
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rattleblaze Scarecrow
  • 1 Reaper King
  • 1 Retrieve
  • 1 Rimefire Torque
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Scarecrone
  • 1 Scaretiller
  • 1 Scorn Effigy
  • 1 Scuttlemutt
  • 1 Shire Scarecrow
  • 1 Signpost Scarecrow
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Reaper, King No More
  • 1 The Swarmweaver
  • 1 Transguild Promenade
  • 1 Valgavoth's Lair
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wicker Warcrawler
  • 1 Wicker Witch
  • 1 Wild Unraveling
  • 1 Wild-Field Scarecrow
  • 1 Wingrattle Scarecrow
  • 1 Wreckage Wickerfolk