Sapling Commander by Psyga315

Format: Commander

Creator: Psyga315

Commander: Sapling of Colfenor

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 23

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari lifegain and big-mana midrange deck commanded by Sapling of Colfenor. The strategy focuses on ramping through turns 2 and 3 into an indestructible commander on turn 4 that provides resilient card advantage and lifegain on attack. In the mid-to-late game, the deck leverages its high life buffer and mana surplus to cast towering creature threats such as Blossoming Bogbeast, Rampaging Baloths, and Hydra Broodmaster, converting life swings into massive combat power. The list avoids infinite combos and tutors, favoring fair, high-impact battlefield presence and incremental drain through cards like Defiant Bloodlord and Epicure of Blood. While naturally sturdy against traditional destruction sweepers thanks to its commander, the deck must navigate a high average mana curve and a lack of stack-based protection for its non-commander win conditions.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ageless Entity
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Arashi, the Sky Asunder
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Author of Shadows
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blighted Woodland
  • 1 Blossoming Bogbeast
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Deadly Tempest
  • 1 Deathbringer Regent
  • 1 Defiant Bloodlord
  • 1 Duplicant
  • 1 Epicure of Blood
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Ezzaroot Channeler
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
  • 1 Gaze of Granite
  • 1 Gingerbread Cabin
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Greed
  • 1 Guardian Augmenter
  • 1 Gyome, Master Chef
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Hornet Nest
  • 1 Hornet Queen
  • 1 Hydra Broodmaster
  • 1 Incarnation Technique
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Infernal Offering
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Leyline Prowler
  • 1 Llanowar Reborn
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Loxodon Warhammer
  • 1 Mage-Ring Network
  • 1 Marshland Bloodcaster
  • 1 Meteor Golem
  • 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Necropolis Regent
  • 1 Noxious Gearhulk
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Phyrexia's Core
  • 1 Pulse of Murasa
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reckless Spite
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Revival Experiment
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sangromancer
  • 1 Sapling of Colfenor
  • 1 Sapseep Forest
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Stinging Study
  • 1 Study Hall
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Taste of Death
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Terastodon
  • 1 Tivash, Gloom Summoner
  • 1 Tranquil Thicket
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Veinwitch Coven
  • 1 Verdant Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams
  • 1 Willowdusk, Essence Seer
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Yedora, Grave Gardener