The Soul of Alara by BryFlei

Format: Commander

Commander: Progenitus

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color Big Mana stompy deck led by Progenitus. It combines a robust land-ramp core and a 16-card Gate subtheme with explosive high-mana payoffs. In the early game, cheap mana dorks, land-fetching sorceries, and untap enablers like Amulet of Vigor, Gond Gate, and Spelunking accelerate mana development. By Turn 5, the deck establishes an operating mana pool of seven or more mana, supported by doublers like Mirari's Wake and value engines like Guild Summit and The Prismatic Bridge. The deck transitions into a lethal threat around Turn 6 by casting Progenitus or massive cascade bombs like Apex Devastator. Progenitus leverages its innate protection from everything alongside non-targeting exalted triggers and extra combat steps from Rafiq of the Many and Finest Hour to eliminate opponents in single hits. High-impact draw spells like Stinging Study and Majestic Genesis exploit the commander's 10-mana value to flood the board and secure victory by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Aminatou's Augury
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Apex Devastator
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
  • 1 Atraxa, Grand Unifier
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Aurora Awakener
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Azorius Guildgate
  • 1 Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Binding the Old Gods
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitter Reunion
  • 1 Black Dragon Gate
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Money
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boros Guildgate
  • 1 Cactus Preserve
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Citadel Gate
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cliffgate
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Decree of Pain
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Eerie Ultimatum
  • 1 Emergent Ultimatum
  • 1 Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Finest Hour
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Frostcliff Siege
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Gond Gate
  • 1 Grand Coliseum
  • 1 Grunn, the Lonely King
  • 1 Gruul Guildgate
  • 1 Guild Summit
  • 1 Hour of Promise
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Izzet Guildgate
  • 1 Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios // Journey to the Oracle
  • 1 Last March of the Ents
  • 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
  • 1 Majestic Genesis
  • 1 Manor Gate
  • 1 Maze's End
  • 1 Mirari's Wake
  • 1 Moment's Peace
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Nahiri's Resolve
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 Olórin's Searing Light
  • 1 Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins
  • 1 Open the Way
  • 1 Orzhov Guildgate
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phage the Untouchable
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Progenitus
  • 1 Rafiq of the Many
  • 1 Rakdos Guildgate
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Sage of the Maze
  • 1 Sea Gate
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Selesnya Guildgate
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Spell Swindle
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Stinging Study
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 Temur Ascendancy
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Together as One
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder