Bristly bill by Jgross65

Format: Commander

Commander: Bristly Bill, Spine Sower

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 21

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-green aggro strategy built around Bristly Bill, Spine Sower, utilizing landfall triggers to accumulate +1/+1 counters and explosive activated abilities to double them. The early game focuses on deploying Bill and casting land ramp spells such as Map the Frontier and Ranger's Path to grow early attackers. By the mid-game, threats like Ornery Tumblewagg, Tifa Lockhart, and Heroes' Bane reach lethal combat stats, which Bill doubles for massive swings. The deck relies heavily on fight and bite spells like Clear Shot and Throw from the Saddle to clear opposing blockers while pushing trample damage. Its primary weaknesses are vulnerability to creature sweepers, a lack of stack-based interaction, and limited sustained card draw once the opening hand is deployed.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agonasaur Rex
  • 1 Aloe Alchemist
  • 1 Ambush Viper
  • 1 Ankle Biter
  • 1 Aspect of Hydra
  • 1 Autarch Mammoth
  • 1 Beastrider Vanguard
  • 1 Bestow Greatness
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Broken Wings
  • 1 Bumi, Eclectic Earthbender
  • 1 Chocobo Kick
  • 1 Chocobo Racetrack
  • 1 Clear Shot
  • 1 Cobbled Wings
  • 1 Conduit Pylons
  • 1 Dance of the Tumbleweeds
  • 1 Dawntreader Elk
  • 1 Dryad Greenseeker
  • 1 Earth Rumble
  • 1 Earthbending Lesson
  • 1 Elfsworn Giant
  • 1 Elvish Regrower
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Farseek
  • 26 Forest
  • 1 Freestrider Commando
  • 1 Frog Butler
  • 1 Frog-Squirrels
  • 1 Galactic Wayfarer
  • 1 Groundchuck & Dirtbag
  • 1 Grow from the Ashes
  • 1 Guac & Marshmallow Pizza
  • 1 Hazard of the Dunes
  • 1 Heroes' Bane
  • 1 Loading Zone
  • 1 Lumberknot
  • 1 Map the Frontier
  • 1 Marketback Walker
  • 1 Mechanical Glider
  • 1 Meltstrider's Gear
  • 1 Michelangelo, Game Master
  • 1 Mwonvuli Beast Tracker
  • 1 New Generation's Technique
  • 1 Oashra Cultivator
  • 1 Ornery Tumblewagg
  • 1 Ostrich-Horse
  • 1 Outcaster Greenblade
  • 1 Pillar Launch
  • 1 Predator Ooze
  • 1 Primordial Pachyderm
  • 1 Prishe's Wanderings
  • 1 Rabid Bite
  • 1 Ranger's Path
  • 1 Raucous Entertainer
  • 1 Rebellious Captives
  • 1 Rocky Rebuke
  • 1 Satyr Wayfinder
  • 1 Sazh Katzroy
  • 1 Sazh's Chocobo
  • 1 Seek the Wilds
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Spinewoods Paladin
  • 1 Tenderize
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Through the Forest Gate
  • 1 Throw from the Saddle
  • 1 Tifa Lockhart
  • 1 Timberland Guide
  • 1 Toph, the Blind Bandit
  • 1 Tumbleweed Rising
  • 1 Turtle-Duck
  • 1 Valgavoth's Onslaught
  • 1 Wild Wanderer
  • 1 Wildwood Geist