Polilla by user2400748

Format: Commander

Commander: The Wise Mothman

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai midrange strategy led by The Wise Mothman that weaponizes radiation counters to blend graveyard mill with aggressive +1/+1 counter scaling. The early turns prioritize mana acceleration into a Turn 3 commander drop, immediately distributing rad counters across the table. As players mill nonland cards during their pre-combat upkeeps, Mothman rapidly grows your board into massive evasive threats. Synergies like Branching Evolution, Corpsejack Menace, and Mesmeric Orb exponentially accelerate counter placement and library depletion. While the primary victory route relies on commander combat damage and radiation life loss closing on Turn 7, the deck also contains high-synergy finishers including Syr Konrad, the Grim, Bruvac the Grandiloquent paired with Maddening Cacophony, and an infinite drain loop via Bloodchief Ascension and Mindcrank. Comprehensive interaction and reactive protection ensure resilience throughout the midgame.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent Frank Horrigan
  • 1 Alpha Deathclaw
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Atomize
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloatfly Swarm
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Bruvac the Grandiloquent
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Casualties of War
  • 1 Cathedral Acolyte
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Drink
  • 1 Corpsejack Menace
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fblthp, Impossibly Lost
  • 1 Feral Ghoul
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Fraying Sanity
  • 1 Glowing One
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Infesting Radroach
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Marcus, Mutant Mayor
  • 1 Mariposa Military Base
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Mirelurk Queen
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Mutational Advantage
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Nightkin Ambusher
  • 1 Nuclear Fallout
  • 1 Nuka-Nuke Launcher
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Radstorm
  • 1 Rampaging Yao Guai
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Raul, Trouble Shooter
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Screeching Scorchbeast
  • 1 Singularity Rupture
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Struggle for Project Purity
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 The Master, Transcendent
  • 1 The Wise Mothman
  • 1 Thought Lash
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault 12: The Necropolis
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vexing Radgull
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Winding Constrictor
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery