Aesi landfall by user2972059

Format: Commander

Commander: Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 53

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Simic landfall control build captained by Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait. It leverages cheap mana dorks, exploration creatures, and low-cost ramp spells to deploy Aesi ahead of curve on Turn 4. Once Aesi enters the battlefield, the commander provides massive card advantage by converting every land drop into fresh cards while allowing two land plays per turn. The deck transitions into a lethal clock on Turn 5 by deploying game-ending landfall payoffs such as Avenger of Zendikar, Koma, Cosmos Serpent, or Rampaging Baloths. An elite interaction package consisting of Force of Will, Force of Negation, Mana Drain, and uncounterable channel lands protects this board development while disrupting opposing win attempts. The deck closes games between Turns 6 and 7 through overwhelming combat damage or wide token swarms.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundance
  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Berserk
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blighted Woodland
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Broken Bond
  • 1 Budoka Gardener // Dokai, Weaver of Life
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Druid Class
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Enter the Unknown
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Gandalf, Shadow's Foe
  • 1 Guildless Commons
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Kazandu Mammoth // Kazandu Valley
  • 1 Koma, Cosmos Serpent
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Scout
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Migration Path
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nadir Kraken
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roiling Regrowth
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Scout
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Search for Tomorrow
  • 1 Simic Charm
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of the Dryads
  • 1 Spectral Deluge
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Summer Bloom
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Traverse the Outlands
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Walking Atlas
  • 1 Whelming Wave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor