bristly bill by user1467995

Format: Commander

Commander: Bristly Bill, Spine Sower

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a aggressive Mono-Green +1/+1 Counters and Stompy strategy led by Bristly Bill, Spine Sower. The game plan revolves around deploying Bill early, leveraging land ramp and mana dorks to trigger Landfall, and rapidly distributing +1/+1 counters across large threats. High-synergy accelerants such as Kami of Whispered Hopes, Gyre Sage, and Selvala, Heart of the Wilds turn accumulated counters into massive mana reserves. The deck transitions into a lethal threat by doubling counters via Bill's activated ability, Kalonian Hydra, or Doubling Season, while granting universal trample through Garruk's Uprising, Nylea, God of the Hunt, or Pathbreaker Ibex. A secondary infinite mana outlet exists using Staff of Domination with a buffed Selvala to draw into Walking Ballista. While the deck possesses explosive mana generation and rapid combat lethality, its primary vulnerabilities lie in a lack of stack interaction and reliance on high-CMC protection against board sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aberrant
  • 1 Aggressive Mammoth
  • 1 Akroma's Memorial
  • 1 Alpha Authority
  • 1 Ancient Animus
  • 1 Archetype of Endurance
  • 1 Asceticism
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Battlegrowth
  • 1 Bow of Nylea
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Clamavus
  • 1 Court of Garenbrig
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Explosive Vegetation
  • 1 Feral Hydra
  • 28 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Garruk Wildspeaker
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Gelatinous Genesis
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Goldvein Hydra
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Helix Pinnacle
  • 1 Heroes' Bane
  • 1 Hooded Hydra
  • 1 Hunter's Insight
  • 1 Hydra Broodmaster
  • 1 Hydra Omnivore
  • 1 Hydra's Growth
  • 1 Invigorating Surge
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Lair of the Hydra
  • 1 Mana Reflection
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Migration Path
  • 1 Mind's Eye
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Neverwinter Hydra
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Nylea's Forerunner
  • 1 Nylea, God of the Hunt
  • 1 Nyxbloom Ancient
  • 1 Old One Eye
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Mana
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Pathbreaker Ibex
  • 1 Primal Rage
  • 1 Primordial Hydra
  • 1 Savage Summoning
  • 1 Scourge of Skola Vale
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solidarity of Heroes
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Steelbane Hydra
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
  • 1 Unbound Flourishing
  • 1 Vastwood Surge
  • 1 Voracious Hydra
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Worldly Tutor