Beast by user3810551

Format: Commander

Commander: Gahiji, Honored One

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Naya battlecruiser strategy built around Beast tribal synergies, 5+ power payoffs, and combat damage. Led by Gahiji, Honored One, the deck uses its commander as a political deterrent and a passive damage pump, encouraging opponents to attack each other while preparing its own lethal army. The early game focuses on ramping through mana dorks, land-fetching sorceries, and Signets to accelerate past its high mana curve. In the mid-to-late game, the deck transitions into dropping massive trampling threats such as Rampaging Baloths, Thunderfoot Baloth, and Siege Behemoth. Value engines like Garruk's Packleader and Wirewood Savage keep cards flowing with every creature cast, while enchantments like Aura Shards and Warstorm Surge control the board. Finally, the deck closes out the game through overwhelming combat swings powered by True Conviction or Craterhoof Behemoth.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aura Shards
  • 1 Baloth Woodcrasher
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blazing Archon
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Boros Guildgate
  • 1 Bow of Nylea
  • 1 Bull Cerodon
  • 1 Chancellor of the Tangle
  • 1 Cliffrunner Behemoth
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Creeping Mold
  • 1 Drumhunter
  • 1 Elfhame Palace
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 1 Fires of Yavimaya
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elder
  • 1 Gahiji, Honored One
  • 1 Garruk's Horde
  • 1 Garruk's Packleader
  • 1 Ghoultree
  • 1 Graypelt Refuge
  • 1 Greenweaver Druid
  • 1 Grunn, the Lonely King
  • 1 Gruul Guildgate
  • 1 Gruul Ragebeast
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Jayemdae Tome
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Karametra's Acolyte
  • 1 Kazandu Refuge
  • 1 Knotvine Mystic
  • 1 Krosan Cloudscraper
  • 1 Krosan Colossus
  • 1 Krosan Drover
  • 1 Krosan Groundshaker
  • 1 Krosan Warchief
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lurking Predators
  • 1 Mayael the Anima
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Naturalize
  • 1 Paleoloth
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Plated Crusher
  • 1 Primal Rage
  • 1 Quicksilver Amulet
  • 1 Quirion Elves
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rith, the Awakener
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rugged Highlands
  • 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
  • 1 Sabertooth Nishoba
  • 1 Selesnya Guildgate
  • 1 Selesnya Signet
  • 1 Shivan Oasis
  • 1 Siege Behemoth
  • 1 Skarrg Goliath
  • 1 Soul of the Harvest
  • 1 Spearbreaker Behemoth
  • 1 Spellbreaker Behemoth
  • 1 Steward of Valeron
  • 1 Stone Quarry
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thunderfoot Baloth
  • 1 Tranquil Expanse
  • 1 Transguild Promenade
  • 1 True Conviction
  • 1 Venser's Journal
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Where Ancients Tread
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wind-Scarred Crag
  • 1 Wirewood Savage
  • 1 Zhur-Taa Ancient