Blech Chosen (copy)up

Format: Commander

Commander: Blech, Loafing Pest

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari midrange strategy commanded by Blech, Loafing Pest that blends life gain, +1/+1 counters, and aristocrat drain engines. The game plan focuses on deploying specialized creature types—specifically Pests, Bats, Insects, Snakes, and Spiders—and triggering repeated life gain to grow a massive board. Efficient token generators such as Blight Mound, Tend the Pests, and Iridescent Hornbeetle flood the battlefield with expendable bodies that trigger soul sister effects like Essence Warden and Prosperous Innkeeper. In addition to overwhelming combat steps powered by +1/+1 counter enhancers, the deck features redundant drain payoffs including Mirkwood Bats, Bastion of Remembrance, and Dina, Soul Steeper to eliminate opponents through aristocrat loops. Supported by dense two-mana ramp, versatile spot removal, and explosive card draw engines like Skullclamp and Greater Good, the deck transitions rapidly from early board development into decisive mid-game victories.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Blech, Loafing Pest
  • 1 Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex
  • 1 Blight Mound
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bogwater Lumaret
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Eccentric Pestfinder // Turn Stones
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Farseek
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
  • 1 Gorma, the Gullet
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Iridescent Hornbeetle
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mortality Spear
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pest Rescuer
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pile On
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Prosperous Innkeeper
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Ribtruss Roaster
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 South Wind Avatar
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Teacher's Pest
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Tend the Pests
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Virulent Emissary
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Winding Constrictor
  • 1 Withering Curse
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery