Manny's deck by AQggwp

Format: Commander

Commander: Sergeant John Benton

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Sergeant John Benton is a Selesnya voltron commander that combines haste, trample, and a massive card-draw engine on combat damage. The deck's primary plan is to deploy John Benton as early as turn 3, suit him with cheap pump spells and protection, and then accelerate into a commander damage kill while drawing a fresh hand each turn. A secondary +1/+1 counter subtheme supports infinite combos involving Devoted Druid, Basking Broodscale, Scurry Oak, and Walking Ballista, offering an alternative path when the voltron plan stalls. The deck also includes Approach of the Second Sun as a slower, resilient backup win condition. With a very low curve (2.27 average mana value) and a dense suite of instant-speed tricks, the deck is explosive but highly dependent on its commander's presence to generate card advantage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Basking Broodscale
  • 1 Become Immense
  • 1 Blossoming Defense
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Cathedral of War
  • 1 Centaur Garden
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Embiggen
  • 1 Empyrial Armor
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Flaming Fist
  • 1 Flare of Faith
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Giant Growth
  • 1 Groundswell
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Herd Baloth
  • 1 Hickory Woodlot
  • 1 Horizon Canopy
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Hyena Umbra
  • 1 Inner Calm, Outer Strength
  • 1 Invigorate
  • 1 Jumbo Cactuar
  • 1 Kaya's Onslaught
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Might of Old Krosa
  • 1 Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Overprotect
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phytoburst
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Ram Through
  • 1 Razorverge Thicket
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Remote Farm
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Royal Treatment
  • 1 Rustler Rampage
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scale Up
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Scent of Ivy
  • 1 Scurry Oak
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Sergeant John Benton
  • 1 Shielded by Faith
  • 1 Single Combat
  • 1 Siona, Captain of the Pyleas
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellbook
  • 1 Summer Bloom
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swift Reconfiguration
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Temple of Plenty
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Titanic Growth
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Vines of Vastwood
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wild Defiance
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth