Control to Sgt John by GR_Logos

Format: Commander

Commander: Sergeant John Benton

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 59

Deck overview

This Selesnya Voltron deck uses Sergeant John Benton as both an aggressive clock and an explosive card-draw engine. Thanks to innate haste and trample, Benton attacks the turn he enters play, turning cheap pump spells like Invigorate, Giant Growth, and Might of Old Krosa into massive bursts of card advantage. Drawing six to fifteen cards per combat resolves the traditional Voltron weakness of running out of gas. The deck uses its large hand size to fuel powerful payoffs like Hand of Vecna and Empyrial Armor, while deploying redundant protection spells such as Flawless Maneuver, Heroic Intervention, and Tyvar's Stand to keep Benton alive. Turn-silence effects like Grand Abolisher and Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar prevent opponents from interacting during combat. The deck rapidly eliminates players with lethal commander damage by turn 5, maintaining high tempo while holding a full grip of answers.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Austere Command
• 1 Avatar's Wrath
• 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
• 1 Bastion Protector
• 1 Beaming Defiance
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Become Immense
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Blessed Respite
• 1 Bountiful Promenade
• 1 Bounty of the Hunt
• 1 Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
• 1 Brushland
• 1 Burgeoning
• 1 Canopy Vista
• 1 Champion's Helm
• 1 Choose Your Weapon
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Conqueror's Flail
• 1 Crop Rotation
• 1 Decanter of Endless Water
• 1 Demolition Field
• 1 Dueling Grounds
• 1 Duelist's Heritage
• 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
• 1 Empyrial Armor
• 1 Flaming Fist
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 1 Flowering of the White Tree
• 4 Forest
• 1 Fortified Village
• 1 Gathering Place
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Genji Glove
• 1 Get Lost
• 1 Giant Growth
• 1 Grand Abolisher
• 1 Hand of Vecna
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Hushwood Verge
• 1 Inscription of Abundance
• 1 Invigorate
• 1 Kami of False Hope
• 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
• 1 Might of Old Krosa
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Nostalgic Dreams
• 1 Obscuring Haze
• 8 Plains
• 1 Promise of Loyalty
• 1 Ranger's Guile
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Royal Treatment
• 1 Savannah
• 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1 Sergeant John Benton
• 1 Single Combat
• 1 Skyshroud Ranger
• 1 Smothering Tithe
• 1 Snakeskin Veil
• 8 Snow-Covered Forest
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Strength of the Harvest // Haven of the Harvest
• 1 Summer Bloom
• 1 Sungrass Prairie
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1 Take Up the Shield
• 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Titanic Growth
• 1 Tyvar's Stand
• 1 Unquestioned Authority
• 1 Utopia Sprawl
• 1 Vines of Vastwood
• 1 Wild Defiance
• 1 Wild Growth
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Wing It
• 1 Yuriko, Blade of the Mighty