I aint heard no bell by ColdMadHatter

Format: Commander

Commander: Hamza, Guardian of Arashin

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Selesnya +1/+1 counters midrange and combo build piloted by Hamza, Guardian of Arashin. The core strategy revolves around establishing early creatures with +1/+1 counters to aggressively reduce the casting cost of Hamza and subsequent creature spells. Once Hamza enters on Turn 4, the deck explodes by dumping massive board presence and counter multipliers such as Cathars' Crusade, Sovereign Okinec Ahau, and Bristly Bill, Spine Sower, while granting evasion through Abzan Falconer and Champion of Lambholt. Beyond crushing combat overruns, the deck integrates compact creature combos including Heliod, Sun-Crowned paired with Walking Ballista, as well as Rosie Cotton of South Lane looping with Basking Broodscale or Scurry Oak. Supported by efficient low-CMC mana dorks, robust draw engines, and resilient protection spells like Inspiring Call and Tyrant Guard, the deck reliably threatens game-ending states on Turn 5 and closes by Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
  • 1 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
  • 1 Animation Module
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arwen, Weaver of Hope
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Basking Broodscale
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Benevolent Hydra
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conclave Mentor
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Dusk Legion Duelist
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Gavony Township
  • 1 Generous Pup
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Hamza, Guardian of Arashin
  • 1 Hangarback Walker
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Ivy Lane Denizen
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Luminarch Aspirant
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Metastatic Evangel
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
  • 1 Monumental Henge
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Scurry Oak
  • 1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sovereign Okinec Ahau
  • 1 Steelbane Hydra
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Tyrant Guard
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Voracious Hydra
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Worldly Tutor