Plenty of hard wood by pastafati

Format: Commander

Commander: Aerid Konstrari

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Gruul deck uses Aerid Konstrari to combine artifact token generation, creature cloning, and power-scaling combat. Early turns focus on deploying efficient ramp like Sol Ring, Talisman of Impulse, and Goblin Anarchomancer to cast Aerid ahead of curve. On the battlefield, Aerid generates Heartwood tokens on entry and death, providing mana fixing and expanding the artifact count. The midgame leverages clone effects like Rionya, Fire Dancer, Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink, and Flameshadow Conjuring to duplicate Aerid, triggering additional Heartwood tokens via the legend rule while drawing cards through Garruk's Uprising and Elemental Bond. The deck transitions into a lethal clock around Turn 5 by activating Aerid's artifact-scaling power boost or resolving explosive finishers like Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar, Chandra's Ignition, Craterclaw Colossus, and Crackle with Power. While vulnerable to mass artifact sweepers, the deck maintains high mana velocity, resilient commander recasts, and redundant combat threats.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerid Konstrari
  • 1 Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Ajani's Anguish
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Craterclaw Colossus
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Delina, Wild Mage
  • 1 Devastating Onslaught
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dowsing Device // Geode Grotto
  • 1 Echoing Assault
  • 1 Electroduplicate
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flameshadow Conjuring
  • 1 Fomori Vault
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Hammer of Purphoros
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Hellkite Igniter
  • 1 Herd Heirloom
  • 1 Hunter's Insight
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Jaya's Immolating Inferno
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Life's Legacy
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Reflection
  • 1 Mirage Phalanx
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 1 Primal Vigor
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Roxanne, Starfall Savant
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Secluded Starforge
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Tree of Tales
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Vandalblast