14. ZERG ZERG ZERG

Format: Commander

Commander: Adrix and Nev, Twincasters

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a Simic midrange token-swarm strategy led by Adrix and Nev, Twincasters. The game plan focuses on ramping during the first three turns, deploying the commander on Turn 4, and establishing compounding token engines like Scute Swarm, Koma, Cosmos Serpent, and Doubling Season on subsequent turns. By doubling or quadrupling token output, the deck quickly builds a massive board presence while drawing extra cards through combat and entry triggers like Bident of Thassa and Elemental Bond. A robust suite of countermagic, featuring Mana Drain, Counterspell, and Disallow, shields the board from opposing sweepers. The deck closes games around Turn 7 by untapping with a wide army and resolving an overrun effect like Craterhoof Behemoth or leveraging Junk Winder to freeze all opposing blockers for unhindered lethal combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Denied
  • 1 Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Bootleggers' Stash
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curiosity Crafter
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Depths
  • 1 Didn't Say Please
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Disruption Protocol
  • 1 Double Major
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Druid's Deliverance
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Eureka Moment
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
  • 1 Golden Ratio
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Ice Out
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Impostor Syndrome
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
  • 1 Junk Winder
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Koma, Cosmos Serpent
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marit Lage's Slumber
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Oko, Thief of Crowns
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Overlord of the Hauntwoods
  • 1 Oversimplify
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Perplexing Test
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Quasiduplicate
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reef Worm
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Replicating Ring
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spawning Kraken
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 The Clone Saga
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Void Shatter
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast