Buggin’ Out by justjakeisfine

Format: Commander

Commander: Zask, Skittering Swarmlord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari Insect kindred strategy that blends graveyard recursion with aristocrat drain mechanics. Led by Zask, Skittering Swarmlord, the deck fills its graveyard through self-mill spells like Grisly Salvage and Crawling Infestation, turning the graveyard into an extended hand. Once Zask enters the battlefield, you can play lands and cast Insects directly from your graveyard. When your Insects die, Zask tucks them and mills deeper, fueling continuous value. The primary win condition involves building a wide board of tokens with Scute Swarm, Izoni, Thousand-Eyed, and Hornet Queen, then grinding down opponents using death triggers from Bastion of Remembrance, Nadier's Nightblade, and Aatchik, Emerald Radian. The deck features strong permanent removal and solid mid-game recovery, though it remains vulnerable to graveyard exile and lacks dedicated protection against sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aatchik, Emerald Radian
  • 1 Amzu, Swarm's Hunger
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex
  • 1 Blighted Woodland
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Caustic Caterpillar
  • 1 Caustic Wasps
  • 1 Circuit Mender
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crash of Rhino Beetles
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Devouring Swarm
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Giant Adephage
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Grim Backwoods
  • 1 Grisly Salvage
  • 1 Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm
  • 1 Grist, the Hunger Tide
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hornet Nest
  • 1 Huskburster Swarm
  • 1 Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Kindred Summons
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Loam Larva
  • 1 Moldgraf Millipede
  • 1 Moldgraf Monstrosity
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Nantuko Husk
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Overprotect
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rise of the Witch-king
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Season of Loss
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spineseeker Centipede
  • 1 Splendid Reclamation
  • 1 Spring-Leaf Avenger
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Swarmyard Massacre
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 The Swarmweaver
  • 1 Tranquil Thicket
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Virus Beetle
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zask, Skittering Swarmlord