slinza by turboslug

Format: Commander

Commander: Slinza, the Spiked Stampede

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 18

Deck overview

This is a Slinza, the Spiked Stampede Beast deck that converts ramp and cost reduction into large creatures, creature-based card flow, and combat pressure. The early game uses Sol Ring, mana creatures, Nature's Lore, Three Visits, and Castle Garenbrig to reach the commander and supporting engines. Once Slinza is active, Beasts become cheaper and enter with extra counters, while cards such as Garruk's Uprising, Elemental Bond, and Guardian Project help maintain cards. Fight effects from Slinza, Gruul Ragebeast, and Contested Cliffs control selected creatures. The main finish is a wide board followed by Overwhelming Stampede, Craterhoof Behemoth, or Thunderfoot Baloth. Its strengths are battlefield scaling, creature tutoring, and strong combat turns. Its weaknesses are singleton access, limited stack interaction, vulnerability to exile and bounce, and the need for multiple combats to finish the table.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abrade
• 1 Anara, Wolvid Familiar
• 1 Anzrag, the Quake-Mole
• 1 Arboreal Grazer
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archdruid's Charm
• 1 Bear Umbra
• 1 Beast Whisperer
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Caller of the Pack
• 1 Castle Garenbrig
• 1 Cinder Glade
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Contested Cliffs
• 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
• 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1 Domri, Chaos Bringer
• 1 Elder Gargaroth
• 1 Elemental Bond
• 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
• 1 Ezuri's Predation
• 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
• 1 Fangren Firstborn
• 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
• 8 Forest
• 1 Game Trail
• 1 Garruk's Harbinger
• 1 Garruk's Packleader
• 1 Garruk's Uprising
• 1 Garruk, Caller of Beasts
• 1 Gemrazer
• 1 Gnarlid Colony
• 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
• 1 Goobbue Gardener
• 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
• 1 Gruul Ragebeast
• 1 Guardian Project
• 1 Herald of Ilharg
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Hidden Nursery
• 1 Hidden Volcano
• 1 Ilharg, the Raze-Boar
• 1 Karplusan Forest
• 1 Kessig Wolf Run
• 1 Kona, Rescue Beastie
• 1 Krosan Warchief
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Loot, Exuberant Explorer
• 1 Monster Manual // Zoological Study
• 1 Monstrous Vortex
• 1 Mossfire Valley
• 1 Mosswort Bridge
• 8 Mountain
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Necklace of Girion
• 1 Overwhelming Stampede
• 1 Paleoloth
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Quartzwood Crasher
• 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
• 1 Rampaging Baloths
• 1 Repercussion
• 1 Rhythm of the Wild
• 1 Rishkar's Expertise
• 1 Rockfall Vale
• 1 Rootbound Crag
• 1 Shared Summons
• 1 Siege Behemoth
• 1 Slinza, the Spiked Stampede
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spinerock Knoll
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
• 1 Thornspire Verge
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Thrash // Threat
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Thunderfoot Baloth
• 1 Training Compound
• 1 Traverse the Outlands
• 1 Tribute to the World Tree
• 1 Unnatural Growth
• 1 Vandalblast
• 1 Vivien, Monsters' Advocate
• 1 Wirewood Savage
• 1 Woodland Liege