Hug the Table by dlivaudais

Format: Commander

Commander: Gluntch, the Bestower

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Selesnya group-hug/political deck helmed by Gluntch, the Bestower. The primary strategy is to accelerate the entire table's resources-mana, cards, and +1/+1 counters-while leveraging cards like Smothering Tithe, Ghostly Prison, and Nils, Discipline Enforcer to convert opponents' gains into private advantage or protection. The deck aims to stall the game with pillowfort effects and symmetrical draw, then close out through one of its slow, alternative win conditions: Felidar Sovereign (40 life), Approach of the Second Sun, or Helix Pinnacle (100 counters). It lacks fast mana, tutors, and combo lines, relying entirely on incremental value and political negotiation to survive until an alt-win triggers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Beacon of Immortality
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Benevolent Offering
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Collective Voyage
  • 1 Combat Calligrapher
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Dictate of Karametra
  • 1 Everybody Lives!
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Flumph
  • 1 Fog
  • 1 Font of Mythos
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Generous Patron
  • 1 Ghirapur Orrery
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gluntch, the Bestower
  • 1 Heartbeat of Spring
  • 1 Heartwood Storyteller
  • 1 Helix Pinnacle
  • 1 Helm of Awakening
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Horn of Greed
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Magus of the Vineyard
  • 1 Master of Ceremonies
  • 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
  • 1 Nils, Discipline Enforcer
  • 1 Noble Heritage
  • 1 Orzhov Advokist
  • 1 Otherworld Atlas
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pendant of Prosperity
  • 1 Pir's Whim
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Riot Control
  • 1 Rites of Flourishing
  • 1 Rootweaver Druid
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Selvala, Explorer Returned
  • 1 Skullwinder
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Smuggler's Share
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spore Frog
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Temple Bell
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Temple of Plenty
  • 1 Tempt with Bunnies
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 Tempting Contract
  • 1 Tenuous Truce
  • 1 The Millennium Calendar
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Veteran Explorer
  • 1 Wedding Ring
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Your Temple Is Under Attack
  • 1 Zenith Chronicler