Groot by user9667117

Format: Commander

Commander: Treebeard, Gracious Host

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This Selesnya midrange deck harnesses Treebeard, Gracious Host to convert lifegain and Food generation into lethal commander pressure. The deck operates by developing its mana on early turns, casting Treebeard on Turn 3 or 4, and utilizing Food tokens to grow Treebeard into an evasive trampling beater. While Treebeard serves as the primary tall finisher, the list includes broad +1/+1 counter engines like Archangel of Thune and Nykthos Paragon to turn go-wide Halfling tokens into threatening boards. The mana base of 38 lands and low-cost land ramp spells provides stable mana velocity and reliable engine recovery. However, the lack of nonland tutors means the deck relies on natural draws to access card draw engines, spot removal, and protection spells. Defending Treebeard across multiple combat steps is crucial, as the deck requires three response cycles to eliminate all opponents with combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Assemble the Entmoot
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Bag End Banquet
  • 1 Batterskull
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Council's Judgment
  • 1 Courser of Kruphix
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dawn of Hope
  • 1 Earth Kingdom General
  • 1 Elanor Gardner
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fangorn, Tree Shepherd
  • 1 Farmer Cotton
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Feasting Hobbit
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Generous Ent
  • 1 Gingerbread Cabin
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Harold and Bob, First Numens
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Kitchen Finks
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kwia Vigorbloom
  • 1 Meriadoc Brandybuck
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Ninja Pizza
  • 1 Nykthos Paragon
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sam, Loyal Attendant
  • 1 Saradoc, Master of Buckland
  • 1 Scavenging Ooze
  • 1 Selesnya Charm
  • 1 Selesnya Signet
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 Test of Endurance
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Notary Hobbits
  • 1 The Shire
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Titanbones, Towering Heart
  • 1 Treebeard, Gracious Host
  • 1 Trelasarra, Moon Dancer
  • 1 Vigorbloom Charm
  • 1 Vigorbloom Vanguard // Seed Suture
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch's Clinic