Birds and spiders by freescans7

Format: Commander

Commander: Esior, Wardwing Familiar and Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Bant toughness matters: Sidar Kondo makes creatures with power 2 or less unblockable, while Esior taxes removal aimed at the commanders. The deck uses toughness-damage enablers (Assault Formation, Huatli, Bedrock Tortoise) to turn high-toughness low-power creatures into lethal attackers, supplemented by token generation (Scute Swarm, Wolverine Riders, Arachnogenesis) and life gain. The secondary path is a defensive grind with Crawlspace, Kor Haven, and Authority of the Consuls, while Plagon and Candlekeep Sage refill the hand. There is no hidden commander; both partners form the engine, with Oko and Plagon as support pieces. The plan wins through repeated unblockable combat rather than a single combo.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Beastmaster
  • 1 Aegis Turtle
  • 1 Alacrian Armory
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arbor Adherent
  • 1 Arboreal Grazer
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Assault Formation
  • 1 Aunt May
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Bedrock Tortoise
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brave the Sands
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Candlekeep Sage
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crawlspace
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Dissipate
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Enter the Enigma
  • 1 Esior, Wardwing Familiar
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Gala Greeters
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hinterland Sanctifier
  • 1 Huatli, the Sun's Heart
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Kor Haven
  • 1 Leyline of Vitality
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 Nyx-Fleece Ram
  • 1 Oathsworn Giant
  • 1 Oko, Thief of Crowns
  • 1 Orysa, Tide Choreographer
  • 1 Plagon, Lord of the Beach
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Redirect
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sanctifier en-Vec
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Selesnya Signet
  • 1 Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa
  • 1 Slagwurm Armor
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Spidersilk Armor
  • 1 Stoneskin
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Veteran Armorer
  • 1 Virulent Emissary
  • 1 Watcher in the Web
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Wilderness Reclamation
  • 1 Wolverine Riders
  • 1 Wooded Bastion