Test by Marlm

Format: Commander

Commander: Hamza, Guardian of Arashin

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Selesnya stompy and creature-storm deck led by Hamza, Guardian of Arashin. The primary strategy focuses on deploying low-cost creatures and distributing +1/+1 counters in the early turns, drastically reducing Hamza's casting cost. Once Hamza enters the battlefield on Turn 4, every modified creature reduces the generic mana cost of subsequent creature spells, enabling explosive 'creature-storm' turns. Chaining discounted creatures alongside draw engines like Beast Whisperer and Armorcraft Judge rapidly populates the board with massive threats. The deck converts this overwhelming physical presence into a table-wide kill on Turn 6 using evasion enablers like Abzan Falconer, Champion of Lambholt, and Gnarlid Colony. Additionally, it packs an infinite mana outlet via Selvala, Heart of the Wilds and Umbral Mantle, as well as robust protection through Inspiring Call, Dragonlord Dromoka, and Silkguard to guard against disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abzan Falconer
• 1 Adept Watershaper
• 1 Ainok Bond-Kin
• 1 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
• 1 Angel of the Dire Hour
• 1 Arctic Treeline
• 1 Armorcraft Judge
• 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
• 1 Basri's Lieutenant
• 1 Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps
• 1 Beast Whisperer
• 1 Bloom Tender
• 1 Bonders' Enclave
• 1 Botanical Brawler
• 1 Brushland
• 1 Bushwhack
• 1 Canopy Vista
• 1 Champion of Lambholt
• 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Conclave Mentor
• 1 Cosmogrand Zenith
• 1 Crashing Drawbridge
• 1 Cryptic Caves
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1 Drix Fatemaker
• 1 Duty Beyond Death
• 1 Eladamri's Call
• 1 Elemental Bond
• 1 Elvish Archdruid
• 1 Explore
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Faeburrow Elder
• 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
• 1 Fierce Empath
• 5 Forest
• 1 Gala Greeters
• 1 Gathering Place
• 1 Gift of the Viper
• 1 Glacier Godmaw
• 1 Glimpse of Nature
• 1 Gnarlid Colony
• 1 Good-Fortune Unicorn
• 1 Gyre Sage
• 1 Hamza, Guardian of Arashin
• 1 Hushwood Verge
• 1 Incubation Druid
• 1 Inspiring Call
• 1 Jumbo Cactuar
• 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
• 1 Karametra's Acolyte
• 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
• 1 Lush Portico
• 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
• 1 Meltstrider Eulogist
• 1 Metalworker
• 1 Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order
• 1 Mistveil Plains
• 1 Mossborn Hydra
• 1 Oakhame Adversary
• 1 Overgrown Farmland
• 1 Path to Exile
• 3 Plains
• 1 Priest of Titania
• 1 Primordial Sage
• 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1 Rite of Harmony
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
• 1 Scattered Groves
• 1 Scavenger Grounds
• 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1 Serra Paragon
• 1 Settle the Wreckage
• 1 Silkguard
• 1 Sovereign Okinec Ahau
• 1 Staff of Domination
• 1 Sunpetal Grove
• 1 Sword of the Paruns
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Synchronized Charge
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Tireless Provisioner
• 1 Torens, Fist of the Angels
• 1 Twinblade Geist // Twinblade Invocation
• 1 Umbral Mantle
• 1 Untamed Kavu
• 1 Urdnan, Dromoka Warrior
• 1 Voracious Hydra
• 1 Warping Wail
• 1 Wildwood Scourge
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Wirewood Channeler