Rhys of Morningtide by Psyga315

Format: Commander

Creator: Psyga315

Commander: Rhys the Exiled

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 19

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari tribal-aggro list built around Morningtide class and race mechanics, commanded by Rhys the Exiled. The strategy emphasizes creature synergies across Warriors, Rogues, Shamans, and Elves, using cards like Bramblewood Paragon, Oona's Blackguard, and Stinkdrinker Bandit to enhance cheap attackers with evasion, +1/+1 counters, and discard triggers. Rhys the Exiled acts as a resilient threat that can regenerate by sacrificing disposable tokens while buffering life totals based on your Elf count. Without fast-mana acceleration or two-card infinite combos, the deck relies on fair combat damage augmented by anthems like Door of Destinies and large mana sinks such as Chameleon Colossus. The interaction package features thematic spot removal and targeted discard, while protection relies on equipment like Cloak and Dagger and creature regeneration. Its primary vulnerability lies in recovering from sweeping board wipes that reset wide creature development.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ambassador Oak
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Auntie's Snitch
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Blightsoil Druid
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bosk Banneret
  • 1 Bramblewood Paragon
  • 1 Chameleon Colossus
  • 1 Cloak and Dagger
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cream of the Crop
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deglamer
  • 1 Diviner's Wand
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Earthbrawn
  • 1 Earwig Squad
  • 1 Elvish Warrior
  • 1 Everbark Shaman
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fendeep Summoner
  • 1 Fertilid
  • 1 Festercreep
  • 1 Final-Sting Faerie
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Frogtosser Banneret
  • 1 Game-Trail Changeling
  • 1 Gilt-Leaf Archdruid
  • 1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Greatbow Doyen
  • 1 Heritage Druid
  • 1 Hunting Triad
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Elder
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Luminescent Rain
  • 1 Lys Alana Bowmaster
  • 1 Maralen of the Mornsong
  • 1 Mind Shatter
  • 1 Moonglove Changeling
  • 1 Morsel Theft
  • 1 Mutavault
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Nightshade Schemers
  • 1 Noggin Whack
  • 1 Obsidian Battle-Axe
  • 1 Offalsnout
  • 1 Oona's Blackguard
  • 1 Orchard Warden
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pack's Disdain
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Prickly Boggart
  • 1 Primal Beyond
  • 1 Pulling Teeth
  • 1 Reach of Branches
  • 1 Recross the Paths
  • 1 Reins of the Vinesteed
  • 1 Revive the Fallen
  • 1 Rhys the Exiled
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scapeshift
  • 1 Scarblade Elite
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squeaking Pie Grubfellows
  • 1 Stenchskipper
  • 1 Stinkdrinker Bandit
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Thornbite Staff
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Unstoppable Ash
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Veteran's Armaments
  • 1 Violet Pall
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Walker of the Grove
  • 1 Warren Weirding
  • 1 Weed-Pruner Poplar
  • 1 Weirding Shaman
  • 1 Winnower Patrol
  • 1 Wirewood Lodge
  • 1 Wolf-Skull Shaman
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth