2.4 - Drain the Swamp by Themilkywayfarer

Format: Commander

Commander: Vihaan, Goldwaker

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Vihaan, Goldwaker is the engine and finisher: the deck floods the battlefield with Treasures, then animates them into 3/3 Assassins at combat to attack with haste while the commander gives other outlaws vigilance. Secondary paths use the same tokens as fuel for Aggravated Assault/Pitiless Plunderer loops, drain via Mirkwood Bats, or finish through Caesar and Smaug. Dihada, Binder of Wills is a hidden commander in the 99, filtering legendary cards and producing Treasures, while token doublers like Mondrak and Anointed Procession multiply the swarm. The deck is a midrange combo-token hybrid that can pivot between a wide combat kill and an infinite mana/combat loop.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Alchemist's Talent
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Money
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Caesar, Legion's Emperor
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Descent into Avernus
  • 1 Dihada, Binder of Wills
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Disrupt Decorum
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Inspired Tinkering
  • 1 Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Prosper, Tome-Bound
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Rain of Riches
  • 1 Renewed Solidarity
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Seize the Spotlight
  • 1 Shadow the Hedgehog
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spiteful Banditry
  • 1 Stolen Strategy
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Taunt from the Rampart
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Vihaan, Goldwaker
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Xorn
  • 1 Zurgo Stormrender