The Wise Mothman by Wilder

Format: Commander

Commander: The Wise Mothman

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai midrange strategy centered on The Wise Mothman, utilizing radiation counters and mill triggers to build a lethal, counter-laden board. Accelerated by low-cost mana rocks, the commander enters early to infect the table with rad counters. As players mill nonland cards during upkeep, Mothman distributes +1/+1 counters across evasive and resilient Mutants. The deck amplifies this growth using multipliers like Branching Evolution and Innkeeper's Talent, translating card mill into overwhelming combat steps. While it features a compact backup infinite drain combo with Bloodchief Ascension and The Master of Lake-town, its primary identity is wide creature aggression. Defensive spells like Heroic Intervention and Mutational Advantage safeguard the board against mass removal, though the lack of counterspells leaves it exposed to fast stack-based combos.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent Frank Horrigan
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Atomize
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bloatfly Swarm
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Brawn
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Drink
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Dreamtide Whale
  • 1 Drown in Ichor
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Feral Ghoul
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Glowing One
  • 1 Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor
  • 1 Harold and Bob, First Numens
  • 1 Hedge Shredder
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hollowmurk Siege
  • 1 Infesting Radroach
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jason Bright, Glowing Prophet
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Lily Bowen, Raging Grandma
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marcus, Mutant Mayor
  • 1 Mariposa Military Base
  • 1 Mikey & Don, Party Planners
  • 1 Mirelurk Queen
  • 1 Mutational Advantage
  • 1 Nightkin Ambusher
  • 1 Nuclear Fallout
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Rampaging Yao Guai
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Raul, Trouble Shooter
  • 1 Screeching Scorchbeast
  • 1 Silkguard
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Strong, the Brutish Thespian
  • 1 Struggle for Project Purity
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Tato Farmer
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Ghoul, Gunslinger
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 The Master, Transcendent
  • 1 The Wise Mothman
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Undead Alchemist
  • 1 Unstoppable Plan
  • 1 Vault 12: The Necropolis
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Vexing Radgull
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Watchful Radstag
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast