Stompy Slug - Eshki Burn by user3579099

Format: Commander

Commander: Eshki, Temur's Roar

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 56

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Temur stompy and creature-storm engine commanded by Eshki, Temur's Roar. The strategy focuses on accelerating mana in the first two turns, deploying Eshki, and chaining massive creature spells with power 4 or greater. Each qualifying creature cast grows Eshki, refills the hand, and—at power 6 or greater—deals direct burn damage equal to Eshki's power to every opponent simultaneously. With cost reducers such as Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma, Defiler of Vigor, and Animar, Soul of Elements, the deck rapidly empties its hand into a full board of trampling threats while drawing fresh cards off every cast. A robust suite of 1-mana counterspells and instant-speed protective spells shields Eshki from removal, while haste enablers like Temur Ascendancy and Xenagos, God of Revels ensure that the transition from setup to a lethal multi-opponent finish requires only a single response cycle.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
  • 1 Anticausal Vestige
  • 1 Anzrag, the Quake-Mole
  • 1 Apex Devastator
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Berserk
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Bygone Colossus
  • 1 Chandra's Incinerator
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Defend the Rider
  • 1 Defiler of Vigor
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dreamtide Whale
  • 1 Drift of Phantasms
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Eshki, Temur's Roar
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Fiendish Duo
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Food Chain
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
  • 1 Herigast, Erupting Nullkite
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Inga and Esika
  • 1 Invigorate
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Keen Sense
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Nulldrifter
  • 1 Nylea, Keen-Eyed
  • 1 Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth // Temple of Cultivation
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Outcaster Trailblazer
  • 1 Overlord of the Hauntwoods
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sab-Sunen, Luxa Embodied
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scythecat Cub
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Smuggler's Surprise
  • 1 Soul of the Harvest
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Sunspine Lynx
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Temur Ascendancy
  • 1 Temur Battlecrier
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Trumpeting Carnosaur
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
  • 1 Vaultborn Tyrant
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vibrance
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wistfulness
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast