man-thing current state by n0thinbutbonez

Format: Commander

Commander: Bristly Bill, Spine Sower

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 22

Deck overview

This deck is a classic mono-green midrange strategy commanded by Bristly Bill, Spine Sower. The game plan revolves around playing lands to generate +1/+1 counters on early creatures, compounding board power through synergy pieces like Evolution Sage and Doc Samson, Super Psychiatrist, and overwhelming opponents with combat damage. By Turn 6, the deck leverages Bristly Bill's doubling ability alongside massive beaters like Ghalta, Primal Hunger and trample enablers like Aggressive Mammoth and Trollbred Guardian to defeat players in rapid succession. The deck excels at linear mana ramp, steady board growth, and high individual card power. However, it suffers from significant structural vulnerabilities: it carries virtually no proactive stax, limited creature-dependent removal, and almost no protection against board sweepers beyond Inspiring Call. It performs best in casual and battlecruiser environments where creature combat thrives without facing fast combo disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adventuring Gear
  • 1 Aggressive Mammoth
  • 1 Algae Gharial
  • 1 Band Together
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Blanchwood Armor
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Broken Bond
  • 1 Broken Wings
  • 1 Call Damage Control
  • 1 Captain America's Shield
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Cosmic Cube
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Diary of Dreams
  • 1 District Guide
  • 1 Doc Samson, Super Psychiatrist
  • 1 Epic Fight
  • 1 Eumidian Terrabotanist
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Explore
  • 35 Forest
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Go Nuts!
  • 1 Grazing Gladehart
  • 1 Hellcat, Undying Vigilante
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Ka-Zar of the Savage Land
  • 1 Knight of Wundagore
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lantern of Revealing
  • 1 Lifeblood Hydra
  • 1 Lily Bowen, Raging Grandma
  • 1 Llanowar Scout
  • 1 Lure
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Michelangelo, Mutant BFF
  • 1 Noxious Newt
  • 1 Oakenform
  • 1 Planar Engineering
  • 1 Powerful Broker
  • 1 Predator's Rapport
  • 1 Protean Hulk
  • 1 Punishing Punch
  • 1 Quakestrider Ceratops
  • 1 Rancor
  • 1 Rapid Rescue
  • 1 Reptil, Dinomorpher
  • 1 Restorative Technique
  • 1 Rhonas's Monument
  • 1 Rites of Flourishing
  • 1 Roaring Primadox
  • 1 Sazh's Chocobo
  • 1 Serpent Specialist
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul of the Harvest
  • 1 Stony Strength
  • 1 Summer Bloom
  • 1 Super Strength
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Trollbred Guardian
  • 1 Vibranium Energy Daggers
  • 1 Voracious Brood
  • 1 World War Hulk
  • 1 Zendikar's Roil