Jeno by Kokkox

Format: Commander

Commander: Jenova, Ancient Calamity

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari +1/+1 counters and aristocrats strategy commanded by Jenova, Ancient Calamity. It develops an early board of low-cost creatures and mana acceleration before casting Jenova on Turn 4. Beginning on Turn 5, Jenova places +1/+1 counters equal to its power on another creature each combat, turning it into a Mutant. When these Mutants die on your turn, Jenova refills your hand with fresh cards equal to their power. Counter doublers like Corpsejack Menace and Hardened Scales accelerate board growth, while trample enablers like Duskshell Crawler and Training Regimen translate raw power into lethal combat damage. The deck relies on high internal synergy and substantial card draw rather than infinite combos or fast mana, grinding out opponents through steady pressure and resilient recursion.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ahriman
  • 1 Alpha Deathclaw
  • 1 Arboreal Grazer
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atlas, Sizable Stooge
  • 1 Basking Broodscale
  • 1 Bushmaster, Coiled Henchman
  • 1 Cankerbloom
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Corpsejack Menace
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Duskshell Crawler
  • 1 Duskwatch Hunter
  • 1 Embrace Oblivion
  • 1 Emil, Vastlands Roamer
  • 1 Evil Reawakened
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 14 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Front Porch Sentries
  • 1 Galuf's Final Act
  • 1 Grapple with Death
  • 1 Grim Backwoods
  • 1 Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Host of the Hereafter
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Invigorating Surge
  • 1 Jenova, Ancient Calamity
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Killmonger, Scourge of Wakanda
  • 1 Large Bear
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Reborn
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 1 Part in Friendship
  • 1 Pizza Face, Gastromancer
  • 1 Powerful Broker
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Rampaging Yao Guai
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Renegade Krasis
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Rhovanion Rampager
  • 1 Ride the Shoopuf
  • 1 Rise of the Witch-king
  • 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
  • 1 Sage of the Fang
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Titania, Rugged Rumbler
  • 1 Topiary Lecturer
  • 1 Training Regimen
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warg Tactics
  • 1 Watchful Radstag
  • 1 Winding Constrictor
  • 1 Witherbloom Charm
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Worthy Cost
  • 1 Young Deathclaws