GO FOR THE EYES (minsc and boo) by localghost2

Format: Commander

Commander: Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Gruul stompy deck commanded by Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes. The primary strategy accelerates mana in the first two turns to deploy Minsc & Boo on Turn 3. Upon entering, the commander creates Boo, a 1/1 Hamster token with trample and haste, and immediately places three +1/+1 counters on it to attack as a 4/4. On subsequent turns, the deck rapidly inflates Boo and other heavy beaters using counter doublers like Branching Evolution and power multipliers like Unnatural Growth. Minsc & Boo serves as both a recurring removal engine and an explosive card-draw source by sacrificing Boo to fling massive direct damage at any target while drawing cards equal to its power. The deck finishes games through overwhelming trample combat damage combined with burn spells like Chandra's Ignition and Fling. It boasts high mana velocity and rapid engine recovery, though its reliance on combat requires three response cycles to eliminate a four-player pod.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Akki Battle Squad
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Cankerbloom
  • 1 Chameleon Colossus
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Domri, Anarch of Bolas
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Fangs of Kalonia
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fling
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Grumgully, the Generous
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Halana and Alena, Partners
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Hero's Blade
  • 1 Highland Forest
  • 1 Hull Breach
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Invigorating Hot Spring
  • 1 Invigorating Surge
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Loyal Guardian
  • 1 Mage Slayer
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Quartzwood Crasher
  • 1 Ram Through
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Renata, Called to the Hunt
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
  • 1 Rolling Hamsphere
  • 1 Ruby, Daring Tracker
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Unleash Fury
  • 1 Unnatural Growth