Arbiter Chatterfang by user9781675

Format: Commander

Commander: Chatterfang, Squirrel General

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This is a Golgari creature-combo deck built around Chatterfang, Squirrel General. Its main engine is Scurry Oak plus Ivy Lane Denizen, which creates unlimited Squirrels when the creatures enter in the correct order. Warren Soultrader turns those Squirrels into Treasures, and Zulaport Cutthroat converts each sacrifice into life loss for every opponent while offsetting the life payment. Chatterfang improves the token output but is not required for the basic Oak-Denizen loop. The deck has unusually strong creature access through tutors, convoke, graveyard access, and sacrifice-based search. Its weakness is ordinary joint assembly: four different creatures must be found, cast, and protected. The deck can produce strong mana starts and excellent token value, but it does not present a reliable early must-answer state. If the loop begins safely, it kills all three opponents in the same turn; before that point, removal and sweepers have several chances to break the plan.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Chain of Smog
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Earthcraft
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fiend Artisan
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Hazel's Brewmaster
  • 1 Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria
  • 1 Ivy Lane Denizen
  • 1 June, Bounty Hunter
  • 1 Krosan Wayfarer
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Protean Hulk
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rev, Tithe Extractor
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scurry Oak
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Squirrel Nest
  • 1 Summoner's Pact
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 The Cabbage Merchant
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Volrath's Stronghold
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Witherbloom Apprentice
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat