Descent of the Big Butts (Budget) by user2490083

Format: Commander

Commander: Rasaad yn Bashir and Dungeon Delver

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a toughness-matters Azorius "butt-punch" deck helmed by Rasaad yn Bashir with the Dungeon Delver Background. The core plan is to deploy high-toughness, low-power creatures like Wall of Denial, Charix, the Raging Isle, and Caelorna, Coral Tyrant, then turn their defensive stats into lethal offense with Rasaad yn Bashir's and High Alert's damage-assignment replacement effects. The dungeon/initiative package - White Plume Adventurer, Radiant Solar, Nadaar, Selfless Paladin, and Thorough Investigation - provides card advantage, board development, and the "double room triggers" payoff from Dungeon Delver and Hama Pashar, Ruin Seeker. The deck wins primarily through combat damage, either by swinging with unblockable high-toughness creatures (using Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive, Rogue's Passage, or Access Tunnel) or by assembling a critical mass of toughness-boosting effects and overwhelming the table. Baldin, Century Herdmaster and Stoneskin serve as burst finishers, while The Council of Four and Mentor of the Meek keep the hand fueled.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aarakocra Sneak
• 1 Access Tunnel
• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Aegis Turtle
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Azorius Chancery
• 1 Azorius Charm
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Baldin, Century Herdmaster
• 1 Bar the Door
• 1 Bar the Gate
• 1 Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
• 1 Charix, the Raging Isle
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Condemn
• 1 Darksteel Mutation
• 1 Delver's Torch
• 1 Disenchant
• 1 Dungeon Delver
• 1 Dungeon Descent
• 1 Dungeon Map
• 1 Dungeoneer's Pack
• 1 Dusk // Dawn
• 1 Eccentric Apprentice
• 1 Escape Tunnel
• 1 Essence Scatter
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Fell the Mighty
• 1 Feywild Caretaker
• 1 Fly
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Gold-Forged Thopteryx
• 1 Goliath Paladin
• 1 Hama Pashar, Ruin Seeker
• 1 High Alert
• 1 Imoen, Mystic Trickster
• 7 Island
• 1 Mentor of the Meek
• 1 Midnight Pathlighter
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Monk Class
• 1 Nadaar, Selfless Paladin
• 1 Negate
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Plagon, Lord of the Beach
• 13 Plains
• 1 Planar Ally
• 1 Port Town
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Radiant Solar
• 1 Rasaad yn Bashir
• 1 Refuse to Yield
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Sarevok's Tome
• 1 Seachrome Coast
• 1 Seasoned Dungeoneer
• 1 Secret Door
• 1 Skeleton Key
• 1 Skycloud Expanse
• 1 Slaughter the Strong
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1 Soulless Jailer
• 1 Stoneskin
• 1 Stroke of Midnight
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Temple of Enlightenment
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1 The Council of Four
• 1 Thorough Investigation
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Tomb of Horrors Adventurer
• 1 Trailblazer's Torch
• 1 Tranquil Cove
• 1 Undercellar Sweep
• 1 Veteran Dungeoneer
• 1 Wall of Denial
• 1 White Auracite
• 1 White Plume Adventurer