GROUP HUG by takomi

Format: Commander

Commander: Gluntch, the Bestower

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a Selesnya Group Hug strategy helmed by Gluntch, the Bestower, blending political resource distribution, defensive pillowfort structures, and a compact two-card infinite combo. In the early game, Gluntch and symmetrical card draw engines like Howling Mine and Font of Mythos accelerate the table while currying favor and fueling your own hand. Meanwhile, defensive barriers such as Ghostly Prison, Windborn Muse, and Orzhov Advokist redirect aggressive combat away from you. The primary win condition revolves around assembling Rosie Cotton of South Lane alongside Scurry Oak to generate infinite 1/1 Squirrel creature tokens and an arbitrarily large Oak. Because these tokens lack innate haste, opponents receive one turn cycle to answer the board before you swing for lethal damage across all three players. Alternatively, the deck can leverage its explosive mana doubling and rapid card flow to resolve and dig back into Approach of the Second Sun for a direct victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Dictate of Karametra
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Everybody Lives!
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Flumph
  • 1 Fog
  • 1 Font of Mythos
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Generous Patron
  • 1 Ghirapur Orrery
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Gluntch, the Bestower
  • 1 Heartbeat of Spring
  • 1 Heartwood Storyteller
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Master of Ceremonies
  • 1 Nils, Discipline Enforcer
  • 1 Noble Heritage
  • 1 Orzhov Advokist
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Razorverge Thicket
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rites of Flourishing
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Scurry Oak
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Selvala, Explorer Returned
  • 1 Sergeant John Benton
  • 1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Bell
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Temple of Plenty
  • 1 Tempt with Bunnies
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 Tempting Contract
  • 1 Tenuous Truce
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Trostani, Three Whispers
  • 1 Wedding Ring
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yes Man, Personal Securitron