BIG CREATURES BOOM by Referio

Format: Commander

Commander: Kodama of the East Tree and Vial Smasher the Fierce

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This deck pairs Kodama of the East Tree with Vial Smasher the Fierce to combine explosive stompy ramp with continuous burn pressure. The early turns focus on developing colored mana and deploying Vial Smasher. Once Kodama enters on Turn 5, its ability cheats high-cost dinosaurs, elementals, and enchantments into play without paying their mana costs. Each high-cost spell triggers Vial Smasher to deal substantial noncombat damage to opponents at random, while cards like Warstorm Surge and Solphim, Mayhem Dominus amplify the output. Card draw engines such as Garruk's Uprising and Guardian Project keep the hand full of permanents to fuel Kodama triggers. Without relying on infinite combos or heavy tutor packages, the deck applies linear battlefield pressure and finishes games through a mix of direct life loss and overwhelming combat steps by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundance
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Bygone Colossus
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Festering Thicket
  • 1 Fog
  • 14 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta the Unstoppable
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Glacier Godmaw
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Hearthhull, the Worldseed
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hugs, Grisly Guardian
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Kaervek the Merciless
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Keen Duelist
  • 1 Kodama of the East Tree
  • 1 Lifecrafter's Bestiary
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Loot, Exuberant Explorer
  • 1 Marwyn, the Clearcutter
  • 1 Marwyn, the Preserver
  • 1 Mawloc
  • 1 Mole Man, Moloid Master
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Primeval Bounty
  • 1 Primeval Protector
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Radagast the Brown
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rampaging Yao Guai
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Screamer-Killer
  • 1 Sheltered Thicket
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 The Lord of Pain
  • 1 Theater of Horrors
  • 1 Twisted Landscape
  • 1 Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
  • 1 Vial Smasher the Fierce
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Wayward Swordtooth
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yeva, Nature's Herald