doran by contrerasj1337

Format: Commander

Commander: Doran, Besieged by Time

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This Abzan deck utilizes Doran, Besieged by Time to exploit dramatic differences between power and toughness on both ends of the spectrum. Doran grants an attacking or blocking creature +X/+X equal to the difference between its stats. This benefits high-toughness walls like Ancient Adamantoise and Flatman while also supercharging a package of 15 Rat Colony cards, which naturally scale in power while keeping toughness at 1. The deck deploys early acceleration through efficient mana rocks and land ramp, lands Doran on Turn 4, and mounts an aggressive multi-angle assault by Turn 6. While its threat generation is potent, the deck operates as a traditional combat-centric strategy that lacks mass evasion, relying on sustained attacks across several turn cycles to eliminate the table. Interaction is concise but high-quality, anchored by staple exile and destroy effects in Abzan colors.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Access Tunnel
• 1 Ancient Adamantoise
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arbor Adherent
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Assassin's Trophy
• 1 Assemble the Entmoot
• 1 Baldin, Century Herdmaster
• 1 Bark of Doran
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Bedrock Tortoise
• 1 Betor, Kin to All
• 1 Black Market Connections
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Brave the Sands
• 1 Canopy Vista
• 1 Captain America's Shield
• 1 Colfenor's Urn
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Crystal Barricade
• 1 Deceptive Landscape
• 1 Doran, Besieged by Time
• 1 Doran, the Siege Tower
• 1 Echoing Return
• 1 Eladamri's Call
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Felothar the Steadfast
• 1 Flatman
• 4 Forest
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Golgari Signet
• 1 Great Forest Druid
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Huatli, the Sun's Heart
• 1 Indatha Triome
• 1 Jaws of Defeat
• 1 Last March of the Ents
• 1 Lush Portico
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Momentous Fall
• 1 Murmuring Bosk
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Night's Whisper
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Path to Exile
• 3 Plains
• 15 Rat Colony
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Return to the Ranks
• 1 Reunion of the House
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Shadowy Backstreet
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spidersilk Armor
• 1 Spry and Mighty
• 1 Stoneskin
• 1 Sungrass Prairie
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Resilience
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
• 1 Thrumming Stone
• 1 Tip the Scales
• 1 Tower Defense
• 1 Tree of Perdition
• 1 Tree of Redemption
• 1 Underground Mortuary
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1 Vault of the Archangel
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth