Tyrant of Serpents by York24

Format: Commander

Commander: Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is a Simic Landfall Midrange powerhouse helmed by Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait. The strategy revolves around accelerating land drops in the early turns using efficient ramp like Exploration, Burgeoning, and Nature's Lore. Once Aesi is cast, every subsequent land drop converts into raw card advantage, rapidly cycling through the library. The deck converts its overwhelming resource advantage into victory through potent landfall payoffs like Rampaging Baloths, Field of the Dead, Koma, Cosmos Serpent, and Mossborn Hydra, overwhelming opponents with wide boards of tokens or gigantic trampling threats. High-quality countermagic such as Mana Drain, Force of Negation, and Pact of Negation protects the board while Lightning Greaves and Swiftfoot Boots safeguard key creatures.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crystalline Armor
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dark Depths
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Deprive
  • 1 Druid Class
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Evacuation
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Koma, Cosmos Serpent
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loot, Exuberant Explorer
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 1 Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
  • 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Planar Genesis
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Roil Elemental
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Simic Charm
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Wayward Swordtooth
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth