FoI pfg for plains by PdubZ

Format: Commander

Commander: Rhys the Redeemed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

Led by Rhys the Redeemed, this Selesnya deck operates as an exponential go-wide token swarm engine. The strategy establishes early mana acceleration through low-cost mana dorks and rocks, quickly deploying value engines like Caretaker's Talent and Parallel Lives. Once a base of tokens is established, Rhys the Redeemed doubles the creature count, transforming modest token generators into an overwhelming army. The deck capitalizes on mass pumps and static advantages from Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, Collective Blessing, and Champion of Lambholt to push through lethal combat damage across all three opponents. Persistent interaction from Aura Shards keeps opposing artifact and enchantment engines suppressed, while an extensive instant-speed protection suite featuring Heroic Intervention, Flawless Maneuver, and Dawn's Truce defends the board against conventional sweepers. Alternate win paths like Halo Fountain ensure resilience against locked combat steps.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armada Wurm
  • 1 Aura Shards
  • 1 Battle for Bretagard
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bramble Sovereign
  • 1 Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Collective Blessing
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Congregation at Dawn
  • 1 Copperhorn Scout
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Druid's Deliverance
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Fertile Thicket
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Grove of the Guardian
  • 1 Growing Ranks
  • 1 Halo Fountain
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Humble
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Mimic Vat
  • 1 Mirage Mirror
  • 1 Mirari's Wake
  • 1 Morningtide's Light
  • 1 Naturalize
  • 1 Nature's Chosen
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Once Upon a Time
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Plea for Guidance
  • 1 Praetor's Counsel
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Razorverge Thicket
  • 1 Rhys the Redeemed
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootborn Defenses
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of Freyalise
  • 1 Song of the Worldsoul
  • 1 Sterling Grove
  • 1 Sundering Growth
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Caryatid
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
  • 1 Vernal Sovereign
  • 1 Wayfaring Temple
  • 1 Wilt-Leaf Liege
  • 1 Wooded Bastion
  • 1 Worship