Copy of - War crimes 3.0 by generalzod7

Format: Commander

Commander: Sergeant John Benton

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck leverages Sergeant John Benton as an efficient card-drawing commander to power a classic Selesnya big-mana stompy strategy. Rather than relying on traditional low-impact pump spells, the deck uses Benton's inherent haste, trample, and combat damage trigger to draw two extra cards every turn while developing an expansive mana base. Accelerated by mana dorks, land-fetch sorceries, and high-output mana doublers like Mirari's Wake and Selvala, Heart of the Wilds, the deck rapidly scales into format-defining overrun threats. Between turns 5 and 6, the deck converts its card surplus into game-ending board states through cards like Craterhoof Behemoth, Moonshaker Cavalry, and Finale of Devastation. Robust protective creatures such as Sylvan Safekeeper and Shalai, Voice of Plenty help defend key pieces against interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Apex Devastator
  • 1 Arctic Treeline
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Benefactor's Draught
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brawn
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Cloudstone Curio
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Garruk Wildspeaker
  • 1 Garruk, Caller of Beasts
  • 1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
  • 1 Genesis Wave
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Gluntch, the Bestower
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Horizon Canopy
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Meticulous Excavation
  • 1 Mirari's Wake
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Nissa, Genesis Mage
  • 1 Nissa, Vital Force
  • 1 Nissa, Who Shakes the World
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Prowling Serpopard
  • 1 Radiant Grove
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scattered Groves
  • 1 Selvala's Stampede
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Sergeant John Benton
  • 1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Sigarda, Font of Blessings
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of the Dryads
  • 1 Soul's Majesty
  • 1 Sovereign Okinec Ahau
  • 1 Stone-Seeder Hierophant
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Temur Sabertooth
  • 1 Terastodon
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Tiller Engine
  • 1 Traverse the Ulvenwald
  • 1 Trostani, Three Whispers
  • 1 Vivien Reid
  • 1 Windswept Heath