Beseiged by Time by TheWennbar1

Format: Commander

Commander: Doran, Besieged by Time

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

Doran, Besieged by Time commands an Abzan toughness-matters aggro deck that converts high defensive stats into lethal combat power. By leveraging Doran's passive cost reduction and combat trigger, low-power creatures with massive toughness—such as Indomitable Ancients, Unhallowed Phalanx, and Tree of Perdition—swing with enormous power boosts. Redundant toughness-to-damage assigners like Doran, the Siege Tower and Assault Formation ensure the deck functions seamlessly even if the commander is removed. The deck maintains steady momentum with draw engines like Guardian Project, Beast Whisperer, and Fecund Greenshell, while keeping land drops consistent through modal double-faced lands and land ramp. Asymmetric board wipes like Slaughter the Strong and Fell the Mighty clear opposing armies while preserving your own high-toughness board. While the strategy remains vulnerable to board wipes and lacks stack-based countermagic, protection spells like Heroic Intervention and Teferi's Protection shield key combat windows as the deck closes out the table through overwhelming physical damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Beastmaster
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Ancient Adamantoise
  • 1 Ancient Lumberknot
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arbor Adherent
  • 1 Arboreal Grazer
  • 1 Asceticism
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Assault Formation
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Baldin, Century Herdmaster
  • 1 Bark of Doran
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Bedrock Tortoise
  • 1 Betor, Kin to All
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
  • 1 Brave the Sands
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Captain America's Shield
  • 1 Colfenor's Urn
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crystal Barricade
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deceptive Landscape
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Doom Blade
  • 1 Doran, Besieged by Time
  • 1 Doran, the Siege Tower
  • 1 Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fecund Greenshell
  • 1 Fell the Mighty
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Felothar the Steadfast
  • 1 Festering Thicket
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Herd Heirloom
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Huatli, the Sun's Heart
  • 1 Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
  • 1 Indomitable Ancients
  • 1 Jaws of Defeat
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Last March of the Ents
  • 1 Nyx-Fleece Ram
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Sapling of Colfenor
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Slaughter the Strong
  • 1 Smile at Death
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Spidersilk Armor
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Caryatid
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Kingpin of Crime
  • 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tower Defense
  • 1 Tree of Perdition
  • 1 Tree of Redemption
  • 1 Treefolk Umbra
  • 1 Unhallowed Phalanx
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yargle and Multani