Oops all creatures by Garrukv2

Format: Commander

Commander: Nikya of the Old Ways

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is a dedicated Gruul creature stompy strategy built around Nikya of the Old Ways. By committing 100 percent of its nonland slots to creatures, the deck completely avoids the drawback of Nikya's noncreature casting restriction while taking full advantage of doubled mana from every land. Early turns focus on deploying 1-drop mana elves and 2-drop accelerators to cast Nikya on Turn 3 or 4. Once Nikya untaps, the deck unleashes an explosive mana surplus, casting massive draw engines like Beast Whisperer and Soul of the Harvest to chain multiple huge threats in a single turn. The deck finishes games through overwhelming combat pressure using game-ending payoffs like Craterhoof Behemoth, Apex Devastator, Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus, and Moraug, Fury of Akoum. Asymmetric stax pieces like Ruric Thar, the Unbowed and Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger heavily punish spell-heavy opponents while leaving this creature-only deck completely unaffected.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Apex Devastator
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Augur of Autumn
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloodbraid Challenger
  • 1 Bloodbraid Elf
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Defiler of Vigor
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Elder Gargaroth
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Enduring Courage
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fiendish Duo
  • 1 Fierce Empath
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 16 Forest
  • 1 Frenzied Baloth
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Packleader
  • 1 Giant Ankheg
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Grand Warlord Radha
  • 1 Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
  • 1 Heartless Hidetsugu
  • 1 Hellkite Charger
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kodama of the East Tree
  • 1 Kogla and Yidaro
  • 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Manglehorn
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Nikya of the Old Ways
  • 1 Nylea, Keen-Eyed
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Primordial Sage
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Ruby, Daring Tracker
  • 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
  • 1 Samut, Vizier of Naktamun
  • 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Silverback Elder
  • 1 Simulacrum Shaper
  • 1 Soul of New Phyrexia
  • 1 Soul of the Harvest
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Urabrask the Hidden
  • 1 Urabrask, Heretic Praetor
  • 1 Vaultborn Tyrant
  • 1 Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
  • 1 Zealous Conscripts
  • 1 Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus